Environmental Services Technician

Geisinger • Scranton, PA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Performs a variety of healthcare environmental services (EVS) duties to enhance the healthcare environment by maintaining the location assigned. Follows special healthcare cleaning and trash handling techniques as required, ensuring professional and appropriate service standards while performing the job. Ensures the very best patient/family/ customer experience by optimizing all customer interactions. Join our EVS team and play a critical role in hospital cleanliness! Hours for this position are 2:30 pm to 11:00 pm + weekend and holiday rotation. EVS provides healthcare environmental services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays. We clean and disinfect both patient and non-patient areas, helping to prevent communicable diseases by thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting public areas, hospital office and administrative areas, patient rooms, restrooms and hallways. We are proud to offer: Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500 for eligible candidates. $2.00 shift differential for evening and night shifts. Competitive compensation and benefits packages. Education and professional development including the nationally recognized CHEST certification (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician). To learn more about our EVS team, please visit https://jobs.geisinger.org/evs

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)
• Minimum of 1 year-Related work experience (Required)
• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) - Association for the Healthcare Environment
• Communication
• Disease Management
• Healthcare Regulatory Environment
• Infection Control
• Spill Management
• Teamwork

Responsibilities

• Cleans and disinfects patient and non-patient facing areas, departments and spaces.
• Handles various waste streams to include but not limited to; municipal waste and recyclable waste.
• Wears standard personal protective equipment as required.
• Follows procedures for the proper use of hospital approved products utilized in the cleaning and disinfection processes.
• Places the appropriate signage in an area to indicate cleaning is occurring and floor is wet to reduce the risk of falls.
• Reports identified facility repairs as directed or observed, according to current established policy or procedure.
• Utilizes mobile technology to ensure compliance with bed management procedures and other environmental services functions that are performed daily.
• Performs detailed cleaning to include but not limited to; high dusting, walls, ceilings, tracks, vents and lights.
• Collects soiled linen and transports to hospital staging area for vendor pickup as applicable.
• All EVS Staff who enter Medication Rooms (Where Applicable) must receive mandatory education on proper Medication Room protocol.
• Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500 for eligible candidates.
• $2.00 shift differential for evening and night shifts.
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages.
• Education and professional development including the nationally recognized CHEST certification (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician).
• healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.
• an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.
• affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees