Job Description
Environmental service technicians maintain clean patient rooms and non-patient areas at Fort HealthCare facilities by following infection control procedures. Patients and staff benefit from reduced infection spread through mopping, vacuuming, and waste disposal practices in hospitals. The role handles daily cleaning tasks using liquid detergents and machines to prepare spaces for transfers while prioritizing emergency requests. Technicians transport soiled linen and medical waste with carts, ensuring compliance with safety standards for isolates during pandemic responses.
Fort HealthCare manages hospitals and health systems in Jefferson, Dane, and Walworth counties, serving thousands with patient-centered care and multiple awards for mentorship and workplace culture. The organization promotes improving community health through quality services, honored 15 times as Top Workplace by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Fort HealthCare provides resources for growth, focusing on mission-driven activities like laundering cubicle curtains for hygienic environments.
Technicians complete cleaning of patient areas with vacuums and mops, following procedures for discharging rooms using interaction terminology to inform staff. They maintain medical equipment with disinfectants, relocating units like wheelchairs in outpatient spaces. Work involves collecting trash, recycling, and waste using disposal bins, laundering mops and rags in washers. Technicians vacuum corridors and wash walls during projects, stocking shelves with supplies from freight deliveries. A challenge includes lifting materials while performing annual projects like vent cleaning, requiring physical stamina for tasks scheduled daily weekly monthly.
Compensation offers competitive pay without specified ranges for full-time day shifts from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., including occasional weekends. Work locations include hospital facilities in Wisconsin counties, with 80 hours per bi-weekly pay period and no travel noted. Schedules feature standard hours with overtime potential, focusing on consistent availability. Benefits provide 401(k) with employer match, generous PTO, daycare, dental insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending, health insurance, comprehensive wellness plan, life insurance, pharmacy discount, tuition assistance, vision insurance, employee assistance program, and free parking. Fort HealthCare ensures equal opportunity without discrimination.
Responsibilities
- Complete daily, isolation, and discharge/transfer cleaning of patient areas following Fort HealthCare cleaning procedures including use of patient interaction terminology
- Complete cleaning and relocating of medical equipment in outpatient and patient areas following Fort HealthCare cleaning procedures
- Complete scheduled cleaning of non patient areas following Fort HealthCare cleaning procedures
- Respond to requests for specific cleaning tasks prioritizing emergency requests
- Follow Fort HealthCare guidelines when handling general and medical waste and soiled linen
- Collect and transport soiled linen, trash, recycling, and infectious waste from designated areas following Fort healthcare disposal procedures
- Vacuum carpeted corridors, entrances, waiting and lobby areas as scheduled
- Wet/dry mop and machine scrub corridors, entrances, waiting and lobby areas as scheduled
- Maintains and stocks EVS storeroom as necessary, including putting away freight, stocking supply shelves, cleaning and organizing room
- Laundering of Mops, rags, and other cleaning supplies used by staff
- Completes project work including walls/ceiling washing, vent cleaning, and other scheduled projects as necessary to maintain areas of the facility
- Maintains working knowledge of and follows safety and infection control standards
- Maintains working knowledge of and follows hospital/department Environment of Care Compliance
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Completes department specific orientation and annual competencies for the position
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
- Cleaning experience preferred
- Cleaning in healthcare, hospitality, commercial or private environment preferred