Environmental Services Technician- FT- Nights

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine is seeking a Housekeeper to clean patient, public, clinical, and administrative areas at Lancaster General Hospital's LGH Suburban Outpatient Pavilion. The role maintains hospital standards through consistent cleaning and attention to detail.

Under supervision, you will follow procedures, perform routine tasks, and ensure a safe, sanitary environment. HS diploma preferred; 6 months hospitality/medical housekeeping experience preferred; schedule: 6:00pm–2:30am, Mon–Fri, weekends off.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma/GED is required or preferred.
• Six (6) months of experience in hospitality/medical housekeeping is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and services patient, public, clinical, and administrative areas to hospital standards.
• Maintains cleanliness and organization across Lancaster General Hospital facilities.
• Performs repetitive cleaning tasks with attention to detail and safeguards.
• Works under supervision with clear instruction and routine procedures.

Education

H.S. Diploma/GED

Job description

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Schedule

6:00pm to 2:30am, Monday to Friday, off on weekends and holidays

Location

LGH Suburban Outpatient Pavilion - 2100 Harrisburg Pike

Summary

• Under the director of Environmental Services Manager and Administrative Supervisor, the Housekeeper cleans and services patient, public, clinical, and administrative areas, maintaining the standards of Lancaster General Hospital.
• ATTENTION CONCENTRATION ‑ The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others:
• The position requires the ability to attend to a specific stimulus without being distracted by extraneous environmental stimuli. The individual must be able to attend to environmental detail with the ability to separate essential from non-essential or irrelevant stimuli. The attention skills required are generally considered to be automatic--passive but focused with an intact capacity for select perception.
• NEW LEARNING AND MEMORY ‑ The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material:
• Job demands are only moderately routine and predictable. Minor changes may occur which require the individual to be able to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions.
• PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND CREATIVE THINKING ‑ The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think in order to solve a problem by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought:
• The requirement for autonomous problem solving or creativity of thought in the position is absent or minimal. The individual must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions. Most aspects of the position, and the actions taken to resolve them, are repetitive in nature, and should ultimately become rote or automatic. There is little variability in task demands, or task demands are accomplished under continuous direction from another.
• The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:
• Repetitive work: Ability to continuously perform the same type of work for extended periods of time, according to set procedures, sequence or pace.
• Working within tolerances, set limits or standards: Ability to adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances, or standards; to be precise, thorough, exacting, or meticulous in regard to material worked; or in activities such as numerical determinations, record preparation, or inspecting.
• Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job; to be subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.
• Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.
• Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.

Education or Equivalent Experience

• H.S. Diploma/GED
• Six (6) months of experience in hospitality/medical housekeeping is preferred.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.