Animal Tech Cage Washer

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional ethical physical and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth dignity and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET Managing Up Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees experiential journeys to ensure strong communication ease of access to information and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organizations vision fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

• Works closely with CMP Animal Care Supervisors to ensure cage wash and autoclave machinery is in working order.

• Promotes a positive work environment and contributes to a dynamic team focused work unit that consistently helps one other through active communication.

• Operates tunnel washer rack washer bulk autoclaves automatic water bottle filler Hydropak machine bedding dump station and bedding dispenser; also uses pressure washer and floor scrubber.

• Assists with implementation and education of departmental based safety initiatives and standards of practice.

• Communicates the level of priority for various equipment needing to be processed in the cage wash area based on clean equipment availability and cage changing schedules.

• Sanitizes and/or sterilizes animal cages racks and related equipment by proper operation and handling of large machinery and chemicals.

• Cleans and maintains ancillary areas such as hallways cage wash areas etc.

• Ensures the CMP facility remains prepared for routine Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care and United States Department of Agriculture inspections and meets occupational health and safety standards.

• Practices cost control through the proper use and storage of supplies and equipment.

• Uses resources efficiently and appropriately. Selfmotivated to independently manage time effectively and prioritize daily tasks.

• Generates and communicates new ideas and suggestions that improve quality and service for a variety of facility support practices.

• Embraces opportunities to acquire additional knowledge regarding guidelines and regulations that affect CMPs animal research facility.

• High School diploma or equivalent education (examples include: GED verification of homeschool equivalency partial or full completion of postsecondary education etc.

• None

• N/A

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job determined through ongoing skills competency assessments and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking reading and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients physicians family members and coworkers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs Yes
• Business professional No
• Other (department approved) No

ONCALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be oncall during emergencies (ie. DIsaster Severe Weather Events etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area No
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Houston Methodist Research Institute was formed in 2004 to rapidly and efficiently translate discoveries made in the laboratory and the clinic into new diagnostics therapies and treatments. The research institute was created to provide the infrastructure and support for these endeavors and to house the technology and resources needed to make innovative breakthroughs in important areas of human disease. A 540000 square foot building dedicated to research the research institute houses over 1500 staff and trainees 284 principal investigators and has more than 570 ongoing clinical trials.