Plant Ops Maintenance Tech - Full-Time - AVALA Hospital - RH181

Summary

Under general supervision, perform a wide variety of maintenance duties in order to provide a clean, orderly and safe environment; and perform related work as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

General Requirements                                                                                                                                  

• Conducts Hazardous Conditions Survey monthly.
• Receives and responds to Environment of Care Rounds/ Surveys when received.
• Monitor facility for possible safety hazards.
• Reports unsafe conditions immediately and takes responsibility to resolve quickly.
• Responds promptly to requests for service or repair of facility equipment.
• Performs work in a professional, timely manner to the benefit of AVALA customers.

Plumbing System                                                                                                                                           

• Facilitates with the Parish on inspection of water and drainage system for proper operation.
• Perform routine plumbing maintenance and repairs.
• Maintain exterior drainage system.
• Monitor sprinkler system to ensure it functions properly and notify vendor if necessary.
• Understands functioning of hot water boiler system and service basics.
• Understands requirements for shut off and isolation of water supply.
• Facilitates service work on natural gas service to facility.

Med Gas                                                                                                                                                             

• Monitor all med gas and vacuum connections for proper function.
• Replace empty tanks as needed.
• Understands functioning of Bulk O2 and requests refill/ service when necessary.
• Understands and properly interacts with Med Gas alarm system.
• Facilitates necessary bio med work on anesthesia equipment.

Electrical System and Lighting                                                                                                                   

• Perform routine system inspections of utility services as required.
• Inspect light fixtures and components, change/ repair as required.
• Perform routine electrical repairs as required.
• Tests emergency lighting routinely.
• Inspects and repairs parking lot/ exterior lighting.
• Routinely inspect generators for proper function.
• Monitors and replenishes diesel supply for generators.
• Monitors and records parameters of operation for the generators.

Special Systems                                                                                                                                               

• Understands Security systems such as card access, keypad locks and CCTV cameras.
• Recognize basic Nurse Call functions and requests repair when necessary.
• Understand and repair in house video/ cable and music system.
• Maintains telephone systems.

Fire Protection                                                                                                                                              

• Routinely inspect fire extinguishers.
• Understand and inspect kitchen hood/ fire suppression system.
• Inspects and understands fire suppression and detection systems.
• Insures operation of systems during facility construction/ renovation work.
• Conducts fire drills and trains staff in fire safety as required.

 Heating and Air Conditioning                                                                                                             

• Facilitates with vendor to ensure inspections are complete on all belts and filters on maintenance schedule and change if necessary.
• Facilitates with the vendor to inspect all HVAC equipment for proper functioning.
• Understand and utilize computerized HVAC control system.
• Understand and initiate service work for main roof top chiller units.
• Perform programming of thermostats.

Biomedical Equipment                                                                                                                          

• Facilitates with vendor to perform basic safety testing of new and existing equipment using analyzer(s).
• Work with staff to identify and repair any biomedical equipment as required.
• Removes defective equipment immediately and labels accordingly.
• Coordinate biomedical repairs with service vendor to insure timely repair of equipment.
• Coordinate shipping/ receiving of factory repairs of equipment with Materials Mgmt.

Interior of Facility                                                                                                                                   

• Perform repairs to equipment, fixtures, doors, office and kitchen equipment.
• Maintain window integrity through inspection and repair.
• Perform routine maintenance on interior finish details such as paint, moldings, and wall fixtures.
• Inspect all buildings, facilities and equipment for needed repairs and maintenance.

Exterior of Facility                                                                                                                                

• Monitor lawn and landscaping for any visual changes and notify vendor as necessary.
• Monitors and cleans exterior of building and parking lot as needed.
• Monitor exterior lighting and notify vendor if repair as needed.

Construction and Renovation                                                                                                            

• Assist with coordinating construction related activities throughout the hospital.
• Communicate to all departments affected by construction activities and plan accordingly.
• Develop a plan and perform in house renovation work as necessary.
• Follow all Infection Control measures during construction and renovation.

Safety and Security                                                                                                                                        

• Utilize safe work practices whenever performing job tasks.
• Follow all safety rules and regulations.
• Attend staff/ department meetings and communicate concerns appropriately.
• Trains and informs staff of security concerns and responds to security code alerts.
• Plans and conducts fire, security and emergency preparedness drills.
• Understands all Emergency Code functions as detailed in the policy and procedure manuals. 
•  Maintains the secure access to the facility by checking and locking doors at the end of the business day.

Ancillary Duties                                                                                                                                               

• Assists with the supervision of the Housekeeping Department when required.
• Maintains and orders supplies for the Maintenance Department.
• Maintains and orders supplies for the Housekeeping Department when required.
• Maintains and orders all linen for the facility.
• Coordinates the handling of all general and bio-hazardous waste.
• Works with Material Management to send/ receive any large shipments/ deliveries.

Core Competencies

Action Orientation - Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, accepts responsibility, establishes standards and responsibilities, creates a results-oriented environment, and follows through on actions.

Communications - Communicates well both verbally and in writing. Effectively conveys and shares information and ideas with others. Listens carefully and understands various viewpoints. Presents ideas clearly and concisely and understands relevant detail in presented information.

Creativity/Innovation - Generates novel ideas and develops or improves existing and new systems that challenge the status quo, takes risks, and encourages innovation.

Critical Judgment - Possesses the ability to define issues and focus on achieving workable solutions. Consistently does the right thing by performing with reliability.

Customer Orientation - Listens to customers, builds customer confidence, increases customer satisfaction, ensures commitments are met, sets appropriate customer expectations, and responds to customer needs.

Interpersonal Skills - Effectively and productively engages with others and establishes trust, credibility, and confidence with others.

Leadership - Motivates, empowers, inspires, collaborates with, and encourages others. Builds consensus when appropriate. Focuses team members on common goals.

Teamwork - Knows when and how to attract, develop, reward, and utilize teams to optimize results. Acts to build trust, inspire enthusiasm, encourage others, and help resolve conflicts and develop consensus in creating high-performance teams.

Professional Requirements

• Meets dress code standards and adheres to policies.               
• Completes annual education requirements.
• 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 punch time system correctly.
• Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion.
• Attends annual review and department in-services, as scheduled.
• Attends staff meetings annually, reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.
• Promotes professional growth of subordinates by sharing knowledge and/or directing them to sources if information appropriate to given situation. Utilizes journals, books, etc. to learn and/or improve new techniques and equipment.
• Assists other staff members in performing any duty that enhances the delivery of patient care.

Regulatory Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Understand and adhere to all safety rules and regulations.
• Follow technical specifications from manufacturers/ installers of facility equipment.

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Basic computer knowledge.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires repetitive motions, standing, walking, bending, kneeling and stooping all day. The employee must frequently lift or move items weighing over 100 pounds.