Environmental Technician III

Orlando Health; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Orlando Health is looking for an Environmental Services Technician III to create and maintain a safe and clean environment. This role includes responsibilities such as transporting waste, cleaning patient rooms, and interacting with patients and staff regarding safety and cleanliness.

The ideal candidate should have a High School Diploma or GED, CHEST certification is preferred, and three years of experience in healthcare support or related fields.

Qualifications

• Preferred High School Diploma or GED.
• CHEST certification is a plus.
• Minimum three years in healthcare or related field.

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer inquiries for linen requests.
• Transport waste and maintain cleanliness in assigned areas.
• Maintain compliance with safety and health standards.

Skills

Environmental services management

Patient interaction skills

Safety compliance

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST)

Job description

Position Summary

10 hours per day, 3 days per week, every other weekend. The Environmental Services Technician III is responsible for executing daily duties to establish and maintain a safe, clean, and healing environment. The EVS Tech III interacts with patients, visitors, and staff—physical, psychological, educational, and safety related interactions appropriate to patient demographics. Responsibilities include transporting regular waste, soiled linen, weighing and recording clean linen, bio‑hazardous waste, recycling waste, maintaining trash containers, and operating trash dumpsters, scales, and packaging bio‑waste for shipping.

Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers and units/departments for linen requests.
• Transport regular waste, bio‑hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location and prepare for transport in accordance with DOT and Department of Health standards.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio‑trailer area, and designated areas, ensuring the area is clean and litter‑free.
• Empty trash containers and clean them to prevent spills and marks.
• Operate outside cleaning equipment such as pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat, and cart washing machine.
• Adopt a proactive approach to maintaining identified patient and non‑patient areas to meet mandated and regulatory agency requirements.
• Utilize appropriate safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members.
• Clean and disinfect patient rooms and ancillary areas (bathrooms, public areas, corridors, medication storage rooms, etc.) using designated chemicals and procedures.
• Maintain equipment in a clean and functional condition and keep work areas orderly, clean, and safe.
• Work independently to complete assigned tasks.
• Deliver clean linen to user areas on established and changing par levels.
• Use handheld computer or manual system to credit and debit clean linen to user areas.
• Record telephone requests for linen on the telephone log; pick up soiled linen from user areas and deliver to the holding area for laundry pickup.
• Weigh and record clean and reject linen when delivered and soiled linen at pickup.
• Record the laundry truck lock tag number to weight log for both clean and soiled linen.
• Maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, ADA, FMLA, and federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintain compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) preferred.
• Three (3) years of experience in healthcare support services, EVS, hospitality, or a related field.