Environmental Services Technician

The University of Utah Health is hiring an Environmental Services Technician in Bountiful, UT. This role involves maintaining cleanliness and safety in patient care areas, including cleaning various surfaces and managing hazardous waste. The position requires independent judgment and may involve team leadership. The organization emphasizes collaboration, integrity, and quality in its mission to enhance health and well-being. Benefits include healthcare, retirement plans, and a supportive work environment.
About the position

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA This position performs various cleaning tasks to provide all staff, visitors and patients a safe and clean environment. The incumbent maintains high standards of cleanliness, sanitation, and freedom from hazards and infections. This position has the authority to experience a certain degree of autonomy in simply "keeping up" an assigned area under their jurisdiction, making independent judgments on needed activities and projects. Incumbents may function as a team leader on specific assignments or activities involving personnel of the same job classification. Challenges encountered in this position include working around patients, visitors, and staff without causing any disruptions, working with patient care units and other departments with specialized cleaning needs and hazards, and determining if chemical spills are medical, infectious, or a routine spill and then the appropriate procedure to follow in disposing of the spill. This position is not responsible for providing patient care. Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes. Hurry and apply today! Submit your application with an updated resume online at employment.utah.edu You must upload the most recent updated resume, including all your work history and experience, to be considered. Please provide five professional references with an email and phone number on your submitted resume or as requested through the skill survey assessment. University of Utah Health offers fantastic career opportunities, pay, and healthcare benefits from day one! We also offer a 401 K retirement plan and a work environment that values dedication, learning, and a work-life balance. Join our team! uofuhealth.org/jobfairs . Please check your email for any updates on this job!

Responsibilities
• Sweeps, cleans, mops, scrubs, and dusts floors.
• Cleans toilets, basins, showers, bathtubs, patient beds, and scrubs walls.
• Dusts, cleans and vacuums furniture, fixtures doors and related furnishings by using appropriate cleaning supplies.
• Operates and maintains electric floor machines, snow blowers, industrial vacuums, carpet shampooing equipment, and upholstery shampooing equipment.
• Cleans, refinishes, and maintains a variety of floor coverings.
• Cleans patient rooms, beds, waiting areas, and examination tables.
• Labels and removes infectious waste bags and containers.
• Transports custodial supplies and equipment to and from storage and work areas.
• Replaces sharps containers, transports trash and refuse, removes empty boxes and organizes closets.

Requirements
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
• Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
• Ability to use basic electronic devices in the course of daily work.
• Entry level position.
• Dependent upon assigned department, a valid Utah driver's license may be required.

Nice-to-haves
• Six (6) months of related experience.

Benefits
• University of Utah Health offers fantastic career opportunities, pay, and healthcare benefits from day one!
• We also offer a 401 K retirement plan and a work environment that values dedication, learning, and a work-life balance.