Job Details
Join ChristianaCare and make a direct impact on patient safety, infection prevention, and the overall patient experience.
As an Environmental Services Assistant II, you will combine traditional environmental services responsibilities with specialized floor care and carpet care expertise to help maintain a clean, safe, sanitary, and healing healthcare environment.
The Environmental Services Assistant II supports ChristianaCare's commitment to exceptional patient care by maintaining high standards of cleanliness, infection prevention, environmental safety, and regulatory compliance. This advanced role performs specialized floor and carpet care functions, operates floor maintenance equipment, and serves as a technical resource to other Environmental Services team members.
Key Responsibilities
Environmental Services & Infection Prevention
- Clean and disinfect patient rooms, isolation rooms, procedural areas, clinical spaces, and high-touch surfaces using approved infection prevention practices.
- Follow all healthcare cleaning standards, regulatory requirements, and departmental procedures.
- Safely handle cleaning chemicals, disinfectants, dilution systems, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Support organizational initiatives focused on infection prevention, hand hygiene, patient safety, and regulatory readiness.
- Collect, transport, and dispose of trash, recyclables, regulated waste, infectious waste, and soiled linen in accordance with established guidelines.
- Remove needle containers, soiled equipment, furniture, and other materials as assigned.
- Maintain Environmental Services closets, storage areas, carts, equipment, and supplies in a clean, organized, and inspection-ready condition.
Floor & Carpet Care
- Operate specialized floor care equipment including auto scrubbers, burnishers, buffers, extractors, carpet cleaning equipment, wet vacuums, and ride-on floor machines.
- Perform floor restoration and maintenance activities including stripping, refinishing, scrubbing, burnishing, buffing, polishing, and recoating.
- Conduct carpet care services including spot treatment, extraction cleaning, stain removal, odor mitigation, and deep cleaning.
- Assess flooring and carpet conditions and determine appropriate methods, equipment, and products to achieve quality standards.
- Perform basic troubleshooting and preventive maintenance on floor care equipment.
Customer Service & Team Support
- Serve as a ChristianaCare ambassador by delivering exceptional customer service to patients, visitors, caregivers, physicians, and leadership.
- Respond promptly to work requests, electronic assignments, texts, and calls.
- Assist with onboarding, coaching, and training team members on floor care techniques, equipment operation, infection prevention, and departmental procedures.
- Promote teamwork, accountability, and operational excellence throughout the workday.
Safety & Compliance
- Identify and report environmental hazards, equipment issues, maintenance concerns, and infection prevention risks.
- Adhere to all safety policies, environmental regulations, and infection prevention standards.
- Participate in required training, competency validations, and continuing education programs.
- Report unsafe conditions, injuries, hazards, and compliance concerns in a timely manner.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent work experience preferred.
- One year of housekeeping or environmental services experience preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
- Knowledge of healthcare environmental cleaning practices and infection prevention principles.
- Understanding of cleaning chemicals, disinfectants, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and safe handling procedures.
- Strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
- Ability to use smartphones, mobile devices, communication platforms, and electronic work assignment systems.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding patients and organizational information.
- Ability to stand, walk, and perform physical job duties throughout the shift.
Working Conditions
- Prolonged standing, walking, bending, lifting, and physical activity.
- Potential exposure to infectious diseases and hazardous materials; appropriate precautions and PPE are required.
- Frequent interaction with patients, visitors, and healthcare team members.
- Safety glasses must be worn at all times.
Why Join ChristianaCare?
At ChristianaCare, Environmental Services team members play a critical role in supporting patient care, preventing infections, and creating a safe and welcoming healthcare environment. If you take pride in delivering quality service, operating specialized equipment, and contributing to a mission-driven organization, we encourage you to apply.
Apply today and help create a cleaner, safer, and healthier environment for our patients and communities.
This position has a starting rate of $18.23 per hour, regardless of prior experience. After six months of continuous employment, the hourly rate will automatically increase to $21.32 per hour. After one year of continuous employment, the hourly rate will automatically increase to $22.34 per hour.
This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Post End Date
Oct 26, 2026
EEO Posting Statement
ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/
