Floor Tech

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Floor Tech with Las Palmas Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Maintaining the floors of the hospital clean and safe by performing routing, intermediate and restoration cleanings as scheduled. Cleans and services facility. Performs a variety of environmental services duties to maintain the hospital in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition. Participates in providing patient specific care standards as directed, and follows service excellence standards to ensure high levels of patient satisfaction.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Must be able to use basic floor care equipment.
• Must properly clean floor care equipment.
• Responsible for stripping/waxing of hard floors.
• Responsible for burnishing, scrubbing, spot carpet, extract carpet, and upholster cleaning.
• Responsible for removing trash, linen, bio hazardous waste, and chemo waste appropriately.
• Responsible for the movement of beds as needed.
• Responsible for the setting up requesting meetings and events.
• Responsible for signing in and out of the time sheets.
• Responsible for clocking in and out appropriately.
• Responsible for obtaining a working pager/phone at the beginning of the shift.
• Responsible for returning pages in a timely manner.
• Responsible for cleaning occupied patient rooms.
• Responsible for cleaning discharged patient rooms.
• Responsible for cleaning isolation rooms.
• Must have good interpersonal relationships and customer service skills in adherence with AIDET and ICARE behavioral standards.
• Proper cart set-up to avoid cross contamination.
• Organizes cart in preparation of job assignment by stocking properly with all necessary supplies.
• Uses cleaning material, supplies, and prepared solutions according to procedure.
• Reports all damaged equipment to manager.
• Purpose of disinfecting.
• Meaning of standard precautions.
• Practices proper hand-washing procedures.
• Uses appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Understands isolation and signage.
• Frequently changes gloves.
• Properly reports accidents before end of shift.
• Protects patient confidentiality.
• Wears proper protection when entering isolation rooms.
• Responds to code red or other emergency codes per policy.
• Follows SDS and “Right to Know” standards.
• Proper use of wet floor signs.
• Uses dilution station to mix chemicals properly.
• Uses only properly labeled bottles.
• Demonstrates understanding of the hazards of mixing chemical.
• Understands various use of chemicals related to the housekeeping job.
• Must be able to demonstrate basic computer skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Employee’s conduct must reflect the Company’s values and a commitment to the Code of Conduct ethics and compliance program.
• Employee reflects LPMC Service Excellence standards in every interaction.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Required: Minimum of one year previous Floor Tech experience

Preferred: High School Diploma or GED

Benefits

Las Palmas Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Las Palmas Medical Center (https://laspalmasdelsolhealthcare.com/location/las-palmas-medical-center) is a 300+ bed full-service hospital in El Paso. It is home to the region’s only kidney transplant center (https://laspalmasdelsolhealthcare.com/service/transplant) . The facility offers a range of services (https://laspalmasdelsolhealthcare.com/locations/las-palmas-medical-center/services.dot) including emergency care with a Level III trauma center , cardiac care, women’s services, pediatric care and NICU, cancer care, and more. Las Palmas Medical Center is part of Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare. We are a leading healthcare provider for El Paso and the surrounding region that is part of HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Floor Tech opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.