Providing exceptional customer service and patient satisfaction is a responsibility of the EVS Technician-AM, who works under the supervision of the EVS Manager. Provides a daily cleaning of inpatient and non-patient areas, moves furniture, and performs a variety of miscellaneous responsibilities necessary to maintain a safe, clean environment. • Demonstrates proper hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment (PPE). • Demonstrates knowledge and proper use for cleaning and disinfecting chemicals. • Performs daily cleaning of each occupied patient room and terminal cleaning of discharged patient rooms, following the appropriate cleaning checklist. • Performs cleaning of public restrooms, common, and ancillary areas throughout the facility and replenishes EVS supplies as assigned. • Demonstrates the ability to properly empty waste receptacles, change needle (sharps) containers, and transports regular and bio-hazard waste to appropriate destinations. • Maintains hard surface and carpet floors using various equipment and machines. • Assist in the clean-up of spills such as mercury, chemo, or formalin with appropriate spill kits. • Maintains work area in a manner that is conducive to an orderly and efficient workflow, where distractions from personal belongings are minimized. • Lifts and transports patient room furniture to designated areas. • Performs cleaning of internal windows and screens within height guidelines, vents, walls, and light fixtures, and changes cubicle curtains as needed. • Other duties as assigned Education • H.S. Diploma - Preferred Work Experience • Cleaning experience - Preferred Licenses and Certifications • CPI: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention - CPI training for those working in Mental Health - Required within 180 Days Travel Requirements • Must be able to travel to various system facilities and off-site locations as needed. - Required Skills and Abilities Essential Technical/Motor Skills • Must be able to spot small objects on carpets, walls, and floors that need cleaning or picking up. • Must be able to speak clearly so that patients/visitors/staff can understand. • Must be able to record data pertaining to projects accomplished, what rooms were cleaned, etc. • Must be coordinated with equipment and observant in such a way that persons in the area are not hurt, bumped into, etc. • Operates electrical controls on beds safely in order to thoroughly clean. Interpersonal Skills • Excellent communication skills. • Moderate written skills. • Presents well to patients, visitors, and is well groomed. Essential Physical Requirements • Dust and wet mops floors (up to 30 rooms per day; office areas up to 50 rooms). • Ability to operate vacuum sweeper. • Ability to lift mops, pails, trash bags, soiled linen hampers, etc. • Trash bags and linen hampers may weigh from 20-40lbs.), with bags needing transported to utility rooms periodically. • Ability to flip mattresses on beds for cleaning undersides. • Ability to stoop repetitively for cleaning under sinks, toilets, etc. • Ability to reach with arms fully extended up to clean bed lights, high dust, etc. • Scrub down showers and bathtub surfaces. • Requires bending/stooping. • Transport supplies to work areas. • Supply boxes weigh approximately 30 lbs. • Washes windows in patient rooms and ancillary rooms, requiring full extended use of arms. • Occasionally need to stand on step stool. • Makes up bed for new patients after cleaning a dismissal. • Moves bed (rolls) in order to dust mop/mop in front of and under bed. • Mixes small quantities of disinfectant for use in area. • Pulls and pushes housekeeping cart on both carpeting and hard floor surfaces. • Ability to work and move quickly. Some schedules require mopping/vacuuming of large areas. • Requires long periods of repetitive arm movement (mopping/vacuuming). • Replenish supplies such as toilet paper, paper towels, etc. Essential Mental Abilities • \When work is interrupted, must remember what was/wasn't done in a room then finish the work later. • Must be organized in order to finish work schedule; i.e., pace oneself, remember things, which were done ""yesterday"" which do not need doing ""today"", etc. • Must explain to patients/residents the service they will perform in rooms. • Must respond to house calls or pages in a timely manner. • Must follow department policies which pertain to safety; i.e., putting up wet floor signs, using proper lifting procedures, etc. • Must know when to enter or leave a patient room depending on activities such as a doctor visit, treatment being administered, etc. • Must demonstrate appropriate behaviors and speech at all times, observing rules of patient confidentiality. • May have areas such as Lab, which contain large amounts of trash (30+ lbs.). • Some of which are filled with infectious waste and may contain sharps. • Must work safely. Must sometimes clean up ""unpleasant"" messes - blood, feces, vomit, etc. Essential Sensory Requirements • Ability to hear house pages or pager messages. • Ability to distinguish/recognize different cleaning chemicals by smell, and color. • Vision must be good; uses corner mirrors to avoid colliding with people, notices litter or water spills on floors. Exposure to Hazards • The use of cleaning chemicals, if not handled properly. • Potential responses to bio-hazard clean-up. • Must pass a fit test with a chemical mask and N – 95. Other Skills and Abilities