Hospital Environmental Services Technician: Cleanliness Champion

CommonSpirit Health; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's Holy Cross Hospital - Davis Weber Campus in Utah is seeking an Environmental Services Specialist to maintain a clean, safe patient environment. You will clean patient rooms, waiting areas, and specialty units, following hygiene and safety standards to support patient well-being.

You will apply infection prevention practices, use cleaning chemicals safely, operate floor machines, and work in a fast-paced healthcare setting with a compassionate approach.

Qualifications

• Distinguish the differences between levels of disinfection and perform low and intermediate level disinfection.
• Ability to explain orally or in writing the differences between levels of disinfection and perform intermediate level disinfection in areas.
• Knowledge and skills in the use of power equipment, conventional and highspeed floor machines, carpet cleaning equipment, wet, dry and power vacuum equipment and push sweeper.
• Ability to operate necessary equipment/machines.
• Effectively uses computers and mobile devices.
• Respectfully listens to viewpoints and ideas of others.
• Communicates orally or in writing openly and candidly, creates an environment where coworkers and team members reciprocate in kind.
• Ability to work without close supervision.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all organizational safety, risk management, and infection control standards while promoting a culture of safety.
• Responsible for cleaning and disinfection of specialty units and equipment.
• Areas include but are not limited to Surgical Services, Labor Delivery, Critical Care, Endoscopy, MRI, Trauma, Cath Lab, NICU, Mental Health, and Burn Unit.
• Follows all environmental and infection prevention practices (i.e., proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and processes, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of healthcare cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements, proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling, and laborsaving products for all items within the specialty environment tasked with servicing.
• Demonstrates understanding of the training and education related to evidencebased recommendations in accordance with the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE), Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC), and Association for Perioperative Nurses (AORN), CDC, The Joint Commission, and other regulatory bodies.

Skills

Disinfection levels

Power floor machines

Carpet cleaning equipment

Communication skills

Independent work

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Cleaning equipment

Job description

CommonSpirit Health's Holy Cross Hospital - Davis Weber Campus in Utah is seeking an Environmental Services Specialist to maintain a clean, safe patient environment. You will clean patient rooms, waiting areas, and specialty units, following hygiene and safety standards to support patient well-being.

You will apply infection prevention practices, use cleaning chemicals safely, operate floor machines, and work in a fast-paced healthcare setting with a compassionate approach.