Environmental Technician at Lake Mary Hospital

Position Summary Department: LMH Environmental Services Status: Full-time Schedule: Varies Title: Environmental Tech lll Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health's continued commitment to the Seminole County community, which we have proudly served for 40 years. As a comprehensive acute care facility, the hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women's services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU. Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds. State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department. For labor and delivery, the hospital features six private suites thoughtfully designed to make you feel at home while providing exceptional medical care. Each suite includes a hydrotherapy tub for laboring, shower, recliner, adjustable bed with a squat bar, wireless and waterproof heart rate monitors for mom and baby, a smart board that integrates patient and nurse information from Epic, WiFi, and televisions. These modern amenities ensure a comfortable and supportive environment for every patient. Features include: Center for Women and Babies Six state-of-the-art operating rooms Three catheterization labs with a dedicated interventional radiology and vascular lab Comprehensive cardiovascular care 16 ICU beds Observation unit Imaging Lab Orlando Health Scripts pharmacy Dining and café Chapel Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health - Lake Mary Hospital: BEST Place to Work for 6 years! As a new hospital, Orlando Health Lake Mary offers unique opportunities for career advancement, leadership roles, and professional development. Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only). Flexible Schedules Tuition Reimbursement of up to $5,000 a year. Position Summary: The Environmental Services Technician lll is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, clean, and healing environment. The EVS Tech III has contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related interactions and is appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned service areas. The role is responsible for transporting regular waste, soiled linen, weighing and recording clean linen, bio hazardous waste, recycling waste, maintenance of trash containers, and performing routine manual tasks inside hospital, and operates trash dumpsters, scales, and packages bio-waste for shipping. Responsibilities What you will do Responds to common inquiries or complaints from customers. Transports regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location and prepares for transport in accordance with Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards. Maintains a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and/or designated areas to leave the area clean and litter-free. Empties trash containers and cleans them so they are free from spills and marks. Operates outside cleaning equipment, such as, but not limited to, pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat, and cart washing machine. Takes a proactive approach to maintaining the identified patient and non-patient areas that need attention to be compliant with all mandated and regulatory agency requirements. Maintains work areas in a safe manner by utilizing appropriate safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members. To achieve a Superior Facility Image, cleans and disinfects patient rooms, and ancillary areas, to include, but not limited 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. Maintains equipment in a clean and functional condition. Keeps work areas orderly, clean, and safe. Works independently to complete tasks as assigned. Responds to common inquiries from units/departments for linen requests. Delivers clean linen to user areas on established and changing par levels. Uses handheld computer (if applicable) or manual system to credit and debit clean linen to user areas. Records telephone requests for linen on the Telephone Log. Picks up soiled linen from user areas and delivers to the holding area for laundry pick up. Weighs and records clean and reject linen when delivered and soiled linen at pick up. Records the laundry truck lock tag number to Weight Log for both clean and soiled linen. 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. Identifies and utilizes appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved. Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements. Demonstrates the ability to operate all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment. Demonstrates the ability to set up/dismantle beds for cleaning according to department cleaning procedures. Completes other tasks assigned by EVS leadership. Assists in onboarding new Environmental Services Technicians at Levels I, II, and III as requested. Reports unsafe situations and turns in Engineering Service Requests for repair. Participates in Department Safety/Quality Assurance activities as assigned (i.e., Linen Area Cart/Bio Bins upon arrival). Qualifications Qualifications High School Diploma or GED preferred. Three (3) years of experience in healthcare support services, EVS, hospitality, or a related field. Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) preferred.

Qualifications High School Diploma or GED preferred. Three (3) years of experience in healthcare support services, EVS, hospitality, or a related field. Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) preferred.

What you will do Responds to common inquiries or complaints from customers. Transports regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location and prepares for transport in accordance with Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards. Maintains a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and/or designated areas to leave the area clean and litter-free. Empties trash containers and cleans them so they are free from spills and marks. Operates outside cleaning equipment, such as, but not limited to, pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat, and cart washing machine. Takes a proactive approach to maintaining the identified patient and non-patient areas that need attention to be compliant with all mandated and regulatory agency requirements. Maintains work areas in a safe manner by utilizing appropriate safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members. To achieve a Superior Facility Image, cleans and disinfects patient rooms, and ancillary areas, to include, but not limited 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. Maintains equipment in a clean and functional condition. Keeps work areas orderly, clean, and safe. Works independently to complete tasks as assigned. Responds to common inquiries from units/departments for linen requests. Delivers clean linen to user areas on established and changing par levels. Uses handheld computer (if applicable) or manual system to credit and debit clean linen to user areas. Records telephone requests for linen on the Telephone Log. Picks up soiled linen from user areas and delivers to the holding area for laundry pick up. Weighs and records clean and reject linen when delivered and soiled linen at pick up. Records the laundry truck lock tag number to Weight Log for both clean and soiled linen. 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. Identifies and utilizes appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved. Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements. Demonstrates the ability to operate all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment. Demonstrates the ability to set up/dismantle beds for cleaning according to department cleaning procedures. Completes other tasks assigned by EVS leadership. Assists in onboarding new Environmental Services Technicians at Levels I, II, and III as requested. Reports unsafe situations and turns in Engineering Service Requests for repair. Participates in Department Safety/Quality Assurance activities as assigned (i.e., Linen Area Cart/Bio Bins upon arrival).