EVS Tech

USPI OrthoArizona Surgery Center in Gilbert is hiring a Full Time EVS Tech.

USPI OrthoArizona Surgery Center in Gilbertis a fast paced ASC environment committed to producing the highest quality work and experience for patients and their families. 

Job Summary:

• Performs routine duties for maintaining a clean, sanitary, safe and pristine environment in all areas of the facility in accordance with UPSI quality standards.
• The EVS Tech assumes other responsibilities to facilitate a safe and effective operation of the facility and patient services.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares the procedure room for cleanliness before case carts, supplies, equipment, and instruments are brought into the room.
•  Damp dusts all horizontal surfaces including furniture, lights, booms, and equipment using a clean, lint-free cloth moistened with a facility-approved detergent/disinfectant before the first scheduled case of the day.
• Cleans equipment brought from areas outside the restricted area before bringing them into the procedure room.
• Assesses the perioperative environment frequently for cleanliness.
• Takes actions to implement cleaning and disinfection procedures when needed in collaboration with other surgical and environmental services personnel.
• Changes reusable string and microfiber mops and cleaning cloths are after each use.
• Takes measures to prevent vermin infestation of the environment (eg, not leaving food out in lounges, keeping doors and windows closed).
• Cleans procedure rooms after each surgical or invasive procedure and ensures that properly prepared, facility-approved disinfectants are used.
• Identifies all items to be cleaned between cases (eg, all surfaces of OR procedure bed, mattresses, positioning devices, tourniquet cuffs, blood pressure cuffs, transport vehicles, bins, kick buckets, work surfaces).
• Ensures that contaminated laundry is disposed of appropriately after the procedure is completed.
• Handles contaminated disposable and reusable items safely and according to facility policies and state and federal regulations.
• Identifies noninfectious disposable items and ensures that they are disposed of in appropriate receptacles.
• Implements correct daily terminal cleaning processes to include unused rooms, wet vacuuming of floors, sub sterile areas, hallways and floors, scrub and utility areas, storage areas, and disassembly and cleaning of the cleaning equipment.
• Demonstrates weekly or monthly cleaning (eg, heating and air conditioning vents, sterilizers and loading carts, clean and soiled utility rooms, walls and ceilings, unrestricted areas, ventilation ducts, refrigerators and ice machines, scrub sinks).
• Adheres to bloodborne pathogen standards and standard precautions to include the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (eg, gloves, masks, eye protection, face shields) when cleaning the room and equipment and when handling any potentially infectious materials (eg, disposing of liquid waste).
• Performs hand hygiene when gloves are removed and as soon as possible when hands are soiled.
• Demonstrates appropriate cleaning and disinfection methods when caring for patients infected or colonized with drug-resistant pathogens (eg, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or gram-negative bacteria.
• Demonstrates the containment, cleaning, disinfection, and surveillance processes that are necessary during construction, repair, renovation, or demolition.
• Demonstrates “Environmental Sanitation and Terminal Cleaning” techniques found in the in the AORN Nursing Video Library.

What We Offer:

As a valued member of USPI, your health and well‑being are important to us. We are proud to provide you and your dependents with valuable and significant benefits. USPI knows the value of well-rounded, balanced employees, which is why we offer a variety of additional benefits to help manage life’s daily stresses.

• Monday to Friday work schedule
• Off on holidays and weekends
• NO CALL required
• Health, Dental & Vision Coverage 
• 401(k) retirement plan 
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Company Paid Holidays 
• Employee Assistance Programs 
• Health Savings Account/ Flexible Spending Account 
• Education Assistance 

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.

Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Current CPR.