Environmental Services Specialist (Nights)- Full Time

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine is seeking an EVS Specialist for the Lancaster General Hospital campus. The position runs from 10:30pm to 7:00am, with every other weekend and holiday requirements.

The role focuses on maintaining a clean, safe hospital environment across patient areas and facilities. Under supervision, you will scrub floors, shampoo carpet, and perform routine housekeeping tasks while following universal precautions and safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Six months of experience in hospitality medical housekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Maintains hospital and hospital-owned properties, refinishing floors, shampooing carpet and furniture, and performing routine housekeeping tasks.
• Cleans environmental surfaces in patient areas following universal precautions.
• Disposes of refuse and soiled linen per established safety procedures.
• Reports repairs and maintains hospital property and equipment.
• Responds to routine housekeeping requests and pager notifications.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

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.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Job: EVS Specialist

Hours: 10:30pm until 7am. Requires every other weekend and holiday.

Location: Lancaster General Hospital-555 N Duke St Lancaster Pa 17602

Professional Summary

• Position Summary: Under the direction of the Manager, Administrative Supervisor, the Maintenance Housekeeper maintains the hospital and hospital owned properties, refinishing scrubbing floors, shampooing bonneting carpet and furniture as well as performing routing housekeeping functions. This includes all major housekeeping projects and moves as well as individual requests.
• Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:
• Cleans all environmental surfaces including, but not limited to, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, windowsills, door frames, vents, televisions, walls, covebase, light fixtures, and windows following universal precautions.
• Refinishes floors, including machine scrubbing and floor stripping, and applies floor finish.
• Wears and answers pager responding to routine requests.
• Shampoos furniture and spots bonnets extracts carpet, as necessary.
• Possesses a working knowledge of universal precautions MSDS, and compactor recycling operations, and applies 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, bathroom, and offices.
• The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:
• Gathers and disposes of refuse and soiled linen following universal precautions.
• Maintains hospital property and equipment reporting anything in need of repair.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education Responsibilities

• High school diploma or equivalent GED.
• Six 6 months of experience in hospitality medical housekeeping.

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. We offer 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. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

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.