Housekeeping

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As the Environmental Services Technician, you will be responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment. You will have contact and interactions with patients, visitors, and clinical and non‑clinical staff. Your responsibilities include ensuring timely room turnovers related to patient throughput while adhering to the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention.

You will be an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention, and patient experience.

• Complete daily occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas, equipment, and other common areas.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of healthcare cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements; use chemicals and handle equipment safely.
• Maintain cleaning cart(s), supplies, and equipment as outlined in Standard Work cart set up; remove waste and transport to the appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste stream handling (regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous).
• Follow all infection prevention practices, including proper cleaning and disinfection protocols, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, and proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE).

• High School Diploma or GED
• Previous healthcare experience

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center is a 198‑bed non‑profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around Gilbert, Arizona. We are part of Common Spirit Health, which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents. If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.

$18.36 - $18.36 /hour