Environmental Services Technician

Location :

Geisinger Healthplex State College

Shift :

Evenings (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40

Worker Type : Regular

Exemption Status : No

Job Summary :

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.

Job Duties :

• 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.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details :

Join our EVS team and play a critical role in hospital cleanliness!

Hours for this position are 3 : 00 pm to 11 : 30 pm weekend 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 :

To learn more about our EVS team please visit

Education :

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)

Experience :

Certification(s) and License(s) :

Skills :

Communication Disease Management Healthcare Regulatory Environment Infection Control Spill Management Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES : Everything we do is about caring for our patients our members our students our Geisinger family and our communities.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one including vision dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an 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.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1