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Job Description
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Location Scranton, PA
Job Category Environmental Services
Schedule Days
Work Type Full time
Department GCMC Environmental Services Day Shift Team
Date posted 06/25/2026
Job ID R-98486
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 6:30 am to 3:00 pm weekend and holiday 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
Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500 for eligible candidates.
Competitive Compensation And Benefits Packages.
Education and professional development including the nationally recognized CHEST certification (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician).
To learn more about our EVS team, please visit https://jobs.geisinger.org/evs(opens in new window)
Education
Skills
High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)
Disease Management; Teamwork; Communication; Spill Management; Infection Control; Healthcare Regulatory Environment
About Geisinger
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org(opens in new window) or connect with us on Facebook(opens in new window), Instagram(opens in new window), LinkedIn(opens in new window) and Twitter(opens in new window).
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Our Vision & Values
Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
Our Benefits
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.
Auto req ID
477358BR
Minimum Education Required
High School/GED
Job_Category
Medical
City*
Scranton
State*
Pennsylvania
Job Code
Health-Services health-services
Affiliate Sponsor
Geisinger
On behalf of VetJobs/MilitarySpouseJobs, thank you for your interest. We are assisting our partnering company, listed below, with this position. It is open to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow for next steps.
Location Scranton, PA
Job Category Environmental Services
Schedule Days
Work Type Full time
Department GCMC Environmental Services Day Shift Team
Date posted 06/25/2026
Job ID R-98486
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 6:30 am to 3:00 pm weekend and holiday 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
Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500 for eligible candidates.
Competitive Compensation And Benefits Packages.
Education and professional development including the nationally recognized CHEST certification (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician).
To learn more about our EVS team, please visit https://jobs.geisinger.org/evs(opens in new window)
Education
Skills
High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)
Disease Management; Teamwork; Communication; Spill Management; Infection Control; Healthcare Regulatory Environment
About Geisinger
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org(opens in new window) or connect with us on Facebook(opens in new window), Instagram(opens in new window), LinkedIn(opens in new window) and Twitter(opens in new window).
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Our Vision & Values
Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
Our Benefits
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.
Auto req ID
477358BR
Minimum Education Required
High School/GED
Job_Category
Medical
City*
Scranton
State*
Pennsylvania
Job Code
Health-Services health-services
Affiliate Sponsor
Geisinger