An Environmental Technician assists with testing and sampling or monitoring needed for environmental clean-up efforts or projects to mitigate environmental pollution. Assists environmental engineers or environmental scientists. Collects air, water or soil samples, operates field test equipment and conducts laboratory research. Coordinates work at sites with contaminated soil or water, or hazardous waste clean-up sites.
The primary goal of Environmental Services is to provide a clean and safe environment for our patients, visitors, and staff.
Job Description:
The Environmental Service Technician I is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment. EVS Tech will have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related and should be appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned service areas.
Requirements:
Ensuring timely room turns related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. Empties trash, cleans trash can as needed, relines can with clean liner. Removes infectious waste and fills sharps containers as needed. Damp dusts furniture, ledges, and fixtures with a germicidal agent. Dry mops, wet mops floors and vacuums carpeting. High dust vents, over bed lights and other items over shoulder height. Operates several types of vacuum cleaners and other miscellaneous cleaning tools. Expected at times to wear personal protection equipment to include rubber gloves, eye protection, gowns, booties, masks, and hair covers. Other duties as assigned such as performing alternate EVS aid responsibilities as needed.
Essential Qualifications:
Prefer completion of High School Diploma or equivalent. Safely and properly lift and transport items weighing up to 50 lbs. Safely and properly pull, push, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch and stretch.
Benefits:
Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE) Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance Life Insurance Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance Identity Theft Protection Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support Retirement with Company Match If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
