Environmental Services Technician

Geisinger; Shamokin (Northumberland County); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500 for elig.

$2.00 shift differential for evening &

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking a Healthcare Environmental Services (EVS) professional to maintain clinical and non-clinical areas, ensuring a clean, safe environment and excellent patient/family experiences. The role involves disinfecting rooms, handling waste, and following infection control procedures in a hospital setting.

Hours are 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm with weekend and holiday rotations. We offer sign-on bonuses, shift differentials for evenings/nights, competitive pay and benefits, and CHEST

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year related work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and disinfects patient rooms, surgical suites, clinical areas, office spaces, corridors and stairwells as assigned.
• Handles various waste streams including municipal, recyclable, pharmaceutical, biohazardous, chemotherapeutic waste and sharps.
• Wears PPE and adheres to isolation precautions when entering isolation rooms.
• Uses hospital-approved chemical cleaners and power equipment to protect floors and fixtures.
• Places signage to indicate cleaning and wet floors to prevent falls.
• Reports facility repairs per policy and procedure.
• Uses mobile tech to ensure bed tracking and EVS tasks.
• Operates chemclave and autoclave for red bag waste where applicable.
• Cleans and disinfects equipment before OR entry.
• Manages fluid waste systems and docking station for proper handling.
• Performs dusting, wall washing, ceilings, tracks, vents, lights and booms.
• Carpet care including scrubbing and buffing where needed.
• Uses ladders to install/remove privacy curtains per protocol.
• Collects soiled linen for vendor pickup.
• Assists with inventory management of supplies via mobile tech.
• Directs staff on project work including equipment movement and disaster cleaning.
• EVS staff entering Medication Rooms must receive education on Medication Room protocol.

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 standard while performing the job. Responsible for ensuring the very best patient/family/customer experience by optimizing all customer interactions.

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.

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. 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
Hours for this position are 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm + 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
Experience
High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)
Minimum Of 1 Year-Related Work Experience (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.