Evs Technician (Housekeeping) - Southwell Housekeeping - Ft Day Shift

DEPARTMENT: Southwell Housekeeping

F ACILITY: Southwell Medical Center

WORK TYPE: Full Time

S HIFT: Varied Shift

Hours: Varied

Performs a variety of healthcare environmental services (EVS) duties to enhance the healthcare environment by maintaining the location assigned. Responsible for providing a safe, and hygienic environment for the benefit of patients, visitors, and staff. Follows special healthcare cleaning and trash handling techniques as required, ensuring professional and appropriate service standards while performing the job. Responsible for ensuring timely room cleans, especially as it relates to hospital patient throughput and responds favorably to requests to adjust daily workflow or area assignment to meet hospital/discharge flow needs. The EVS worker, in accordance with standards of quality, is an essential contributor to hospital disinfection and infection prevention. Ensures the very best patient/family/customer experience by optimizing all customer interactions.

* Following Ten Step Cleaning Procedure with special emphasis on visual inspection of area upon completion to ensure appropriate levels of cleanliness and neatness have been achieved.

• Adheres to isolation procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of how to perform individual duties during disasters, tornado, bomb threat, infant abduction situation and/or hostage situation.
• Demonstrates ability to read MSDS.
• Maintains log of cleaning duties performed indicating project locations, and time spent completing tasks.
• Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
• Supports environment of care program.
• Willing to cross-train in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in department.
• Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
• Attends all mandatory education programs.
• Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and facility regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
• Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment.
• Performs duties in a timely manner.
• Supports performance improvement.
• Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements.
• Demonstrates age-specific skills as required by position.
• Demonstrates knowledge of how to handle hazardous waste safely and appropriately, following safety rules and guidelines.
• Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.
• Washes hands frequently and changes cleaning water frequently.
• Manages resources effectively.
• Reports hazards in the workplace to Supervisor.
• Understands and adheres to compliance standards as they appear in the Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct, and Conflicts of Interest Policy.
• Ensures transfer, mixing and handling of hazardous materials are in accordance with policy and regulation. Ensures that all bottles/containers are clearly and properly labeled.
• Properly disposes of wax, stripper, and other floor care chemicals.
• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
• Observes standard precautions at all times, included but not limited to: When cleaning patient rooms/areas and also when handling soiled linens.
• Following established cleaning procedures with special emphasis on visual inspection of area upon completion to ensure appropriate levels of cleanliness and neatness have been achieved.

N /A

High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred

* Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work, and achieves results with little oversight.

• Is reliable and trustworthy while performing work in a consistent and timely manner.
• Provides excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Conveys ideas and facts orally using language the audience will best understand.
• Helps create a work environment that embraces and appreciates diversity.
• Basic computer skills
• Uses tools, machines, and/or vehicles to complete the assigned work.
• Recognizes obstacles and moves forward with potential solutions without hesitation.
• Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities and works with a variety of situations, individuals, groups, and varying customer needs.
• Machine/equipment operation
• Conveys ideas and facts in writing using language the reader will best understand.
• Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
• Correctly interprets and follows instructions.