UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center ยท 4 months ago
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TECH
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center is seeking an Environmental Services Tech to maintain the hospital in a clean and sanitary condition. The role involves performing a variety of housekeeping tasks to ensure adherence to hospital policies and procedures, without direct patient care assignments.
Responsibilities
HOUSEKEEPING - Select cleaning materials and supplies and prepare solutions according to procedure
HOUSEKEEPING - Load service carts and transport to work area
HOUSEKEEPING - Clean assigned areas by washing furniture, tile, fixtures, and equipment with germicidal cleaning solutions
HOUSEKEEPING - Clean assigned areas by washing walls, doors, door frames, ceilings, ventilators, patient televisions, and windows; strips and apply floor finish and polishes floors
HOUSEKEEPING - Sweep and mops floor areas, vacuums carpets, spot-cleans carpets, using appropriate solutions, and arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area
HOUSEKEEPING - Request cleaning supplies and equipment as needed
HOUSEKEEPING - Operate various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical
HOUSEKEEPING - Clean equipment and notify manager of equipment needing repair
HOUSEKEEPING - Report safety hazards to manger
HOUSEKEEPING - Return unused supplies to janitor closet or department, clean carts and equipment; ensure all items are properly replaced
HOUSEKEEPING - Climb ladder to hang cubicle drapes, window drapes, or reach high areas for other cleaning purposes
HOUSEKEEPING - Collect waste from all areas of the hospital, sanitize all garbage cans, and keep compactor area sanitized
HOUSEKEEPING - Collect or distribute soiled or clean linen
HOUSEKEEPING - May collect hazardous waste as established by Infection Control Committee
HOUSEKEEPING - Transport infectious waste in a special closed container to the waste garage for sterilization before disposal
HOUSEKEEPING - Clean Isolation Room after patient has been discharged
HOUSEKEEPING - Arrange furniture for meetings, workshops, and community affairs
HOUSEKEEPING - Clean, mop, scrub or sweep floors, stairways and hallways
HOUSEKEEPING - Remove old finish from floors and re-coat with floor finish as needed or assigned
HOUSEKEEPING - Operate vacuum suction machines to clean flooded areas
HOUSEKEEPING - Clean, wash, dust or polish, hardware, brass, furniture, mirrors, lighting fixtures, windows, window sill, screens, vents, radiators, exteriors of cabinets and equipment
HOUSEKEEPING - Clean patient rooms thoroughly; perform duties, such as mopping floors, washing furniture, scrubbing plastic cushions & bed frames, cleaning & washing bathroom fixtures, dusting overhead & bed lamps, making beds & performing other general cleaning work
HOUSEKEEPING - Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned, such as vacuuming and shampooing rugs, lifting and moving furniture and other heavy projects
RELATED WORK - May be called upon at times to perform other similar or related duties not included in this job description
Qualification
Required
1/2 year (6 months) directly related experience
Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
Working conditions: Med Haz: Mod exposure to chemicals/dangerous equip/materials
Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required
Preferred
Bilingual English/Spanish
Company
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center
At UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center (SRMC), you benefit from the personal attention of a community hospital and the expertise and resources of an academic health care facility.