Environmental Services Technician

Geisinger • Scranton, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician performs healthcare environmental services duties to maintain assigned areas and enhance the healthcare environment. The role follows specialized healthcare cleaning and waste-handling practices and supports a professional service standard and a positive patient, family, and customer experience. Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. This position is based at Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC) and is scheduled for 40 hours per week, from 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with weekend and holiday rotation. EVS operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, cleaning and disinfecting patient and non-patient areas to help prevent communicable diseases.

The technician cleans and disinfects areas and equipment; handles multiple waste streams; follows infection-control, isolation, and medication-room protocols; uses approved cleaners, power equipment, mobile technology, and other equipment; and supports floor, carpet, linen, supply, and project work. The position also includes reporting facility repairs and observing applicable regulatory requirements for waste processing and shipment. A high school diploma or GED and one year of related work experience are preferred. The posting offers a sign-on bonus of up to $2,500 for eligible candidates, a $2.00 differential for evening and night shifts, competitive compensation and benefits, and education and professional development, including the CHEST certification.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) is preferred.
• At least one year of related work experience is preferred.
• Skills in communication, disease management, healthcare regulatory environment, infection control, spill management, and teamwork.
• Work the stated night schedule of 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with weekend and holiday rotation.

Nice To Haves

• CHEST certification (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician) is available through the employer’s education and professional development offerings.

Responsibilities

• Clean and disinfect assigned patient rooms, surgical suites, clinical areas, offices, corridors, and stairwells according to current industry practices and established policies.
• Handle municipal, recyclable, pharmaceutical, biohazardous, chemotherapeutic, and sharps waste streams.
• Wear standard personal protective equipment and follow posted isolation precautions when entering isolation rooms.
• Use hospital-approved chemical cleaners and power equipment according to procedures to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.
• Place signage to indicate cleaning in progress and wet floors, helping reduce fall risk.
• Report observed or identified facility repairs according to established policies and procedures.
• Use mobile technology to comply with bed-tracking procedures and perform other daily environmental services functions.
• Operate chemclave and autoclave equipment for red-bag waste when applicable, and properly package red-bag waste for shipment when this technology is unavailable.
• Clean and disinfect equipment before it enters the operating room suite.
• Use fluid waste management systems, place them in docking stations for emptying and sanitizing, and return them to service.
• Perform detailed cleaning, including dusting and washing walls, ceilings, tracks, vents, lights, and booms.
• Scrub floors, remove finish, buff or burnish, and recoat floors where applicable using powered floor-care equipment.
• Extract carpets or direct the safe and effective use of carpet-care equipment, chemicals, and procedures.
• Use ladders to remove and install privacy curtains while following isolation-cleaning protocols and scheduled cleaning requirements.
• Collect soiled linen and transport it to the hospital staging area for vendor pickup.
• Assist the Team Leader with supply inventory management using mobile technology.
• Perform or direct project work, including moving equipment and office materials, construction cleaning, and emergency disaster cleaning.
• Complete mandatory education on proper medication-room protocol before entering medication rooms, where applicable.
• Provide healthcare environmental services across patient and non-patient areas, including public areas, hospital offices and administrative areas, patient rooms, restrooms, and hallways.

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.
• Healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and domestic partner coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED