Environmental Services Technician

Geisinger; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Shift differential

Benefits package

CHEST certification

Job summary

Geisinger in Scranton is seeking a Healthcare Environmental Services (EVS) staff member to maintain a clean, safe hospital environment. You will clean and disinfect patient and non-patient areas and ensure proper waste handling in accordance with hospital standards.

Work hours are 10:30 pm to 7:00 am with weekend and holiday rotations. You will wear PPE, follow product-use procedures, and monitor signage to indicate when cleaning is in progress.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
• Experience in healthcare cleaning and waste handling is a plus.
• Ability to follow hospital product-use procedures and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and disinfects patient and non-patient areas and spaces.
• Handles municipal and recyclable waste streams.
• Wears standard personal protective equipment as required.
• Follows procedures for hospital-approved cleaning/disinfection products.
• Places signage to indicate cleaning and wet floors.
• Reports facility repairs as directed or observed.
• Uses mobile tech to ensure bed management and EVS tasks are performed daily.
• Performs detailed cleaning including high dusting, walls, ceilings, vents and lights.
• Collects soiled linen and transports to hospital staging area for vendor pickup.
• All EVS staff entering Medication Rooms must receive mandatory education on proper Medication Room protocol.

Skills

Cleaning

Disinfection

PPE usage

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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 play a critical role in hospital cleanliness!

Hours for this position are 10:30 pm to 7:00 am + weekend and holiday rotation.

EVS provides healthcare environmental services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays.

We clean and disinfect both patient and non-patient areas, helping to prevent communicable diseases by thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting public areas, hospital office and administrative areas, patient rooms, restrooms and hallways.

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).

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

Education

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

Certification(s) and License(s)

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, from senior management on down, 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.