Environmental Services Technician

About the Role

Wellstar Health System is seeking an Environmental Services Technician in Augusta, GA for an evening shift position. This role is important to maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming healthcare environment while supporting patients, families, staff, and visitors with professionalism and compassion.

The position involves thorough cleaning of patient rooms, restrooms, isolation areas, and specialty clinical spaces, along with the correct handling of waste streams and regulated materials. The team member will also use ultraviolet light equipment when required and must follow strict infection-control and safety practices at all times.

Work Schedule

This is an evening shift role in the United States of America. The title also notes availability for evenings and nights, with rotating weekends and holidays.

Key Duties

• Carry out complete cleaning of restrooms and patient rooms, including regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning procedures based on location and room type.
• Follow infection-prevention standards and choose the correct cleaning agents for each task.
• Perform routine surface and floor cleaning, including walls, doors, windows, furniture, equipment, dust mopping, wet mopping, edges, corners, base coves, and kick plates.
• Remove trash and linen according to the correct disposal rules for solid waste, biohazard waste, chemotherapy waste, pharmaceutical waste, and other regulated materials.
• Use personal protective equipment properly and follow correct donning and doffing procedures.
• Apply safe lifting practices to reduce the risk of injury.
• Follow all hospital and department policies, procedures, and safety rules.
• Use ultraviolet light equipment safely and according to protocol.
• Place the correct liners in waste containers and secure them properly when closing out.
• Maintain a positive and courteous manner when interacting with staff, patients, families, guests, and coworkers.
• Support world-class service standards through strong interpersonal skills and professional behavior.
• Assist with special projects and performance improvement work as assigned.
• Document completed daily assignments and adapt to staffing shortages by covering other assigned areas when needed.
• Use the Epic system to help maintain efficient bed and patient flow, including logging in and out as required.
• Complete other duties assigned by leadership and comply with all Wellstar policies, work standards, and code of conduct.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED is preferred.
• Some prior experience is preferred.
• Ability to speak fluent English.
• Ability to read, write, and understand simple instructions in English.
• Completion of the departmental training program within the first 30 days of employment.
• All required certifications must be in place at the time of hire unless stated otherwise.

Additional Information

Individuals hired for this role will be trained and authorized to handle the duties assigned to their specific areas. The work is highly visible to patients, families, visitors, and staff, so strong customer service and interpersonal skills are essential.

Wellstar’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of every person served, and the organization emphasizes compassion, excellence, and respect for every voice.

This role includes responsibility for specialty healthcare environments such as operating room suites, cath labs, GI labs, VARU, pharmacy compounding labs, vascular areas, and labor and delivery suites.

The position involves handling and replacing containers for sharps, pharmacy waste, biohazard waste, and chemotherapy waste, along with proper transport of waste, recyclables, and other regulated materials.

Applicants should be prepared to work rotating weekends and holidays as part of the schedule.