Environmental Services Job Description
Environmental services
provides training for staff in various cleaning duties requiring specialized knowledge of hospital cleaning procedures, policies, and standards ranging from Surgery, Cath Lab and Pacer Lab equipment (such as steam sterilizers, and cardboard and garbage-handling equipment), as well as other routine cleaning, mopping, vacuuming, and organizing duties, weekly, daily and as needed.
Environmental Services Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Perform cleaning duties in alignment with the organization and according to pre-established schedules and infection control guidelines
Possess basic infection control knowledge
Completes waste stream removal
According to established procedures clean and service assigned areas
Move furniture, equipment, and supplies in and around the Medical Center departments, and performs a variety of cleaning duties to maintain the hospital in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition
Operates assigned equipment, (floor machines, buffers)
Enters data into telemetry monitoring system accurately and timely
Participates in a minimum of eight unit/department meetings annually
Maintain assigned patient and non-patient areas in a clean, safe and sanitary condition at all times
May move furniture, equipment and supplies, in and around hospital departments
Environmental Services Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Environmental Services
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: IEHA, ASHES, FEMA, AHE, CHEST, DOT, CHESP, CEH, REH, C.H.E.S.T
Education for Environmental Services
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the environmental services job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Oral Communication, Healthcare, Performance, Education, Environmental Science, Associates, Communication, Computer, General Education, Leadership
Skills for Environmental Services
Desired skills for environmental services include:
Infection control
Isolation procedures and proper operation of cleaning equipment related to cleaning
Basic environmental duties
Patient room Critical Use Equipment
Matters of sanitation
Use of disinfectants and proper operation of cleaning equipment
Units of measurement
& PICU equipment cleaning
NICU
Procedural room cleaning
Desired experience for environmental services includes:
Maintain record of daily cleaning task assignment/checklist and ensures its completion
Document and report items/equipment needing repair and hazardous conditions requiring correction
Dispose of all medical waste, (regulated, chemo, recyclables, regular) appropriately
Use computer to update EPIC as primary tool for tracking individual progress of all work completed throughout the day
Work closely with other staff to obtain or provide routine information, to request supplies and schedule maintenance work
Able to incorporate the values of dignity, service, justice, and excellence in the daily work
Environmental Services Examples
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of environmental services. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for environmental services
- Utilizes Standard Precautions when exposure to blood and body fluid is likely
- Utilizes safe practices in the performance of job duties, and adheres to established safety practices
- Knowledge of the chemicals used to perform daily activities
- Clean and maintain assigned area, both public and patient spaces
- Coordinates work tasks affecting other areas to minimize overall disruption and inconveniences
- Complete projects/repairs in a manner that seldom requires follow-up or corrections
- Provide service in a calm, consistent, effective manner with an objective of customer satisfaction
- Leadership in the development and coordination of client relationships and business growth
- Leadership of client/revenue acquisition and internal team growth to deliver the business
- Leadership of business development activities including proposal preparation and presentations
Qualifications for environmental services
- Ability to read, write, comprehend and speak English preferred
- Prior housekeeping/cleaning experience preferred
- Experience in a healthcare or hospital setting is preferred
- Must have the ability to stand for long periods of time and lift up to 35 pounds without assistance
- Experience operating housekeeping equipment is preferred
- Training in institutional housekeeping methods is preferred
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Our growing company is looking for an environmental services. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for environmental services
- Provision of technical and professional leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams including engineers, scientists and technologists
- Liaison with public and private sector clients, government review and approval agencies, subconsultants, and subcontractors
- Input to the career development of more junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
- Business travel upon request
- Groundwater resource evaluation, protection and management
- Phased site assessments
- Human health and/or ecological risk assessment
- Remedial action plan development and/or design
- Preparation of detailed designs, cost estimates and tender packages for remediation projects
- Design and implementation of compliance monitoring plans
Qualifications for environmental services
- Knowledge of chemical guidelines in Hazards Communication Program is preferred
- One to two years custodial and/or janitorial operation experience preferred
- Ability to read, write simple task requests and reports, and communicate well with others required
- Commercial cleaning experience preferred
- Experience in healthcare facility preferred
- Previous experience with cleaning and sterile techniques preferred
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Our company is looking for an environmental services. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for environmental services
- Ensures that established infection control and universal precaution practices are maintained when performing housekeeping procedures
- Vacuums, dusts, mops, dry mops, and scrubs resident rooms, bathrooms, and public areas as assigned and according to established facility procedures
- Keeps housekeeping cart filled with needed supplies
- Performs other minor housekeeping tasks as requested by residents
- Assists residents in packing belongings when moving to a different room or being discharged
- Demonstrates customer service skills in accordance with established facility guidelines
- Exhibits the values and philosophy of the SMCC System in daily activities and performs job duties in accordance with facility policies
- Performs daily job functions with a positive attitude which promotes teamwork with fellow department employees, other facility employees
- Exhibits the willingness to learn and perform correct procedures, outlined in the Job guides, Procedure Manual, and as directed by Department Leader
- Required to attend all in-service training provided by department and facility
Qualifications for environmental services
- Demonstrates initiative, seeking information, resources, and assistance needed to successfully complete tasks, anticipating problems and recommending solutions
- Excellent customer service skills and ability to multitask required
- Requires full body motion, including ability to perform work while lifting, bending, stooping, crouching, squatting and reaching
- Requires continuous walking and standing on hard surfaces
- Light Work - Exerting 11 to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
- Chemicals/MSDS
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Our company is hiring for an environmental services. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for environmental services
- Complete all assigned duties within time guidelines established by Environmental Services Department
- Conducting desktop research, impact analyses, and reporting primarily in support of CEQA/NEPA documentation and environmental permitting
- Supporting planning, permitting, and impact analysis tasks
- Support environmental regulatory compliance processes, through guided tasks, including CEQA/NEPA document preparation and permit application development, with adherence to deadlines and budget
- Work among a multi-disciplinary team to conduct environmental impact analyses and develop environmental compliance documents
- Support the permit application process with various federal and local agencies
- Assist with preparation of various constraints analyses, environmental plans, and strategies required for construction and planning projects
- Conduct basic GIS analysis and research with a general concept of cartographic design
- Perform duties as a supervisor by overseeing staff
- Assist with development of monthly work schedule, ordering of supplies, and biohazard collection and disposal
Qualifications for environmental services
- Daily cleaning of residents rooms, bathrooms, hallways, utility rooms, entry ways, shower/tub rooms, chapel/conference room, employee lounges, dining areas, lounge/library area, main lobby area, offices, and other areas
- Washing of cubicle drapes/window drapes
- Floor scrubbing with floor scrubber
- Handwashing
- Care of cleaning housekeeping cart/stocking
- Room changes
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Our growing company is hiring for an environmental services. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for environmental services
- Report to manager any unacceptable work or inappropriate employee behavior as needed
- Perform a variety of cleaning duties to ensure that established standards of cleanliness are maintained throughout the hospital
- Adjust cleaning duties to ensure that the needs of assigned areas are met
- Perform work efficiently to contribute to an economical operation
- Attend all mandatory meetings and classes
- Ensures that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as practical
- Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services when performing routine cleaning assignments in patient areas
- Follows established safety precautions when performing tasks and when using equipment and supplies
- Wears and/ or uses safety equipment and supplies appropriately
- Ensures that assigned work areas are free of hazardous objects such as protruding mop/broom handles, unnecessary equipment, supplies
Qualifications for environmental services
- Extra assigned cleaning tasks - complete 2 times weekly
- Cleaning of offices
- Deal with time pressures and stress
- Accurately and efficiently enter data on a personal computer
- Ability to communicate professionally with coworkers
- Reaching, grasping, fingering, and/or feeling more than 1 hour a day