EVS Technician I

Environmental Services Tech I (EVS I)

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 :

Benefits :