Position Summary:
Department: SSEM Environmental Services

Status: Variable Full-Time (36 hours a week)

Schedule: Varies

Title: Environmental Tech lV

MUST HAVE FOUR (4) OR MORE YEARS' EXPERIENCE OF HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU UPLOAD YOUR RESUME.

Located in Longwood, Florida, Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital is a comprehensive medical, surgical and behavioral health facility with 126 acute-care beds and 80 inpatient behavioral health beds. Orlando Health South Seminole has a 30-bed ER, surgical department, endoscopy center and diagnostic cardiac catheterization laboratory. It also provides a full range of outpatient services, including diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, laboratory, surgery, MRI, psychotherapy services and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound care. Orlando Health South Seminole is proudly recognized among the nation's "Best Regional Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report, "Great Community Hospitals" by Becker's Healthcare and "Best Places to Work" by Modern Healthcare, named for four consecutive years.

Orlando Health South Seminole is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida's east to west coasts and beyond. Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions. "Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work" is not just something we say, it's our promise to you.

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health - South Seminole Hospital:

South Seminole Hospital is Nationally Recognized for the BEST Places to Work!

Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).

Flexible Schedules

Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 a year.

Position Summary:

The EVS Technician Level lV isresponsible for providing a safe care environment for patients, and staff (visitors as appropriate to setting) within a specialty area (surgical services/peri-operative suite, Cath lab, endoscopy etc.) achieved by demonstrating the principles of cleaning, disinfection, and quality assurance toward the reduction of harmful pathogens for the benefit of patients, visitors, and staff. While executing the assigned tasks, the EVS Tech will have contact with patients and perhaps family. Responsible for ensuring timely room turns related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The environmental services technician, in accordance with organizational standards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning,
disinfection, infection prevention and patient experience.

Responsibilities:
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, using appropriate designated engagement techniques.

• Responsible for cleaning and disinfection ofspecialty units& equipment. Areasinclude but are notlimited to Surgical Services, Labor Delivery, Critical Care, Angio, Endoscopy, MRI, Trauma, Cath Lab, NICU, Mental Health and Burn Unit.

• Adheresto all organization safety, risk management and infection control standards while promoting a culture ofsafety.

• Accountable for accurately maintaining all appropriate logs and check lists/sheets current.

• Responsible for cleaning and disinfection of equipment and areas of assignment according to procedures, policies, and manufacturer recommendations.

• Demonstrates understanding of the training and education related to evidence-based recommendations in accordance with the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE), Association for Professional in Infection Control (APIC) and Association for periOperative Nurses (AORN), CDC, The Joint Commission, and other regulatory bodies.

• Actively participatesin departmental performance improvementinitiatives, including but notlimited to initiativesto improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.

• Maintainssupplies and equipment by properly stocking and restocking environmentalservices cartin a neat and orderly fashion.

• Removes waste and transport to appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste streams(i.e.,regulatedmedical, recycle, solid, and hazardous).

• Operates UV disinfection machine as needed or according to policy.

• Follows all environmental and infection prevention practices (i.e., proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and process, hand hygiene,standard& isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA)

• Reports unsafe situations and turnsin Engineering Service Requestsforrepair.

• 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.

Qualifications:
Education/Training
High School Diploma or GED preferred

Licensure/Certification
Certified Surgical Cleaning Technician (CSCT) preferred.
Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) preferred.
DOT Certified Department of Transportation required within the 1st 90 Days

Trained on Perioperative RoomEquipment
Trained on Perioperative Room Set-up

Experience
Four (4) or more years' experience of health care environmentalservices experience.