Environmental Services Technician

Salary Range: $18.76- $22.86

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.