Ensure proper cleaning and disinfection of hospital environment.
Update Secondary Person Responsible:
Documents/Tools:
• Incident Action Plan
• Hospital emergency operations plan
• Hospital organization chart
• Hospital telephone directory
• Radio/satellite phone
Immediate Duties:
1. Receive appointment, briefing, and any appropriate materials from the Infrastructure Branch Director.
2. Read this entire Job Action Sheet and review incident management team chart (HICS Form 207). Put on position identification.
3. Notify your usual supervisor of your HICS assignment.
4. Document all key activities, actions, and decisions in an Operational Log (HICS Form 214) on a continual basis.
5. Appoint Environmental Services Unit members and complete the Branch Assignment List (HICS Form 204).
6. Brief Unit members on current situation, incident objectives and strategy; outline Unit action plan; and designate time for next briefing.
7. Ensure Unit members comply with safety policies and procedures.
8. Ensure the safety and health of environmental services personnel; provide personal protective equipment to appropriate staff and coordinate with Employee Health & Well-Being Unit for medical surveillance for exposed workers.
9. In collaboration with hospital infection control personnel, ensure disinfection of reusable equipment, according to the appropriate method of equipment disinfection, per its intended use, manufacturer's recommendations, and existing hospital policies.
10. Document all communications (internal and external) on an Incident Message Form (HICS Form 213). Provide a copy of the Incident Message Form to the Documentation Unit.
Ongoing Duties:
1. Meet regularly with the Infrastructure Branch Director for status reports, and relay important information to Unit members.
2. Ensure prioritization of problems when multiple issues are presented.
3. Determine need for additional staff and request additional staffing from the Labor Pool and Credentialing Unit Leader.
4. Report resource issues and needs to the Logistics Section’s Unit Leaders and Infrastructure Branch Director.
5. Coordinate activities with other Operations Section Branches and Units.
6. Coordinate use of external resources.
7. Ensure your physical readiness through proper nutrition, water intake, rest, and stress management techniques.
8. Advise Infrastructure Branch Director immediately of any operational issue you are not able to correct or resolve.
9. Report situation and resource status, and resource needs to Infrastructure Branch Director and Logistics Section’s Units.
10. Report hazardous incidents and coordinate mediation efforts with Hazardous Materials Branch.
11. Ensure staff health and safety issues being addressed; resolve with Safety Officer,
12. Infrastructure Branch Director and Employee Health and Well-Being Unit when appropriate.
13. Develop and submit an incident action plan to Infrastructure Branch Director when requested.
