Per Diem Environmental Services Aide

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC); Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem openings

Job summary

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) is seeking EVS personnel to perform housekeeping duties across patient rooms, operating rooms, offices, and lobbies. Responsibilities include cleaning, linen changes, and trash removal in a high-grade hospital setting.

Qualifications require a high school diploma or equivalent plus experience in janitorial work; preferred EVS experience in hospital or hotel settings, plus awareness of isolation protocols and biohazard waste handling.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to graduation from high school and six (6) months of experience in janitorial or custodial work.
• 1 year recent documented EVS experience in a Hospital/Acute Care Setting.
• 1 year recent documented EVS experience in Hotel Industry.
• Experience with Isolation Protocols.
• Experience with biohazard waste, handling & cleaning of infectious materials, when necessary.
• Availability to work ALL shifts, including graveyard, seven (7) days a week, as needed.
• Position may require a written and / or oral exam for core competencies.

Responsibilities

• Perform housekeeping duties in patient rooms, offices, operating rooms and lobbies.
• Change bed linens.
• Sweep, vacuum, mop and buff floors.
• Remove trash and hazardous materials.

Skills

Cleaning chemicals

Equipment operation

Safe lifting

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Vacuum cleaners

Mops

Buffers

Dollies

Job description

Position Summary

EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)

Competitive Salary & Benefits Package

• PER DIEM OPENINGS**

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients. UMC is home to Nevada's ONLY Nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary

Performs housekeeping duties. Duties include cleaning patient rooms, offices, operating rooms and lobbies; changing bed linens; sweeping, vacuuming, mopping and buffing floors; and, removing trash and hazardous materials.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience

Equivalent to graduation from high school and six (6) months of experience in janitorial or custodial work.

Additional Position Requirements

PREFERENCES MUST BE CLEARLY LISTED WITHIN THE APPLICATION EXPERIENCE

• 1 year recent documented EVS experience in a Hospital/Acute Care Setting.
• 1 year recent documented EVS experience in Hotel Industry.
• Experience with Isolation Protocols.
• Experience with biohazard waste, handling & cleaning of infectious materials, when necessary.
• Availability to work ALL shifts, including graveyard, seven (7) days a week, as needed.
• Position may require a written and / or oral exam for core competencies.

Knowledge Of

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Industrial cleaning supplies; proper cleaning techniques; department and hospital safety practices and procedures; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, usage and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.

Skill In

Mixing cleaning chemicals; safe use of hand equipment; working without close supervision in standard working situations; making beds and changing bed linen; proper lifting techniques; using equipment such as vacuum cleaners, mops, buffers and dollies; communicating effectively with people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment, ability to operate hand equipment, stamina to remain standing and walk for extended periods of time, strength to lift and maneuver objects, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in-person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects. Incumbents are exposed to diseases and hazardous materials and are required to contain infectious diseases and other contaminations such as lice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.