Environmental Service Technician I

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.


ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska's second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation's largest state.


Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.

ANTHC offers a competitive and comprehensive Benefits Package for all Benefit Eligible Employees, which includes:

• Medical Insurance provided through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program as a Tribal Employee, with over 20 plans and tiers.

• Cost-Share Dental and Vision Insurances

• Discounted Pet Insurance

• Retirement Contributions with Pre-Tax or Roth options into a 403(b).

• 401(a) ANTHC Retirement Plan: After one year of employment, ANTHC will begin making matching contributions of up to 5% of your eligible pay, based on your own contributions. In addition, you may be eligible for an annual discretionary contribution of up to 3% from the employer.

• Paid Time Off starts immediately, earning up to 6 hours per pay period, with paid time off accruals increasing based on years of service.

• Eleven Paid Holidays

• Paid Parental Leave or miscarriage/stillbirth eligibility after six months of employment

• Basic Short/Long Term Disability premiums, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance, and Basic Life Insurance are covered 100% by ANTHC, with additional options for Short-Term Disability Buy-Up Coverage and Voluntary Life for yourself and your family members.

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care.

• Ancillary Cash Benefits for accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness.

• On-Site Child Care Facility with expert-designed classrooms for early child development and preschool.

• Employee Assistance Program with support for grief, financial counseling, mental/emotional health, and discounted legal advice.

• Tuition Discounts for you and your eligible dependents at Alaska Pacific University.

• On-Site Training Courses and Professional Development Opportunities.

• License and certification reimbursements and occupational insurance for medical staff.

• Emergency Travel Assistance

• Education Assistance or Education leave eligibility

• Discount program for travel, gym memberships, amusement parks, and more.

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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.

Summary:
Under direct supervision of the OR Nurse Manager the EVS Technician is responsible for providing a safe care environment for patients and staff (visitors as appropriate to setting) within a specialty area (e.g., surgical services/peri-operative suite, cath lab, endoscopy, etc.) 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 EVS Tech will have contact with patients and visitors. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related, and should be appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned specialty service areas. Responsible for ensuring timely room turns related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The EVS Tech, in accordance with organizational standards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention and patient experience

Responsibilities:

ALL


Responsible for cleaning and disinfection of specialty units & equipment. Areas include, but are not limited to, surgical services, labor delivery, endoscopy, cath lab.


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.


Adheres to all organizational safety, risk management and infection control standards and promote a culture of safety.


Accountable for maintaining all appropriate logs and check lists/sheets as accurate and current.


Responsible for cleaning and disinfection of equipment and areas of assignment according to procedures, policies and manufacturer recommendations.


Demonstrate a working knowledge of the cleaning and disinfecting requirements specific to highly sensitive environments.


Demonstrates understanding of the training and education related to evidence based recommendations in accordance with the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE), Association for Professional in Infection Control (APIC) and Association for peri-Operative Nurses (AORN), CDC, The Joint Commission and other regulatory bodies.


Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.


Maintains supplies and equipment by properly stocking and restocking environmental services cart in a neat and orderly fashion.


Removes waste and transport to appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste streams (i.e. regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous).


Follows all environmental and infection prevention practices (i.e. proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and process, hand hygiene, standard & isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).


Assist in training and onboarding new EVS hires.


Performs other duties as assigned.

Other information:

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS


Practices critical thinking skills to include prioritization of duties and immediate needs/requests (Stat cleans).


Knowledge of cleaning chemicals and infection controls and practices.


Attention to detail and ability to follow established cleaning protocols and guidelines.


Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved.


Demonstrate knowledge of facility safety requirements.


Demonstrates the ability to operate and properly maintain all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.


Can distinguish and explain orally or in writing the differences between levels of disinfection and perform low and intermediate-level disinfection.


Ability to work as a team and or individually.


Ability to communicate orally or in writing openly and candidly, creates an environment where co-workers and team members reciprocate in kind.


MINIMUM EDUCATION QUALIFICATION


All


High school diploma or GED.


MINIMUM EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION


EVS I - Non-supervisory - One (1) year in a healthcare environmental service and/or comparable experience.


EVS II - Non-supervisory - Three (3) years in healthcare environmental services and/or comparable experience.


MINIMUM CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION


EVS I - No Requirement


EVS II - Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) within 6 in start of position.