What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Services Technician position at Northfield Hospital & Clinics?
Position Summary
As an Environmental Services Technician, you will perform a vital role within Northfield Hospital Clinics (NH C), maintaining our high standards of cleanliness. You will perform various cleaning tasks in order to provide a clean, safe, and infection-free environment for patients, residents, staff, and visitors. This position does not provide direct patient care and operates similar to a Custodian or Housekeeper.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assembles materials and supplies from supply areas and transports to work areas.
- Sweeps, mops, scrubs, vacuums, and dust mops floors.
- Operates and maintains floor machines, sweepers, vacuums, carpet cleaning equipment, and snow blowers.
- Cleans areas by washing furnishings, walls, ledges, toilets, basins, tubs, showers, vents, and equipment.
- Gathers trash, nonhazardous waste and sharps, and recyclables.
- Handles hazardous pharmaceutical waste in accordance with hospital protocol, including transporting hazardous waste disposal containers.
- Cleans, refinishes, and maintains a variety of floor covering.
- Cleans stains and spills, replaces burnt out lights, shovels snow and makes deliveries as needed.
- Sets up rooms for meetings.
Selection Criteria:
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Basic math skills
- Ability to lift up to 51 lbs.
- Prefer previous custodian, housekeeping, or cleaning experience in a hospital or clinic setting
Schedule:
- Varying Days/Shifts
- Must work three (3) shifts per month to retain casual/call status
Benefits:
- Competitive Wages; starting at $16.50/hr-$21.31/hr
- Shift Differential Pay: Evenings .80; Nights 1.20
- Pension Plan (PERA) with a 7.5% company match
- Free On-site Parking
- Others include our Qualified Bilingual Staff Program, Employee Assistance Program, and a variety of savings opportunities, including cafeteria, pharmacy, and scrubs discount.
Northfield Hospital Clinics is an independent organization with over 800 employees. We are known for our positive work environment and quality patient care. We provide a full spectrum of services with our Hospital in Northfield, MN and primary and specialty clinics in Northfield, Lakeville, Farmington, Faribault, and Kenyon. Urgent Care locations in Northfield and Lakeville.
Salary : $17 - $21
