Environmental Services Specialist: Lancaster, PA (Full-Time, Day Shift)

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive compensation and benefits program

Prepaid tuition assistance program

Job summary

A leading academic medical center in Lancaster, PA is seeking an Environmental Services Specialist to maintain cleanliness and perform housekeeping duties. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma and at least one year of related experience. This full-time role includes various tasks such as floor refinishing and cleaning environmental surfaces. Comprehensive benefits and a commitment to employee well-being are offered.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent GED required.
• Minimum one year of experience in hospitality/medical housekeeping.
• Minimum one year of experience operating housekeeping-related equipment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain hospital cleanliness by cleaning all environmental surfaces.
• Refinish floors including scrubbing and floor stripping.
• Perform maintenance work such as washing curtains and removing soiled linen.
• Disposes of, transfers, or stores hospital furniture, equipment, and supplies.
• Removes, washes, and rehangs cubicle curtains, shower curtains, and window treatments.
• Dries and wet mops rooms, hallways, stairs, bathrooms, and offices.
• Collects and disposes of soiled linen following universal precautions.
• Maintains hospital property and equipment reporting anything in need of repair.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Experience in hospitality/medical housekeeping

Operating housekeeping-related equipment

Equipment operation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent GED

Tools

Housekeeping equipment

Job description

Environmental Services Specialist: Lancaster, PA (Full-Time, Day Shift)

Join to apply for the Environmental Services Specialist: Lancaster, PA (Full-Time, Day Shift) role at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System. Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Job: EVS Specialist
Hours: Full-Time-Day Shift - Monday through Friday 07:30AM-4:00PM, EOH and EOW
Location: Lancaster General Hospital, 555 N Duke Street, Lancaster, PA

Summary: Under the direction of the Manager, Administrative Supervisor, the Maintenance Housekeeper maintains the hospital and hospital owned properties, refinishing scrubbing floors, shampooing bonnetting carpet and furniture as well as performing routing housekeeping functions. This includes all major housekeeping projects and moves as well as individual requests.

• Maintains hospital cleanliness by cleaning all environmental surfaces including furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, doorframes, vents, windows, and more following universal precautions.
• Refinishes floors, including machine scrubbing and floor stripping, and applies floor finish.
• Shampoos furniture and spots bonnetts extracts carpet as necessary.
• Disposes of, transfers, or stores hospital furniture, equipment, and supplies.
• Removes, washes, and rehangs cubicle curtains, shower curtains, and window treatments.
• Dries and wet mops rooms, hallways, stairs, bathrooms, and offices.
• Collects and disposes of soiled linen following universal precautions.
• Maintains hospital property and equipment reporting anything in need of repair.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum preferred qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent GED.
• One year of experience in hospitality/medical housekeeping.
• One year of experience operating housekeeping-related equipment.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy, including a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission.

Equal Opportunity Employer – We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.