Environmental Technician

Join Our Team at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital

The Environmental Services Technician level I is responsible for executing the daily dutiesrequired to establish and maintain a safe, clean, healing environment. Responsible for ensuring daily room cleaning and timely room turnaround times related to patient through put within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The Environmental Services Technician, in accordance with organizationalstandards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention, and customer experience.

Candidate will be performing

• routine floor care including sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, waxing, and buffing various floor surfaces.
• Operate floor care equipment such as auto scrubbers, buffers, and extractors safely and effectively.
• Collect and dispose of trash and recyclables in accordance with facility protocols.

Job Title: Environmental Technician I

Dept.: APH Environmental Services

Status: Part Time

Shift: Varies

The Environmental Services Department will provide housekeeping services at the APMC
facility. This will include patient rooms, public restrooms, public waiting areas, common areas,
office areas, hard surface floor care, carpet care, and waste disposal services, as are required by
all local, state and federal regulatory agencies. The department operates on a 24 hour, 7 day a
week basis.

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement using a clinical ladder.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
• Retirement Savings Plan with up to 5% match. Financial savings accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
• Nearly 5 weeks of PTO in your 1st year of employment.
• Employer paid life insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability.

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children 

Located on the downtown Orlando campus, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been providing compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years. With 156 licensed beds and a team of experts in more than 30 pediatric specialties, the hospital has earned Best Children's Hospitals from U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years with national rankings in four specialties and Top Children's Hospital from The Leapfrog Group. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer has held Magnet Recognition for nursing excellence and quality patient care since 2013, and several units have earned Beacon Awards for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Our pediatric Level I Trauma Center and ER is the only Central Florida facility to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children, and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is the only facility in Florida to achieve Level I Children's Surgical Verification and Level I Trauma Verification by the American College of Surgeons.

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida's east to west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico. Collectively, our dedicated team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin our benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions. "Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work" is not just something we say, it's our promise to you.

Essential Functions

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, using appropriate designated engagement techniques.

• Responsible for the cleaning and disinfecting of patient rooms and ancillary areas, to include, but notlimited to, bathrooms, public areas, corridors, medication storage rooms as directed and any other areas that may require attention using designated and appropriate chemicals and cleaning procedures.

• Must have good working knowledge and be capable of accessing and using all department related technology systems, such as but not limited to, the Bed Management systems.

• Replenishes supplies as needed, remove bio-medical waste, trash and soiled linen as required daily and changes cubicle/window curtains as needed.

• Completes patient room and bathroom cleaning daily to accommodate discharges/admissions and overall cleanliness standards utilizing the approved proceduresfor patient room cleaning to include Bed Managementsystems where applicable.

• Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge ofthe health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements, proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling, and labor-saving products for all items within the healthcare environment for which tasked with servicing.

• Adheres to all organization safety, risk management, and infection control guidelines and standards while promoting a culture of safety.

• Operates UV disinfection machine as needed.

• Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to, improve Customer Experience and cleanliness metrics.

• Follows all infection prevention practices including proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and process, hand hygiene, standard & isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA)

• Reports unsafe situations and turnsin Engineering Service Requestsforrepair.

• Ability to communicate, read, and write in standard English asthisisthe main businesslanguage.

• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.

• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Experience
No experience or lessthan 3 years exp. in Health care supportservices and/or environmental services, hospitality, or related field