ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TECH - FT
Caribou, ME Housekeeping
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Status Hours-

Full Time

Shift: 3p-11p


Cary Medical Center has an immediate opening for an Environmental Services Technician to join our Environmental Services team. This vital role helps keep our hospital clean and safe for patients, visitors, and staff.

The technician is responsible for cleaning and maintaining a variety of hospital areas and offices, ensuring a healthy and welcoming environment for all who enter our facility.

At Cary, we take pride in our workplace culture—so much so that our employees have voted us one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in Maine for the fifth year in a row. As part of our supportive and collaborative team, your work will make a meaningful impact every day.


 Essential Job Duties:

  • Routinely select cleaning materials and supplies, and prepares solutions according to procedure, loads service card, and transports to work area.
  • Return unused supplies to the utility room. Clean carts and equipment; ensure all items are replaced in an orderly manner.
  • Clean assigned areas by washing furniture, tile, fixtures, and equipment with germicidal cleaning solutions; scour and polish sinks, showers, toilets, water fountains, blinds, and mirrors.
  • Thoroughly clean assigned areas by washing walls, doors, door frames, ceiling, ventilators, patient televisions, and windows.
  • Routinely dry and damp mop floors in accordance with departmental procedures.
  • Vacuum carpets as required.
  • Arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area.
  • Empty trash baskets in designated areas; sanitize all trash cans.
  • Observe established isolation and asepsis techniques.
  • Clean equipment and notify team leader of equipment needing repair; report safety hazards to manager.
  • Thoroughly wash and sanitize beds when patients are discharged; make beds with clean linen in prescribed manner.
  • Provide proper notification and advance notice for absence or tardiness.
  • When requested, be willing to adjust personal schedule to complete workload or cover for emergencies.
  • Consistently be on time and ready to work at start of assigned shift.
  • Regularly consults the schedule to coordinate the daily activities and adjusts as necessary in view of the fluctuations in work load.
  • Complete assigned tasks within designated time frame.
  • Consistently demonstrate the ability to recognize and deal with priorities.
  • Make suggestions for any special projects, cost-saving ideas, improvements, etc. that may benefit the department or institution.
  • Assist coworkers who exhibit insufficient knowledge or ability to complete the assigned tasks or duties.
  • Accept and demonstrate understanding for both written and verbal instructions.
  • Consult housekeeping lead on matters of uncertainty.
  • Demonstrate a cost-conscious attitude in daily operation of housekeeping; help to reduce cost by minimizing waste.
  • Exhibit a positive attitude when dealing with others in day-to-day work situations.
  • Work well with supervisors and those in authority positions.
  • Complies with local, state and federal laws and regulations. 
Requirements
  • Obtains the CHEST-Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician Certification within one (1) of the hire date (preferred)
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D. preferred.
  • Ability to work unsupervised and relate professionally with other hospital staff.


Schedule:

  • Considering our patients and staff's needs, you may need to work on days, evenings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays and may need to float to other units.

Contact:

  • To view the full job description or request additional information, please contact Kelly at 207-498-1311 or email klandeen@carymed.org.
  • We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, retirement, and paid time off. To view the complete benefits package, click here: Cary Medical Center Benefit Information .


Cary Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer & Provider