**Overview**
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St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 576 bed non-profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around Phoenix, Arizona. We are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.
If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.
_For the health of our community ... we are proud to be a tobacco-free campus._
**Responsibilities**
As an Environmental Services Specialty Technician, your role will be to provide basic and specialized cleaning services throughout the hospital. Your primary focus will be on the maintenance and cleaning of hard and soft flooring surfaces, including stairwells, hallways, and public spaces, using heavy mechanical equipment such as scrubbers, buffers, polishers, extractors, and wet vacuuming equipment. Moreover, you will play a crucial role in ensuring a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff members by keeping specialty areas such as surgical services/perioperative suite, cath lab, endoscopy, etc., clean and sanitized. This will help protect everyone from potential illness or injury due to infectious diseases or other hazards.
You’ll succeed in this job if you are thorough and committed to safety. Not only will you perform routine cleaning tasks such as sweeping, mopping, or dusting, you will also use specialized equipment and techniques to further sanitize this facility.
You must learn and adhere to proper disposal techniques for biohazard materials, including bodily fluids or sharp objects. You will learn about and safely use disinfecting chemicals and learn techniques and procedures for cleaning certain specialized rooms or pieces of equipment. You may also refill soap dispensers, paper towel dispensers, tissue holders, and other supplies, as well as deliver clean linens to patient rooms.
You will truly excel in this role if you are friendly and enthusiastic about helping others. You are truly the most important component of safety and comfort for our patients, visitors, and staff. A clean facility with kind staff provides so much comfort and peace of mind to patients, their loved ones, and everyone working here.
+ Performs all types of floor care and maintenance throughout the facility, including hard surfaces and carpeting.
+ Cleans and performs routine maintenance on floor equipment; requesting assistance from plant operations and maintenance as needed.
+ Responsible for cleaning and disinfection of specialty units & equipment. Areas include but are not limited to Surgical Services, Labor Delivery, Critical Care, Endoscopy, MRI, Trauma, Cath Lab, NICU, Mental Health and Burn Unit.
+ Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of the health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements, proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling, and labor saving products for all items within the specialty environment tasked with servicing.
+ Assist in onboarding new Environment Services Technicians and serve as a mentor.
+ Remain patient, kind and personable in all interactions with patients, visitors and staff.
Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals. Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000.
Join our EVS team today! (https://www.commonspirit.careers/CSH-Environmental-Services)
**Qualifications**
**Preferred:**
+ Six months related experience
+ HS Diploma or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
**Pay Range**
$18.00 - $22.42 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.