Environmental Services Technician (Full-time Nights)

Geisinger; Danville (PA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated individuals for healthcare environmental services. This role involves maintaining cleanliness in clinical environments, ensuring the highest standards of hygiene while providing excellent service to patients and families. You will be responsible for cleaning, disinfecting, and managing waste, all while adhering to safety protocols. The position offers a night shift schedule with a potential bonus for new hires. Join a collaborative and diverse team that values kindness, excellence, and innovation in healthcare. Your contributions will directly impact patient experiences and community health.

Benefits

Bonus up to $2,500 for new hires

Night shift differential

Healthcare benefits from day one

Vision and dental coverage

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Preferred: High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience in healthcare cleaning and waste management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and disinfects patient and non-patient areas to maintain hygiene.
• Handles various waste streams and reports facility repairs as needed.

Skills

Healthcare Environmental Services

Cleaning and Disinfection

Waste Handling

Mobile Technology Utilization

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)

Tools

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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:

• New Hires are eligible for a bonus up to $2,500!
• Hours are 11:00 pm to 7:30 am + weekend and holiday rotation.
• Eligible for night shift differential.
• To learn about our EVS team, click here: http://jobs.geisinger.org/evs

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

Experience:

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. 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.