Healthcare Environmental Services Technician

Mercy Medical Center Merced; Merced (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center Merced seeks an Environmental Services Technician to maintain a clean, safe, and infection-controlled environment for patients, staff, and visitors. You will clean patient rooms, common areas, offices, and clinical spaces, follow strict infection control protocols, manage waste, and respond to cleaning requests to ensure high standards of cleanliness.

Daily tasks include cleaning patient care areas, restocking supplies, maintaining surfaces, and performing terminal cleanings

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; prior experience as janitor/housekeeper in hospital, hotel/motel, or contract janitorial services preferred.
• Strict infection control protocols experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning and maintenance of patient care areas, offices, hallways, storerooms, corridors, stairways, hospital rooms, wards and other areas as per schedules.
• Observes assigned areas and acts to clean and maintain cleanliness; informs supervisor to uphold infection control standards.
• Reports leaks, clogged drains, etc. to Maintenance for timely repairs.
• Maintains supplies; refills soap dispensers and restocks toilet paper/paper towels.
• Cleans and disinfects surfaces, dusts and polishes, empties waste baskets, handles infectious waste, changes linen, makes beds, and moves furniture.

Skills

Attention to detail

Infection control

Cleaning & sanitization

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Mercy Medical Center Merced seeks an Environmental Services Technician to maintain a clean, safe, and infection-controlled environment for patients, staff, and visitors. You will clean patient rooms, common areas, offices, and clinical spaces, follow strict infection control protocols, manage waste, and respond to cleaning requests to ensure high standards of cleanliness.

Daily tasks include cleaning patient care areas, restocking supplies, maintaining surfaces, and performing terminal cleanings