Position Summary
8 or 10 hours per day, relief as needed.
The Environmental Services Technician ll is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, clean, healing environment. The role ensures daily room cleaning and timely room turnaround times related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The Environmental Services Technician, in accordance with organizationalstandards of quality, is an essential contributorto cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention, and customer experience.
Essential Functions
• Responds to common inquiries or complaints from customers, using appropriate designated engagement techniques.
• 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.
• Accesses and uses all department related technology systems such as, but not limited to, the Bed Management systems.
• Replenishes supplies as needed, removes 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 procedures for patient room cleaning to include Bed Management systems where applicable.
• Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of 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 assigned for 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 or according to policy.
• 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 and isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA).
• Assistsin onboarding new Environmental Services Technician I and II’s asrequested.
• Reports unsafe situations and turnsin Engineering Service Requestsforrepair.
• 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.
Education/Training
High School Diploma or GED preferred.
Experience
Two (2) years of experience in healthcare support services, EVS, hospitality, or a related field.
At Florida Medical Clinic, your life is our specialty. Our team of compassionate, experienced physicians offers a comprehensive range of healthcare services. By specializing in everything from family practice and internal medicine services to cardiology, gastroenterology, sports medicine, plastic surgery, and beyond, all within a single, clinically integrated network, our team streamlines every aspect of your health care. There’s only one name you’ll need to remember for all of your medical needs: Florida Medical Clinic.
What Does FMC have to offer its employees?
We offer a wide choice of compensation and benefit programs that are among the best. From competitive salaries to retirement plans. We make every effort to take care of the people who make our company great.
We are also a company that strongly believes in giving back to the community in which we live and work. The Florida Medical Clinic Foundation of Caring supports individuals, children and families in need. The foundation has invested $2 million and 1,000s of volunteer hours in helping children, families and those in need.