Environmental Services Technician

Salary Range: $18.85 - $22.41

Pay rates are determined based on experience and internal equity.

Position Summary:

• Under the supervision of the Director of Environmental Services.
• Works under general supervision to perform a variety of routine skilled cleaning tasks in assigned areas or projects.
• Mixes cleaning supplies, and maintains Environmental-cleaning equipment.
• The position is supervised, evaluated, and scheduled by the Environmental Services Director.
• Must work well under stress or tight deadlines.
• Must work well with supervisors, co-workers, patients/residents, family members and visitors.

District Responsibility:

• Support of the District Mission and Values
• Demonstrate Respect, Professionalism and Courtesy to all patients, visitors, other providers and coworkers, as delineated in the LVMC “Commitment to Care”.
• Constantly use C-I-CARE principles when communicating with others.
• Performance Improvement Activities
• Professional development

Position Duties/Responsibility:

• Distribute clean linen and remove-soiled linen from halls.
• Daily clean rooms, clinics, lobbies, bathrooms, showers, offices and off-site facilities.
• Terminal clean resident rooms, patients’ rooms, and clinical treatment rooms.
• Performs dust mopping and light wet mopping.
• Dusts/clean furniture and equipment.
• Polishes metal work.
• Cleans and makes beds.
• Changes cubicle curtains.
• Cleans inside patient windows, and windowsills.
• Maintains supplies in neat and orderly manner.
• Empties waste containers, and infectious waste containers.
• Performs a variety of related tasks
• May be assigned to a specific work area on a routine basis.
• Position competencies
• Other duties assigned by supervisor.

Essential Functions:

• The ability to stand and walk for prolonged periods.
• The ability to bend, stretch, squat, push, pull stoop, twist, turn and reach.
• The ability to push items > 50 lbs.
• The ability to grip or grasp.
• The ability to climb a ladder.
• The ability to lift up mop buckets.
• The ability to read, write and follow simple oral and written instructions
• The ability to be supervised.
• The ability to work as a Team.
• The ability to have positive personal interactions with staff, residents and visitors.

Position Qualifications:

• Education: None required.
• Experience: Recent, successful, structured work experience, previous Healthcare facility or Motel experience preferred.
• Certifications: None required
• Skills/Ability:
  • Knowledge of the use of common cleaning tools, such as wet mops, vacuums and solutions.
  • Ability to read, write and follow simple oral and written instructions.
  • Ability to perform routine, repetitive tasks in a dependable manner.
  • Ability to perform tasks and establish priorities to accommodate interruptions.
  • Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, and reach overhead and carry moderate loads

LVMC reserves the right to modify the minimum requirements depending on the needs of the organization.