Environmental Services Technician

Geisinger; Danville (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500

Shift differential $2.00 for evenings

CHEST certification education

Job summary

Geisinger seeks an Environmental Services Technician at Geisinger Medical Center to maintain a clean, safe hospital environment. You will perform cleaning, disinfection, waste handling, and patient area care in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Join a dedicated EVS team with 24/7 coverage; multiple shifts available; sign-on bonus up to $2,500; shift differentials; opportunity to pursue CHEST certification and professional development.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
• Experience in healthcare environments is advantageous.
• Willingness to follow hospital cleaning and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Clean and disinfect patient and non-patient areas.
• Handle waste streams including municipal and recyclable waste.
• Wear PPE and follow hospital product protocols.
• Place signage for wet floors and active cleaning areas.
• Report repairs per policy and observe bed management where applicable.
• Perform detailed cleaning including dusting and vent/ceiling care.
• Transport soiled linen to staging area for pickup.
• All EVS staff entering Medication Rooms must complete proper protocol education.

Skills

Communication

Disease Management

Healthcare Regulatory Environment

Infection Control

Spill Management

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Location:

Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)

Shift:

Rotation (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

No

Job Summary:

Performs a variety of healthcare environmental services (EVS) duties to enhance the healthcare environment by maintaining the location assigned. Follows special healthcare cleaning and trash handling techniques as required, ensuring professional and appropriate service standards while performing the job. Ensures the very best patient/family/ customer experience by optimizing all customer interactions.

Job Duties:

• Cleans and disinfects patient and non-patient facing areas, departments and spaces.
• Handles various waste streams to include but not limited to; municipal waste and recyclable waste.
• Wears standard personal protective equipment as required.
• Follows procedures for the proper use of hospital approved products utilized in the cleaning and disinfection processes.
• Places the appropriate signage in an area to indicate cleaning is occurring and floor is wet to reduce the risk of falls.
• Reports identified facility repairs as directed or observed, according to current established policy or procedure.
• Utilizes mobile technology to ensure compliance with bed management procedures and other environmental services functions that are performed daily.
• Performs detailed cleaning to include but not limited to; high dusting, walls, ceilings, tracks, vents and lights.
• Collects soiled linen and transports to hospital staging area for vendor pickup as applicable.
• All EVS Staff who enter Medication Rooms (Where Applicable) must receive mandatory education on proper Medication Room protocol.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department‑specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details:

Join Our EVS Team and Help Create a Safer, Cleaner Hospital Environment!

Our EVS team provides essential healthcare environmental services 24/7—including weekends and holidays—to ensure the highest standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital.

All shifts are available – days, evenings, and nights:

• 7:00 am to 3:30 pm + weekend and holiday rotation
• 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm + weekend and holiday rotation
• 11:00 pm to 7:30 am + weekend and holiday rotation

We are proud to offer:

• Sign‑on Bonus up to $2,500 for eligible candidates.
• $2.00 shift differential for evening and night shifts.
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages.
• Education and professional development including the nationally recognized CHEST certification (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician).

Your work directly supports patient safety and quality care. If you’re detail‑oriented, dependable, and passionate about making an impact, we’d love to have you on our team!

To learn more about our EVS team, please visit https://jobs.geisinger.org/evs

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s):

Skills:

Communication, Disease Management, Healthcare Regulatory Environment, Infection Control, Spill Management, Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES:

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION : We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.