Environmental Technician in Lincoln, Nebraska at Bryan Health
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Job Description
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Environmental Tech serves as a part of the patient care and support teams. Provides daily cleaning in patient and assigned facility rooms, documents patient’s dismissal from rooms, collection, removal and transport of trash and soiled linen, replenishment of supplies and furniture arrangement for meetings. Completes work in accordance with department and Medical Center policies, procedures, and infection control guidelines.
PRINCIPAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. *Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
2. *Sets up, cleans, and returns required cleaning cart and equipment.
3. *Cleans assigned area per facility and department procedures and guidelines.
4. *Removes trash and soiled linen; accesses medication rooms without supervision to perform necessary cleaning.
5. *Monitors, removes, and replaces sharps containers.
6. *Safely operates required equipment.
7. Power scrubs/buffs floors.
8. Arranges furniture.
9. Reviews unit’s needs for patient dismissals and transfers.
10. Contains and removes contaminated items.
11. Makes dismissal beds.
12. *Replenishes required supplies in assigned area.
13. *Utilizes computer to complete required job training and personnel-related activities as needed.
14. Unloads/sorts linen carts.
15. Stocks shelves/monitors linen inventory.
16. Assists with linen ordering process; assembles, fills and delivers linen orders.
17. Maintains carts, shelves, and work area in a clean orderly fashion.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
High school graduate or equivalency preferred. Previous custodial or cleaning experience desired.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
(Physical Requirements are based on federal criteria and assigned by Human Resources upon review of the Principal Job Functions.)
(DOT) – Characterized as medium work requiring exertion of 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or a greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Long periods of standing, walking, bending, pushing/pulling and lifting. Regular exposure to blood/body fluids, chemicals and latex.