St. Lucie Medical Center: Floor Care Prn

Company: St. Lucie Medical Center
Location: Port Saint Lucie
Posted on: August 25, 2020

Job Description:

Job DescriptionDescription SHIFT: PRN SCHEDULE: PRN/Per Diem Floor Care Tech Environmental Services Department PRN (FTE .001) Saint Lucie Medical Center St. Lucie, FL Facility Description: St. Lucie Medical Center (SLMC) is a 229-bed acute care facility accredited by the Joint Commission. Since 1983, St. Lucie has continually provided quality care to the Treasure Coast community. We offer a full range of services including a birthing center, cardiac catheterization lab, cancer care, breast center, minimally-invasive and robotic surgery, general and vascular surgery. The Orthopedic and Spine Institute offers the latest in orthopedic equipment ensuring patients have access to high-quality care. St. Lucie is a Certified Primary Stroke Center, as designated by the Joint Commission, and an American College of Cardiology accredited Chest Pain Center. Additionally, the Emergency Room at the main hospital as well as the freestanding ER at Darwin Square are designed with consideration for special populations such as pediatric and geriatric patients. We are located in Port St. Lucie, a city which attracts a vibrant mix of people due to its low crime rate, diverse housing stock, abundant open space and optimistic vision of the people who live here. If you are interested in a dynamic career in a great location, we invite you to explore opportunities to join our team here at St Lucie Medical Center. Job Description: The Environmental Floor Care Technician works under the direction of Environmental Services Management and performs the following general duties: * Provides cleaning services and tile/carpet floor maintenance with consideration of patients, their family and friends, with regard to their personal dignity and respect for their values. * Performs environmental tasks dealing with adherence to infection control policies and procedures to maintain a clean and safe patient environment. * Responsible for daily cleaning of patient's room as well as cleaning discharged rooms in a timely manner for incoming admissions. * Responsible for cleaning and maintaining non-patient areas, offices, common areas, hallways, and common area rest rooms. * Responsible for proper handling of all chemicals as well as following proper infection control policies and proper PPE use. * Ensures patient rooms and physical hospital flooring is cleaned and maintained in an efficient, safe, and timely manner, Ensures equipment is in working order, ensures preventive maintenance is completed on equipment. * Demonstrates a knowledge of occurrence reporting system. Uses system to report potential patient and environmental safety issues. * Ensures proper signage is placed at the appropriate locations when hazards (i.E. wet floor warnings) are plausible. * Demonstrates a knowledge of equipment used to clean floors and can identify mechanical issues with the equipment to be reported timely and appropriately. * Dust mops and wet mops all tile floors nightly using an approved germicidal detergent at the proper dilution ratio, or other designated agent * Empties mop bucket frequently and mixes new batch of cleaning solution * Vacuums and pre-spots all carpeted areas nightly paying particular attention to corners, edges, and under furniture. * Damp dusts all surfaces using an approved germicidal detergent mixed in 5 qt. bucket. * When cleaning areas or departments with highly-technical equipment, takes care not to damage equipment by over-wetting when damp dusting. * Cleans all rest rooms in assigned areas as outlined in the training manual. * Cleans offices and ancillary areas according to procedures outlined in the training manual. * Repositions furniture and equipment after room cleaning, turns off lights and closes and locks doors. * Cleans corridors following departmental procedures and takes extra care to prevent safety hazards to persons using corridor. * Maintains supply cart with necessary equipment and supplies to avoid need to restock during mid-shift. * Stores equipment properly when on break, at meal or in meeting. * Reports any damage to cleaning equipment to supervisor or department head immediately and takes equipment out of service by placing an out of order tag on it. * Correctly cleans all equipment at start and end of each shift. * Stores and organizes equipment at end of shift in designated hospital areas. * Qualifications * Two years' experience providing environmental services in a healthcare environment preferred. * Ability to read, write and converse in English required. 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