EVS Tech, Housekeeper

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

PTO and Paid Leave

Bereavement Leave

PTO Sell Back

Compassionate Leave Donation

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Lexington, KY is seeking an EVS Technician I to join the Environmental Services team. The role focuses on cleaning, disinfecting, and maintaining patient rooms, offices, and common areas to support patient safety and a welcoming environment.

As part of a full-time schedule, you will follow infection prevention and PPE protocols, assist with room turnover, and help train new team members while contributing to quality care and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required, though related experience is preferred.
• 1–2 years of customer service, hospitality, or environmental services preferred.
• Ability to follow infection prevention and PPE protocols.

Responsibilities

• Clean, disinfect, and maintain patient rooms, common areas, and equipment.
• Perform occupied, discharge, and transfer room cleaning.
• Follow infection prevention, safety, and PPE protocols while handling waste and hazardous materials.
• Maintain cleaning equipment, carts, and supplies according to department standards.
• Identify and report maintenance or safety concerns promptly.
• Assist with training and mentoring new EVS team members as assigned.
• Complete required documentation accurately and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Attend department meetings, huddles, and team activities to support patient experience and operational excellence.
• Perform specialty cleaning and other Environmental Services duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Hospitality

Environmental services

Job description

Summary Job Description:

EVS Tech I, Housekeeper Full-Time Environmental Services The Environmental Services Department plays a vital role in ensuring that the hospital remains clean and safe for patients, staff, and visitors. As a member of this team, the main duties will be to clean and sanitize all areas of the hospital including patient rooms, offices, waiting areas, and meeting rooms. The Environmental Services Technician I is responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff. This role performs daily cleaning and disinfection tasks, supports infection prevention efforts, and ensures timely room turnover to promote patient flow. As a key member of the healthcare team, the EVS Technician contributes to quality care, patient safety, and an exceptional patient experience while providing courteous service to all individuals within the facility.

Job Description:

• Clean, disinfect, and maintain patient rooms, common areas, and assigned equipment according to healthcare and infection prevention standards.
• Perform occupied, discharge, and transfer room cleaning to support patient safety and timely room turnover.
• Follow all infection prevention, safety, and PPE protocols while properly handling waste and hazardous materials.
• Maintain cleaning equipment, carts, and supplies in accordance with department standards.
• Identify and report maintenance or safety concerns promptly.
• Assist with training and mentoring new EVS team members as assigned.
• Complete required documentation accurately and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Attend department meetings, huddles, and team activities to support patient experience and operational excellence.
• Perform specialty cleaning and other Environmental Services duties as assigned.

Requirements

No prior experience is required; however, related experience is preferred.

Preferred Experiences:

• 1-2 years of Customer Service
• 1-2 years of Hospitality
• 1-2 years of Environmental Services experience

Benefits:

• Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial assistance
• Retirement with Company Match

Company

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement:

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

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