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Environmental Services Technician - Ephrata Hospital - Nights

Location: WellSpan Health, Ephrata, PA

Schedule: Full Time

Full time (80 hours biweekly)

10:30pm-7:00am Sunday-Thursday

Shift differential pay

Starting pay rate: $17.00/hr + pay for experience

General Summary

Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain patient rooms, offices, hallways, and other assigned areas of the hospital.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain offices, hallways, and other assigned areas.

• Cleans and disinfects all fixtures, floors, mirrors, windows, doors, and walls of bathrooms.

• Dusts furniture, woodwork, equipment and dust mops floors. Polishes and cleans fixtures in utility rooms and bathrooms.

• Wet mops rooms, halls, stairways and public areas.

• Cleans fixtures, tops of windows, door frames and high areas using a ladder.

• Gathers and disposes of trash and waste materials.

• Removes waste and soiled linens from work area and places in specified bags or containers.

• Assists in hanging drapes and dividers and takes them down for cleaning.

• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Performs terminal cleaning procedures of patient rooms and prepares room for new occupant; follows isolation procedures in isolation rooms.

• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Receives direct supervision from professional nursing staff and Supervisor-Environmental Services.

• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Responds to call lights, if in immediate area.

• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of work areas and/or patient rooms.

• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Ensures patient rooms are stocked with appropriate items prior to patient's admission.

• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Communicates with patients and families to promote their comfort. Notifies the nurse or other available care team member as needed to meet a patient's request.

Common Expectations:

• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

• Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.

• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• None Required

Work Experience:

• Less than 1 year Relevant experience. Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to read, write, understand and speak English at a level that enables the individual to perform the functions of the job satisfactorily.

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