Environmental Services Technician
No salary listed
Junior
Dallas, TX, USA
In Person
Cleaning & Custodial ServicesEnvironmental Services (Healthcare)
About the job
Requirements
- A high school diploma or GED equivalent is required.
- A minimum of one to two years of full-time paid experience in environmental services is required.
Responsibilities
- Provide janitorial services in a hospital setting, focusing on operating rooms, patient discharges, and floor care.
- Vacuum carpeted surfaces and damp mop hard-surface floors.
- Assist the supervisor in orienting new housekeeping assistants to the department.
- Perform general and heavy cleaning in offices, patient rooms, clean and soiled utility rooms, laboratories, public areas, and stairways, including washing floors, walls, furniture, and beds with hospital-approved chemicals.
- Clean window sills, empty ashtrays and wastebaskets, and clean blood and body fluids.
- Clean and arrange furniture in patient rooms, bathrooms, offices, waiting areas, and other public areas as assigned.
- Clean showers, sinks, mirrors, and toilets, and replace supplies as required.
- Work in other areas as needed, although generally assigned to a specific area.
- Refinish floors by applying appropriate surface coatings.
- Operate electrical and battery-operated machines for scrubbing, shampooing, and burnishing.
- Move furniture as directed and assist with freight moving.
- Wash walls, blinds, lights, and similar surfaces, and hang drapes.
- Maintain and clean equipment; return it to its assigned location upon completion and keep housekeeping closets and storage areas neat and orderly.
- Perform heavy-duty mopping and cleaning.
- Clean, wash, polish, and scrub floors using electric scrubbing machines, wet vacuums, and/or buffers.
- Apply floor finish as directed.
- Empty trash chutes and clean waste containers.
- Advise the supervisor of unsanitary, unsafe, or otherwise unsatisfactory conditions and defective or damaged fixtures, furniture, or equipment.
- Collect trash and debris in rooms, halls, and stairways.
- Remove and compact general waste and recycling materials, returning the compactor blade to the “in” position upon completion.
- Properly dispose of biohazardous waste.
- Move heavy furniture and equipment.
- Clean rolling-stock furniture, hospital equipment, and related items.
- Strip, refinish, and/or shampoo all types of floor surfaces and coverings.
- Transport hospital property from area to area or building to building.
- Use Epic and log into the computer at the start of the shift; during cleaning, move dirty, clean-next, or stat beds into the “In Progress” category, move completed beds into the “Bed Ready” category, and log out at the end of the shift.
- Strip units upon discharge, terminally clean patient rooms, and prepare them for admission, including use of a tent card and toilet seat strip.
- Perform between-case cleaning in operating rooms, terminally clean operating rooms, and clean labor-and-delivery rooms after each delivery.
- Return all keys and Voceras.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- Previous hospital or healthcare experience is preferred.
About the company
UT Southwestern Medical Center is an academic medical center in Dallas, Texas, integrating patient care, biomedical research, and medical education. It operates a main campus and regional medical centers alongside four schools, including a medical school and graduate programs in health professions and public health. What sets UT Southwestern apart is research output ranked No. 1 worldwide by the Nature Index, backed by Nobel laureates on faculty. The goal is to advance medical discovery into better treatments and compassionate patient care.
Company Size
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Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$18M
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
Founded
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- The Stephens Greth Foundation gave $100 million on April 1, 2026 for the pediatric campus.
- InterAct licensing on March 24, 2026 targets metastatic cancer commercialization and royalties.
- World Cup 26 and Dallas Pulse partnerships expand brand visibility and community recruiting in 2026.
What critics are saying
- Paxton sued affiliate Jason Jarin on February 18, 2026, escalating Texas care restrictions.
- UT Southwestern lists twelve physician departures closing practices by June 30, 2026.
- Research reliance on NIH, ARPA-H, and state grants exposes labs to political budget shocks.
What makes UT Southwestern Medical Center unique
- UT Southwestern won up to $25 million ARPA-H funding for VITAL on January 12, 2026.
- Simmons Cancer Center joined AccessHope’s network in June 2024, extending national oncology reach.
- UT Southwestern operates the Texas Behavioral Health Center, opened June 16, 2026.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Wellness Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer