Environmental Services Technician

Dignity Health; Camarillo (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health – St. John’s Hospital Camarillo is seeking an Environmental Services Tech to maintain sanitary conditions across campus, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.

You will operate floor scrubbers, vacuums, and disinfectant sprayers to clean patient rooms, exam rooms, restrooms, and common areas, while complying with infection-control standards and safe chemical handling.

Qualifications

• Experience utilizing basic housekeeping practices and procedures.
• Proper handling/disposal of infectious waste.
• Proper safety skills in handling of housekeeping chemicals.

Responsibilities

• Clean and sanitize patient rooms, common areas, and other areas.
• Follow established cleaning and disinfection protocols and procedures
• Collect and dispose of waste, biohazardous waste and linens
• Stock and maintain supplies in patient rooms and common areas
• Respond to requests for cleaning services from healthcare staff
• Operate heavy-duty equipment and use special cleaning equipment.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Infectious waste handling

Safety in chemical handling

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Environmental Services Tech, you will actively perform a variety of cleaning tasks necessary to maintain and improve the appearance and sanitary conditions of all campuses.

Every day, you will clean and disinfect patient rooms, exam rooms, restrooms, and common areas following hospital infection-control standards. Safely handle, transport, and dispose of bio-hazard waste, regular trash, and linens according to regulatory guidelines.

To be successful in this role, you will operate cleaning equipment including floor scrubbers, vacuums, and disinfectant sprayers.

• Clean and sanitize patient rooms, common areas, and other areas.

• Follow established cleaning and disinfection protocols and procedures

• Collect and dispose of waste, biohazardous waste and linens

• Stock and maintain supplies in patient rooms and common areas

• Respond to requests for cleaning services from healthcare staff

• You may operate heavy-duty equipment and use special cleaning equipment.

Job Requirements

Required

• Experience utilizing basic housekeeping practices and procedures

• Proper handling/disposal of infectious waste

• Proper safety skills in handling of housekeeping chemicals.

Preferred

• Acute health-care work experience involving the use of heavy equipment such as buffers, extractors, wide area vacuums, and wet vacuums

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1974, Dignity Health - St. John's Hospital Camarillo is a 58-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 40,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including emergency, heart, orthopedic, and cancer care. Additionally, St. John's Hospital Camarillo has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It has been awarded the AMA/ASA's Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement three years in a row, recognizing the hospital's commitment to providing the best stroke care. It was recently named a Leapfrog 2025 Top General Hospital.

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Pay Range

$25.00 - $26.11 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.