Environmental Services Technician/Maintenance - SPHC
About The Position
The Environmental Services Technician/Maintenance position provides maintenance of environmental infection control and acceptable bacteriological and visual cleanliness throughout the hospital or medical facility. The role performs daily cleaning and disinfection, linen handling and distribution, waste collection, and minor maintenance tasks. Work coverage rotates across 24 hours and may include day or night shifts, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime. The position requires physical effort throughout the workday, including manual cleaning, prolonged standing and walking, repetitive movements, and exposure to cleaning chemicals and other environmental conditions.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Three months of general housekeeping experience using common housecleaning implements such as mops, floor waxes, and scouring pads.
- Satisfactory performance in prior and current employment, supported by positive references addressing working relationships, ethical standards, reliability, infection-control techniques, and understanding of infection-control standards and precautions.
- Ability to read, write, understand, and follow written and verbal instructions.
- Ability to work with little or no supervision.
- Current valid driver’s license without restrictions, maintained throughout employment.
- Successful job interviews, background and reference checks, fingerprint clearance, physical examinations, and other required screenings.
- Submission of complete and accurate employment-related documents and information.
- Ability to meet the described physical and mental demands, including prolonged standing and walking, frequent bending and reaching, repetitive manual cleaning, and lifting with appropriate judgment, assistance, and body mechanics.
- Ability to prioritize, use good judgment, concentrate, demonstrate patience, and accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs.
- Ability to use proper techniques to protect oneself and patients from pathogenic agents and follow infection-control standards.
Responsibilities
- Disinfect patient exam rooms, bathrooms, offices, hallways, water fountains, and other assigned areas daily to prevent cross-contamination.
- Scrub and disinfect commodes, urinals, washstands, fixtures, water fountains, and mirrors.
- Replenish paper supplies, liquid hand soap, and hand sanitizers in dispensers daily.
- Clean venetian blinds, wash walls, vents, windows, glass partitions, and other assigned areas.
- Vacuum, dust mop, and mop floors daily; extract carpets and polish floors as needed; strip and wax floors as necessary or as directed by the immediate supervisor.
- Thoroughly disinfect rooms after patient discharge, including special cleaning of isolation exam rooms using proper antiseptic techniques.
- Receive clean linen deliveries, maintain linen control and distribution, and deliver clean linen to patient areas as requisitioned.
- Collect soiled linen, regular waste, biohazardous waste, sharps containers, pharmaceutical waste, and chemotherapy waste, and deliver them to the appropriate holding area.
- Perform minor maintenance, including unclogging a latrine, changing light bulbs, servicing water fountains, patching walls, painting, hoeing weeds, picking up outdoor trash, installing dispensers, and removing snow and de-icing sidewalks.
- Don and doff personal protective equipment safely and discard used PPE appropriately.
- Complete task training for routine cleaning and decontamination of surfaces contaminated by communicable diseases.
- Wear proper PPE as necessary, including face masks, gloves, gowns, isolation gowns, NIOSH-approved N95 respirators or higher if available, and eye or face shields.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
