Environmental Technician III - Orlando Health - Health Central - Pool

Orlando Health is a 3,200-bed system that includes 15 wholly-owned hospitals and emergency departments; rehabilitation services, cancer institutes, heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with CareSpot Urgent Care. Nearly 4,200 physicians, representing more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs nearly 22,000 team members. Areas of clinical excellence are orthopedics, heart and vascular, cancer care, neurosciences, surgery, pediatric specialties, neonatology, women’s health and trauma

Successful candidates joining our TEAM will be eligible for: 

• Outstanding Benefits with a 403(B) match for full and part-time employees.
• Retirement Savings plan.
• Paid Time Off plan. 
• Education Assistance programs; Tuition reimbursement, Student Loan repayment program, and Preferred Education Program. 
• Maternity leave; 4 weeks yearly. 
• Among many other benefit programs. Benefits do kick in from day one!

“Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you."

Position Summary
The Environmental Services Technician lll isresponsible for executing the daily dutiesrequired to establish andmaintain a safe, clean, and
healing environment. The EVS Tech will 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 transporting regular waste, soiled linen, weighing and recording clean linen, bio-hazardous waste,
recycling waste, maintenance of trash containers, and performing routine manual tasks inside hospital and operate trash dumpsters,
scales, and package bio-waste for shipping.

Essential Functions
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaintsfrom customers.
• Transports regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location and prepared
for transporting according per Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and/or designated areasthat will
leave area clean and litter-free.
• Emptiestrash containers and cleansthem so they are free from spills and marks.
• Operates outside cleaning equipment, such as, but not limited to, pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat and cart washing machine.
• Takes a proactive approach to maintaining the identified patient and non-patient areas that need attention to be compliant with all
mandated and regulatory agency requirements.
• Maintains work area in a safe manner by utilizing appropriate safety systemsto protect patients, customers, and team members.
• To achieve a Superior Facility Image, this position is responsible for the cleaning and disinfecting of patient rooms, and ancillary areas,
to include, but notlimited to, bathrooms, public areas, corridors,medication storage rooms as directed and any other areasthat may
require attention using designated and appropriate chemicals and cleaning procedures.
• Maintains equipmentin a clean and functional condition. Keeps work areas orderly, clean, and safe.
• Worksindependently to complete tasks as assigned.
• Responds to common inquiries from units/departments for linen request.
• Delivers clean linen to user areas on established and changing par levels.
• Uses handheld computer (if applicable) or manualsystem to credit and debit clean linen to user areas.
• Recordstelephone requestsfor linen on the Telephone Log. Picks up soiled linen from user areas and dSince eliver to the holding
area for Laundry pick up.
• Weighs and records clean and reject linen when delivered and soiled linen at pick up.
• Recordsthe Laundry truck lock tag number to Weight Log for both clean and soiled linen.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal,
state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions
• Identifies and utilizes appropriate resourcesto ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved.
• Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to operate all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
• Demonstratesthe ability set up/dismantle bedsfor cleaning according to department cleaning procedures.
• Completes other tasks as assigned by EVS leadership.
• Assists in onboarding new Environmental Services Technicians at Levels I, II and III’s asrequested.
• Reports unsafe situations and turnsin Engineering Service Requests for repair.
• Participatesin Department Safety/Quality Assurance activities as assigned i.e., Linen Area Cart/Bio Bins upon arrival.

Education/Training
High School Diploma or GED preferred.

Licensure/Certification
• DOT (Department of Transportation) Certification within the first 90 days. Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician
(CHEST), preferred.
• Linen Helper Software or similar software.

Experience
Three (3) or more years exp. in Health care supportservices and/or environmental services, hospitality, or related field to include
one (1) or more years’ experience as a porter or warehouse worker experience.