EVS Aide, Housekeeping

About the role

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is hiring a full-time Environmental Services (EVS) Aide for its housekeeping team. The aide works under general supervision to provide janitorial services in a hospital setting, with a focus on operating rooms, patient discharges and floor care.

Key responsibilities

• Vacuum carpeted surfaces and damp mop hard surface floors; perform heavy-duty mopping and cleaning.
• Clean patient rooms, offices, clean and soiled utility rooms, laboratories, public areas and stairways, including washing floors, walls, furniture and beds with hospital-approved chemicals.
• Clean showers, sinks, mirrors, toilets, window sills, blinds and lights, and replace supplies as needed.
• Strip, refinish and shampoo floor surfaces, apply floor finish, and operate electric scrubbing, shampooing and burnishing machines.
• Move furniture and heavy equipment, assist in freight moving, and transport hospital property between areas and buildings.
• Clean blood and body fluids, properly dispose of biohazardous waste, collect and compact trash and recycling, and empty trash chutes and waste containers.
• Keep the housekeeping closet and storage areas neat and orderly, and maintain and clean equipment.
• Use Epic to track bed status during cleaning and report unsanitary or unsafe conditions to the supervisor.

Required profile

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• At least one to two years of full-time paid experience in environmental services.
• Preferred: previous hospital or healthcare experience.
• The position is security-sensitive and subject to a criminal background check.

What we offer

• PPO medical plan available day one at no cost for full-time employees only.
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare with no copay.
• Paid time off and paid parental leave benefit.
• Retirement programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).
• Wellness programs, tuition reimbursement and wage and merit increases.