Environmental Services Technician

Company Overview

Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family's ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

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Job Description

The Environmental Services Tech performs a variety of tasks in maintaining the hospital buildings in a clean, orderly, sanitary and attractive condition, using various types of machines, equipment and chemicals. Will also transport items, move furniture and equipment, set-up furniture, and replenish supplies.


Key Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of custodial and housekeeping duties, maintains desired standards of cleanliness, sanitation and appearance throughout the entire hospital in all patient zone areas, Dining areas, administration buildings, internal and external environments.
• Leads cleaning activities in assigned areas. Includes being able to use and maintain cleaning tools, equipment, understand chemical usage and storage. Be able to determine defects and repairs needed during routine tasks and submits timely maintenance requests. Be able to communicate inventory levels for all department supplies and materials. Use of computers to relay this information is highly desirable.
• Understands the importance of handling, transporting and disposal of trash, regulating medical waste, hazardous waste and soiled linens. Using signs and other safety precautions including PPE, understanding SDS, utilizing proper lifting, pushing and pulling to avoid injury to self or others at all times.
• Performs a variety of hard and carpet floor care to include stripping, mopping and buffing floors on a routine basis.
• Cleans patient rooms including discharges according to departmental procedures. Cleans patient and public rest rooms according to departmental procedures.
• Participate in Setting up and Breaking down for meetings and events throughout the hospital according to facilities protocol. Moving/transporting items as requested without damage to the items or surroundings.
• Physically able to stand, walk, lift, carry, grasp, push, pull, bend, kneel, crawl and/or climb to successfully perform daily essential tasks.
• Participates in staff development and training within the department. Teamwork and team coverage is key to scheduling needs and rotational assignments.
• Respond to Customers, Staff, Patients, families and Visitors with respect, courtesy and in a helpful manner at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested willingly and promptly, and with a positive attitude.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year health-care environmental services experience . Some experience in all phases of Environmental Services is helpful.

Preferred Qualifications:

• High school diploma/ GED preferred

The pay range for this position is $16.19 - $24.29/hour.

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.