EVS Support Aide - BU - Sharp TriCity - Day Shift - PRN

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; Vista (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare Environmental Services Aide position is available in California. The role involves collecting trash, distributing linen, cleaning floors, and assisting with patient care areas across the facility.

The job requires safety awareness, the ability to lift heavy loads, proper handling of cleaning chemicals, and operation of cleaning equipment as part of the housekeeping team.

Qualifications

• Experience with stripping, waxing, buffing surgical service floors per guidelines.
• Experience with floor scrubber/buffing equipment.
• HS Diploma or Equivalent preferred.
• 1 Year housekeeping/janitorial experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collect bio waste and trash throughout the facility.
• Dispose of in proper receptacles.
• Collect and distribute linen.
• Maintain and clean floors according to standards.
• Move patient beds and relocate furniture.
• Provide janitorial duties in patient care areas.

Skills

Heavy lifting

Floor care

Trash disposal

Linen distribution

Cleaning chemicals

Equipment operation

Education

HS Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Hours: Shift Start Time: 7 AM Shift End Time: 3:30 PM AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: Weekends Only On-Call Required: No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $25.000 - $25.000 - $25.530

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU. This position was originally posted to ratified SEIU members from 09/23/26 – 10/1/26. The position is now available to be filled by internal candidates that are not members of the ratified Bargaining Unit or External candidates to Sharp.

What You Will Do

This job ensures effective collection of all medical solid waste and trash throughout the facility as well as collection and distribution of linen and floor care maintenance. This position is also required to perform all duties of an Environmental Services Aid including housekeeping and janitorial duties to in patient care, administrative offices, and public areas.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with stripping, waxing, buffing, of surgery/operating room floors according to AORN and Practice Guidelines for Healthcare Environmental Cleaning standards, required (Surgical Services only).
• Experience with floor scrubber/buffing equipment, required (Surgical Services only).

Preferred Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• 1 Year previous housekeeping / janitorial experience.

Other Qualification Requirements

• Current CA driver’s license (PM shift only) within 6 months of hire or transfer, required.

Essential Functions

The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.

Responsible to safely move heavy equipment, bins, receptacles.

Environmental Services Support Aide (Lift-Floor-Trash-Linen) Responsibilities

• Collect bio waste and trash throughout the facility.
• Dispose of in proper receptacles.
• Collect and distribute linen.
• Maintain and clean floors according to organizational standards and following assigned schedule.
• Move and relocate patient beds.
• Move furniture, boxes, desks, supplies, and other equipment as assigned.

Environmental Services Aide Responsibilities

• Clean and maintain assigned areas according to TCMC standards.
• Maintain a safe environment at all time.
• Use wet floor signs properly.
• Use appropriate protective equipment while performing duties.
• Proper hand washing and hand sanitizing.
• Understand the role and responsibility of the position in the event of a disaster.
• Clean discharge/occupied rooms according to the departmental training checklist.
• Maintain professional and courteous customer service at all times.
• Maintain current status with all hospital requirements (Annual TB Skin Test, Fit Testing, Net Learning, other requirements).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to push and pull a minimum of 750 lbs., required.
• Ability to lift and move a minimum of 75 lbs., required.
• Ability to understand proper floor care, required.
• Ability to understand trash collection and proper trash disposal, required.
• Ability to understand linen collection and proper linen distribution, required.
• Ability to understand proper lifting and moving heavy objects, required.
• Ability to work with and properly handle cleaning solutions and chemicals, required.
• Ability to complete on-the-job training, including the proper operational procedures for the cleaning equipment and tools, and must demonstrate knowledge of health and sanitation standards, required.
• Ability to read and understand written instructions and labels in English, required.
• Ability to communicate with supervisors, health care staff and environmental service employees, required.
• Knowledge of cleaning agents, equipment, and soil removal in an operating room environment, required (Surgical Services only).

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.