Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Phoenix, Arizona

USPI Arizona Specialty Hospital is currently hiring a Maintenance Technician FT.

USPI Arizona Specialty Hospital is a specialty inpatient hospital which was established to set a new standard for excellence and patient satisfaction in the delivery of orthopedic and spinal surgery. Arizona Specialty Hospital provides excellent patient services and the highest level of care, with the overall goal of improving the delivery of healthcare in Maricopa County and beyond.

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Hospitality Services Director, Facilities Supervisor, the Maintenance Technician performs a variety of routine to skilled general preventive maintenance duties in the repair, alteration and modification of building equipment, and facilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects equipment and facility for proper operation and working conditions, maintains routine equipment inspections and repairs as necessary, adjusts, dissembles and repairs or replaces parts or components and tests for proper operation.

• Reports more serious problems to his supervisor for further instructions or maintenance scheduling.

• Uses snakes, augers or plungers to open clogged drains.

• Troubleshoots and replaces TV's, remote controls, nurse call lights, etc.

• Proficiently uses standard hand tools, voltmeter, and amp meter.

• Performs a variety of routine manual duties as required, such as repairs and assembling carts and furniture, replacing fluorescent ballasts and tubes, cleaning and lubricating motors and other machinery.

• Clear sink and grease traps, assembles non-medical equipment.

• Sometimes required to move supplies, furniture and equipment, removing trash and scrap materials, etc.

• Conducts routine safety and preventive maintenance inspections to ensure that services are maintained without interruption.

Required Experience:

• Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.

• Maintains regulatory requirements

• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times

• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.

• Wears identification while on duty, uses computerized time system correctly.

• Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion

• Attends annual review and department in-services, as scheduled

• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner

• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices

• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department

Regulatory Requirements:

• High school graduate, technical or trade school preferred

• Six months experience in general maintenance preferred.

• General knowledge of plant maintenance.

• Knowledge of tools and their use.

• Knowledge of equipment used in hospitals.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills in English

• Work with little or no supervision, take verbal instructions.

What We Offer:

As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following, subject to employment status:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Availability of short- and long-term disability
• Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs
• 401(k) and access to retirement planning
• Paid holidays and vacation

Who We Are:

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population