Environmental Services Tech

CommonSpirit Health is seeking an Environmental Services Technician in Lisbon, ND, responsible for cleaning and sanitizing patient rooms and hospital areas. Key tasks include routine cleaning, restocking supplies, and proper disposal of biohazard materials. Candidates should have housekeeping experience and good communication skills. The position offers benefits like health insurance and retirement plans. This role is essential for ensuring safety and comfort in the healthcare environment.
CommonSpirit Health is hiring an Environmental Services Technician in Lisbon, ND. The role involves cleaning and sanitizing patient rooms and hospital areas to prevent illness, using specialized techniques and equipment. Responsibilities include routine cleaning, restocking supplies, and proper disposal of biohazard materials. Candidates should have experience in housekeeping, be detail-oriented, and possess good communication skills. Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, and paid vacation.
Overview

As our Environmental Services Technician at CHI Lisbon Health, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, you’ll keep our patient rooms and all areas of the hospital clean and sanitized to protect everyone from potential illness or injury due to infectious diseases or other hazards.

You’ll succeed in this job if you are thorough and committed to safety. Not only will you perform routine cleaning tasks such as sweeping, mopping, or dusting, you will also use specialized equipment and techniques to further sanitize this facility.

You must learn and adhere to proper disposal techniques for biohazard materials, including bodily fluids or sharp objects. You will learn about and safely use disinfecting chemicals and learn techniques and procedures for cleaning certain specialized rooms or pieces of equipment. You may also refill soap dispensers, paper towel dispensers, tissue holders, and other supplies, as well as deliver clean linens to patient rooms.

You will truly excel in this role if you are friendly and enthusiastic about helping others. You are truly the most important component of safety and comfort for our patients, visitors, and staff. A clean facility with kind staff provides so much comfort and peace of mind to patients, their loved ones, and everyone working here.

About Us:

CHI Lisbon Health is a 20 bed Critical Access Hospital with a 24 hour Emergency Level V Trauma Center. CHI Lisbon Health is part of a larger family of quality healthcare facilities CommonSpirit Health. We believe in treating you close to home just like family. Let us take care of all of your needs like we have been doing for over 60 years….Because We Care.

Benefits:

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, and more!

Responsibilities
• Provide routine cleaning and decluttering to appropriate areas of the hospital - dusting, sweeping, mopping, and disposing of trash.
• Sanitize appropriate areas of the hospital using approved tools and routines which may vary by location. Patient rooms, emergency rooms, and operating rooms will all have their own procedures and vary from the hallways, nurses’ stations, waiting areas, and restrooms. Use proper chemicals, procedures, and equipment to clean and disinfect surfaces thoroughly.
• Restock supplies as needed in supply areas, common areas, and patient rooms. This may include soap, paper towels, bath tissue, facial tissue, bath linens, bed linens and your own cleaning supplies in supply closets.
• Learn and follow proper techniques for disposal of all medical waste, including biological or biohazard waste such as bodily fluids or sharp implements. Remain patient, kind and personable in all interactions with patients, visitors and staff.

Qualifications
• * Experience in housekeeping/environmental services in commercial or healthcare environment is preferred
• Must be able to read and write English Language and the ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and memos
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Must have knowledge of basic cleaning principles/methods and products and the ability to identify and follow directions for products used
• Must be dependable and motivated to complete duties without constant supervision