Trash/Linen Tech - Full Time

Jennie Stuart Health•Hopkinsville, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Jennie Stuart Health is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Trash/Linen Tech to join our growing team in a full-time, regular capacity. This position plays a critical and indispensable role in maintaining a clean, safe, and sanitary environment throughout our healthcare facility, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and infection control are consistently upheld each and every day. As a Trash/Linen Tech, you will be an essential member of our Environmental Services department, contributing directly to patient safety, staff well-being, and the overall positive experience of visitors and patients at Jennie Stuart Health. In this role, you will be responsible for performing a wide range of cleaning, sanitation, trash removal, and linen management duties across various areas of the hospital, including patient rooms, operating suites, common areas, restrooms, hallways, and administrative spaces. A core component of this position involves the timely and proper collection, transport, and disposal of general waste, regulated medical waste, and soiled linen in strict accordance with healthcare infection control standards and OSHA regulations. You will also be responsible for restocking clean linen supplies to designated areas throughout the facility, ensuring that nursing units and clinical departments are consistently supplied and operationally ready. You will follow established protocols for terminal cleaning of patient rooms after discharge, ensuring all surfaces, equipment, and fixtures are thoroughly disinfected in accordance with healthcare infection control standards. The Trash/Linen Tech is expected to demonstrate a higher level of competency and independence compared to entry-level aides, taking on more complex cleaning assignments and potentially assisting in the training or guidance of newer team members as needed. Key responsibilities include the proper use, maintenance, and storage of cleaning equipment and chemicals, strict adherence to OSHA standards and healthcare regulatory guidelines, and the accurate completion of cleaning logs and documentation. You will be expected to respond promptly to urgent cleaning requests, including spill cleanups and isolation room procedures, while maintaining a professional and compassionate demeanor in all patient-facing interactions. You will also be responsible for operating commercial floor care equipment such as floor buffers, vacuums, auto-scrubbers, and extractors, and for reading and following Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for all cleaning chemicals used in the facility. Scheduling for this position may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays as required by departmental needs, reflecting the around-the-clock nature of healthcare environmental services. This is a regular, at-will, full-time position with an annual salary structure. The role does not include per diem compensation. At Jennie Stuart Health, we are deeply committed to fostering a culture of respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. We firmly believe that every team member, regardless of role or title, contributes meaningfully to the healing environment we provide for our patients and community. As a Trash/Linen Tech, you will embody these values daily through your unwavering dedication to cleanliness, safety, and compassionate service. Jennie Stuart Health offers a supportive and inclusive work environment with opportunities for professional growth, competitive benefits, and the profound satisfaction of making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families every single day. If you are a motivated, reliable, and service-oriented individual with a passion for healthcare support services and a commitment to excellence, we strongly encourage you to apply and become a valued and respected part of the Jennie Stuart Health family.

Requirements

Detail-oriented
Ability to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and infection control
Ability to follow established protocols for terminal cleaning
Higher level of competency and independence compared to entry-level aides
Ability to operate commercial floor care equipment (floor buffers, vacuums, auto-scrubbers, extractors)
Ability to read and follow Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
Motivated
Reliable
Service-oriented

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare support services

Responsibilities

Performing a wide range of cleaning, sanitation, trash removal, and linen management duties across various areas of the hospital, including patient rooms, operating suites, common areas, restrooms, hallways, and administrative spaces.
Timely and proper collection, transport, and disposal of general waste, regulated medical waste, and soiled linen in strict accordance with healthcare infection control standards and OSHA regulations.
Restocking clean linen supplies to designated areas throughout the facility.
Following established protocols for terminal cleaning of patient rooms after discharge, ensuring all surfaces, equipment, and fixtures are thoroughly disinfected.
Demonstrating a higher level of competency and independence compared to entry-level aides, taking on more complex cleaning assignments and potentially assisting in the training or guidance of newer team members.
Proper use, maintenance, and storage of cleaning equipment and chemicals.
Strict adherence to OSHA standards and healthcare regulatory guidelines.
Accurate completion of cleaning logs and documentation.
Responding promptly to urgent cleaning requests, including spill cleanups and isolation room procedures.
Maintaining a professional and compassionate demeanor in all patient-facing interactions.
Operating commercial floor care equipment such as floor buffers, vacuums, auto-scrubbers, and extractors.
Reading and following Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for all cleaning chemicals used in the facility.