Environmental Services Tech

Where You’ll Work

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is a full-service, 712-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprising Penrose Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and St Francis Hospital - Interquest. St. Francis Hospital opened in 2008 to keep pace with the growing needs of the Colorado Springs' community on the north side of the city. St. Francis Hospital features 340-beds and offers a modern Birth Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cancer Center, Emergency Department, Level III Trauma Center, Imaging Services, Acute Inpatient Rehab, Surgical Services and Critical Care Unit. It also serves as southern Colorado's home base for the Flight For Life Colorado air medical transport service. It's an incredible time to join us as we celebrate recognition with Magnet Hospital designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care. With more than 300 days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy-to-access recreational areas including Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado's top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you've always wanted.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

As an Environmental Service Specialist with us you are essential to ensuring every patient, associate and visitor has an exceptional experience. We hire for a variety of roles that function to provide clean surroundings, beautiful indoor/outdoor spaces and create delicious meals to nurture every life we touch - body, mind and spirit.

This Environmental Service role will be responsible for:

• Maintaining safe and clean environments for patients, staff, and visitors by primarily cleaning procedural areas that are established by the department.
• Providing excellent customer services when working with patients, visitors and other staff members, and that as a Environmental professional you will have industry knowledge in the cleaning of specific departments such as the Emergency Department, Operating Rooms and other unique procedural areas.

Job Requirements

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Strong communication skills; ability to read, write and speak English.
• Must possess basic computer skills.
• Can distinguish the differences between levels of disinfection and perform low and intermediate level disinfection.
• Ability to explain orally or in writing the differences between levels of disinfection and perform intermediate level disinfection in areas where required.
•  Ability to operate necessary equipment/machines
• Effectively uses computers and mobile devices.
• Respectfully listens to viewpoints and ideas of others.
• Communicates orally or in writing openly and candidly,creates an environment where co-workers and teammembers reciprocate in kind.
• Respectfully listens toviewpoints and ideas of others.
• Ability to work withoutclose supervision.

Physical Requirements - Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)