Floor Care Technician

Job Summary:

Responsible for performing duties in accordance with established organizational policies and procedures for providing a safe environment, achieved by demonstrating the principles of cleaning, disinfection and quality assurance toward the reduction of harmful pathogens for the benefit of patients, visitors, and staff. While executing the assigned tasks, the floor technician will have contact with patients and family. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related and should be appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned work area. Possesses technical skills required to properly use cleaning and maintenance chemicals, floor equipment prescribed by written procedures of the environmental services department. Responsible for responding favorably to requests to adjust daily workflow or area assignments to meet facility needs

Primary Responsibilities

• Performs all types of floor care and maintenance throughout the facility, include hard surfaces and carpeting.
• Adhere to all organizational safety, risk management and infection control standards while promoting a culture of safety.
• Cleans and performs routine maintenance on floor equipment; requesting assistance from plant operations and maintenance as needed.
• Maintains accurate floor care logs and checklists.
• Operates all equipment with care and according to facility and manufacturers safety standards and procedures.
• Participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve HCAHPS scores as it relates to hospital cleanliness & “always quiet”
• Performs project work and specialty tasks according to facility needs. Can include tasks such as conference room set up/dismantle according to function sheets and schedules, cleaning of stairwells and elevators, and hanging of cubicle curtains.
• Remove waste and transport to appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste stream (i.e. regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous).
• Follow all infection prevention practices (i.e. proper cleaning process, hand hygiene, standard & isolation precautions where and if required and proper use of personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA)

Other Responsibilities

• Practices critical thinking skills to include prioritization
• Demonstrates personal accountability
• Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved
• Recognizes the importance of how their communication is received by patients, visitors and other health care workers, staff, etc.
• Recognizes their role as part of the larger organization and models the mission statement through interaction with patients, family, visitors and other facility staff.

Education/Certifications/Licenses

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) desired