EVS (4765)

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Job Summary:The environmental services technician level I is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment.  While executing the assigned tasks, the EVS Tech may have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related and should be appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned service areas. Responsible for ensuring timely room turns related to patient throughput and timely terminal cleaning of each assigned building/ area, within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The environmental services technician, in accordance with organizational standards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention and patient experience.

Supervises

• None

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas, equipment as assigned and other common areas of assignment.
• Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of the 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.
• Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
• Maintains cleaning cart(s), supplies and equipment evidence by properly stocking and restocking environmental services cart in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Removes waste and transports to the appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste streams handling (i.e. regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous).
• Follows all infection prevention practices (i.e. 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)

Other Responsibilities

• Practices critical thinking skills
• Demonstrates personal accountability
• Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved
• Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to operate and properly maintain all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
• May be asked to perform specialty tasks according to facility needs including tasks such as cleaning of stairwells and elevators, and hanging of cubicle curtains.
• May be asked to assist with on-boarding of new Level I technicians.

Education/Certifications/Licenses

• High School Diploma or GED
• Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) and/or Certified Surgical Cleaning Technician (CSCT) desired/preferred.

Experience

• Health care support services and/or environmental services, hospitality or related field preferred

Special Skills/ Equipment

• Can demonstrate effective use of computers and/or mobile devices for daily job performance activities
• Ability to read/write English at 6th-9th grade level preferred
• Respectfully listens to viewpoints and ideas of others
• Ability to communicate orally or in writing openly and candidly, creates an environment where co-workers and team members reciprocate in kind.

Contacts

Internal: Patients, visitors, providers, clinical and non-clinical staff and volunteers

External:

Physical, Mental Demands/Working Environment

Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

General Activity

                                                         Number of Hours

                    None

Drive              X

           1-2

           2-4

          4-6

        6-8          

Sit

             X

Stand

X

Walk

X

Motion

                              Up to 1/3 of shift

Bend                               

1/3 or more of shift

X

Squat                              

X

Crawl                              X

Climb                             X

Reach

X

Lift                                  

X

Carry                              

X

Push                               

X

Pull                                 

X

Twist                               

X

Turn                                

X

Use of Hands and Feet

                        Gross Motor Function

Right Hand                     X 

                     Precise Motor Function

Left Hand                       X

Right Foot                      X

Left Foot                        X

Weight Lifted/Force

Exerted

                                Up to 1/3 of shift

Up to 10 pounds                                   

1/3 or more of shift

X

Up to 25 pounds

                                       X

Up to 50 Pounds            X

Up to 100 pounds               

More than 100 pounds

Body Fluid Exposure

No 

YesXXX

Mental Demands

                                                             YES

Attention Span                                        X

                                                                  YES

Memory                                                               X

Concentration                                          X

Patience                                                              X

Conceptualization                                   X

Problem Solving                                                  X

Influence People                                     X

Relate to Others                                                  X

Working Environment

                                                              YES

Indoor                                                     X

                                                                           YES

Loud Noise                                                          X

Outdoor                                                  X

Fumes                                                                  X

High Temperatures                                X

Confined Areas                                                   X

Low Temperatures                                  

Radiation Area                                                    X

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Disclaimer

MCES Industries LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.

The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. The list is not intended to be an all-exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties required and may include other duties as assigned.