DEPARTMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

FACILITY: Tift Regional Medical Center

WORK TYPE: Full Time

SHIFT: Varied

HOURS: 7a-3:30p, 3p-11:30p, 5p-1:30a or 10:30p-7a

SUMMARY:

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* 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.
* Washes hands frequently and changes cleaning water frequently.
* Reports hazards in the workplace to Supervisor.
* Properly disposes of wax, stripper, and other floor care chemicals.
* 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.
* Demonstrates knowledge of how to handle hazardous waste safely and appropriately, following safety rules and guidelines.
* 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.
* Maintains log of cleaning duties performed indicating project locations, and time spent completing tasks.
* Supports performance improvement.
* Supports environment of care program.
* Performs duties in a timely manner.
* Demonstrates ability to read MSDS.
* Demonstrates knowledge of how to perform individual duties during disasters, tornado, bomb threat, infant abduction situation and/or hostage situation.
* Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and facility regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
* Understands and adheres to compliance standards as they appear in the Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct, and Conflicts of Interest Policy.
* Demonstrates age-specific skills as required by position.
* Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
* Attends all mandatory education programs.
* Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
* 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.
* 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.
* Manages resources effectively.
* Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment.
* Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS:

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

Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.