Environmental Services Technician

Geisinger; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500

$2.00 shift differential for night

Competitive compensation and benefits

CHEST certification education and dev

Job summary

Geisinger Community Medical Center seeks an experienced Environmental Services staff member for night shifts. The role focuses on cleaning, disinfection, waste handling, and maintaining a safe patient environment across patient rooms, corridors, and clinical areas.

Excellent teamwork and attention to infection control are essential. Training and opportunities for CHEST certification are available, with a 24/7 EVS operation and shift differentials to support night work.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience in healthcare EVS or related field a plus.
• Ability to follow infection control and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Clean and disinfect patient rooms, surgical suites, and clinical areas.
• Handle waste streams including biohazard and sharps per policy.
• Wear PPE and follow isolation precautions when in isolation rooms.
• Use hospital cleaners and equipment without damaging floors or fixtures.
• Provide clear signage for wet floors and cleaning in progress.
• Maintain bed tracking and inventory using mobile technology.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Infection Control

Waste Management

Patient Safety

Spill Management

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Location: Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC) Shift: Nights (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 standard while performing the job. Responsible for ensuring the very best patient/family/customer experience by optimizing all customer interactions.

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.

Job Duties:

• Cleans and disinfects patient rooms, surgical suites, clinical areas, office spaces, corridors and stairwells as assigned by adhering to current industry best practice and established policy.
• Handles various waste streams, including municipal waste, recyclable waste, pharmaceutical waste, bio hazardous waste, chemotherapeutic waste and sharps.
• Wears standard personal protective equipment and adheres to posted isolation precautions when entering an isolation room.
• Follows procedures for the proper use of hospital approved chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.
• 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 tracking procedures and other environmental services functions that are performed daily.
• Operates chemclave and autoclave for red bag waste in conjunction with regulatory requirements were applicable and properly packages red bag waste for shipment when chemclave and autoclave technology is not available.
• Cleans and disinfects all equipment before entry into the OR suite.
• Is familiar with fluid waste management systems and placement in the docking station for proper emptying and sanitizing as well as placing back into service.
• Performs detailed cleaning to include dusting, wall washing, ceilings, tracks, vents, lights and booms.
• Performs scrubbing, finish removal, buffing / burnishing and recoating of floors where applicable with powered floor care equipment.
• Extracts carpets or can direct the proper use of carpet care equipment in a safe and effective manner, utilizing the appropriate chemicals and procedures.
• Utilizes ladders to remove and install privacy curtains while adhering to isolation cleaning protocols as well as scheduled cleaning.
• Collects soiled linen and transports to hospital staging area for vendor pickup.
• Assists Team Leader with the inventory management of supplies via mobile technology.
• Responsible for or can direct staff to accomplish project work to include moving of equipment and office materials, construction cleaning and emergency disaster cleaning.
• 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.

Position Details:

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).

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:

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

Experience:

Minimum of 1 year-Related work experience (Preferred)

Skills:

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

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES:

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.

Pperhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and benefits for domestic partners.

Pperhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

* Does not qualify for J-1 waiver.

We are an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.