Senior Environmental Services Technician

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Overview:

The Senior Environmental Services Technician plays a vital role in maintaining a clean safe and welcoming environment for patients staff and visitors. This position combines hands-on service with functional supervision of environmental services staff to ensure high-quality standards are consistently met in assigned areas.

• High School Diploma

• No specific certification or licensure requirements

• Maintain assigned areas and equipment to ensure a clean safe and sanitary environment.

• Perform tasks such as cleaning disinfecting and organizing patient rooms hallways common areas and workspaces.

• Provide functional supervision by assigning daily tasks to Environmental Services staff and ensuring work is completed to quality standards.

• Train and orient new team members serving as a resource for ongoing support and guidance.

• Monitor the quality and timeliness of staff work to ensure compliance with policies procedures and regulatory standards.

• Assist in the development implementation and evaluation of quality improvement and customer service initiatives.

• Respond promptly to spills urgent cleaning needs and requests for service from clinical staff.

• Ensure proper use and maintenance of cleaning equipment and supplies.

• Strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to supervise and support a team. A detail-oriented individual who can maintain high cleanliness standards in a healthcare environment.

  Effective communication and interpersonal skills to foster collaboration and provide clear guidance to staff. Knowledge of infection prevention practices and proper handling of cleaning chemicals and equipment.

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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center located in Woodbridge VA is a 183-bed not-for-profit hospital. We combine the resources of a major health system with the compassionate personalized care of a community hospital. We offer quiet private rooms and quality care focused on safety and patient satisfaction. Our clinical services include advanced imaging cancer services cardiovascular care emergency care lab services orthopedics weight loss services and more all powered through Sentara eCare a comprehensive electronic medical record addition to our hospital Sentara Health is enhancing access to healthcare services in Northern Virginia with outpatient and imaging centers in Lake Ridge Lorton Springfield and Alexandria Va. We improve health every day come be a part of the community.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

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