Service Technician - Per Diem - Day Shift- Pennsylvania Hospital

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Job Title: Service Technician

Department: Environmental Services

Entity: Pennsylvania Hospital

Location: 800 Spruce Street

Hours/Shift: Per Diem, 7:30A-4:00P 2 days a week, rotating holiday and weekend

Join Our Team at Penn Medicine!

Are you passionate about maintaining a clean and safe environment? Do you take pride in your work and enjoy making a difference in people's lives? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Summary: As an Environmental Services Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our hospital remains a clean, aseptic, and orderly environment. You will be responsible for maintaining various areas, including patient rooms, offices, treatment and utility areas, nurse stations, conference rooms, waiting rooms, bathrooms, hallways, stairways, and more.

Key Responsibilities:

• Clean assigned areas using hospital-approved germicidal detergents, supplies, and equipment. Tasks include sweeping, dusting, mopping, buffing, scrubbing, and stripping floors.
• Wash walls, light fixtures, sills, banisters, baseboards, doors, and more in rooms, offices, and elevators. Polish brass and stainless steel as needed.
• Report any malfunctions in mechanical equipment (e.g., beds, lights) and any damage to walls, doors, or furniture to your supervisor.
• Interact effectively with patients, visitors, and all levels of hospital personnel, demonstrating courtesy, compassion, sensitivity, and respect.
• Move furniture and push or pull loaded or empty carts.
• Collect and dispose of trash; clean and disinfect trash receptacles.
• Damp dust furniture, apply stain-type polish, and hand buff furniture; arrange furniture as needed.
• Clean and make up unoccupied beds as necessary.
• Clean and disinfect bathrooms, including sinks, bathtubs, showers, toilets, bathroom tiles, and polished chrome fixtures. Replace supplies such as soap, towels, and toilet tissue.
• Clean and disinfect isolation rooms, including ceilings, lights, walls, floors, furniture, and entire bathrooms; collect isolation linen and/or trash.
• Maintain equipment cleanliness, including janitorial carts and closets.
• Work on varying shift schedules as needed.

Credentials:

• Education or Equivalent Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED (Required)

• 0-1 years of experience in institutional cleaning preferred

Join us at Penn Medicine and be a part of a team that values cleanliness, safety, and excellence in patient care. Apply today and help us make a difference!

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.