Environmental Svcs Tech

CommonSpirit Health; Sherwood, Northern (AR, KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St Vincent environmental services team seeks an experienced Environmental Services Technician to maintain patient rooms and hospital areas in a clean, safe, and sanitized condition. You’ll use routine cleaning tasks and specialized equipment to meet high hygiene standards and protect patients and staff.

You will learn proper disposal of medical waste and disinfecting chemicals, restock supplies, and ensure safe, thorough cleaning across patient rooms and facilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on floor care and institutional housekeeping, preferably in healthcare.
• Experience operating EVS floor care equipment (buffers, burnishers, strippers, extractors).
• Ability to learn proper disposal techniques for biohazard materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine cleaning and decluttering to hospital areas (dusting, sweeping, mopping, trash disposal).
• Sanitize patient rooms, emergency rooms, operating rooms, and common areas using approved methods.
• Restock supplies in patient rooms and common areas; manage soap, towels, tissues, and linens.
• Learn and follow procedures for disposal of medical waste including biohazards.
• Remain friendly, patient, and personable with patients, visitors, and staff.
• Operate and maintain specialized EVS floor care equipment for hard surfaces and carpet.

Skills

Environmental cleaning

Biohazard disposal

Sanitization procedures

Safety awareness

Education

High School diploma

High School GED General Studies

Tools

Disinfectants

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Environmental Services Technician at CHI St Vincent, you'll keep our patient rooms and all areas of the hospital clean and sanitized to protect everyone from potential illness or injury due to infectious diseases or other hazards.

You'll succeed in this job if you are thorough and committed to safety. Not only will you perform routine cleaning tasks such as sweeping, mopping, or dusting, you will also use specialized equipment and techniques to further sanitize this facility.

You must learn and adhere to proper disposal techniques for biohazard materials, including bodily fluids or sharp objects. You will learn about and safely use disinfecting chemicals and learn techniques and procedures for cleaning certain specialized rooms or pieces of equipment. You may also refill soap dispensers, paper towel dispensers, tissue holders, and other supplies, as well as deliver clean linens to patient rooms.

You will truly excel in this role if you are friendly and enthusiastic about helping others. You are truly the most important component of safety and comfort for our patients, visitors, and staff. A clean facility with kind staff provides so much comfort and peace of mind to patients, their loved ones, and everyone working here.

• Provide routine cleaning and decluttering to appropriate areas of the hospital - dusting, sweeping, mopping, and disposing of trash.


• Sanitize appropriate areas of the hospital using approved tools and routines which may vary by location. Patient rooms, emergency rooms, and operating rooms will all have their own procedures and vary from the hallways, nurses' stations, waiting areas, and restrooms. Use proper chemicals, procedures, and equipment to clean and disinfect surfaces thoroughly.


• Restock supplies as needed in supply areas, common areas, and patient rooms. This may include soap, paper towels, bath tissue, facial tissue, bath linens, bed linens and your own cleaning supplies in supply closets.


• Learn and follow proper techniques for disposal of all medical waste, including biological or biohazard waste such as bodily fluids or sharp implements.


• Remain patient, kind and personable in all interactions with patients, visitors and staff.


• Minimum of 3 years of experience in specialized floor care, including the operation and maintenance of standard EVS floor care equipment (such as buffers, burnishers, strippers, and extractors) for both hard surface and carpeted floors.

Job Requirements

Required

• None, upon hire


• At least 3 years of demonstrated hands‑on experience in floor care and institutional housekeeping, preferably within a healthcare environment.

Preferred

• High School Graduate General Studies and Previous healthcare experience., upon hire or


• High School GED General Studies and Previous healthcare experience., upon hire

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4,500 coworkers, 1,000 medical staff, and 500 volunteers, we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CHI St Vincent North has 69 beds and offers a small‑town feeling of family and camaraderie. We have a strong neuro and cardiac focus.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well‑being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.