UNM HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN PERSON HIRING EVENT 7/14/26 -

UNM Hospital Environmental Services In Person Hiring Event

Your next career starts here! Join us on July 14, 2026, for the UNM Hospital Environmental Services Job Fair and take the first step toward a rewarding career as an Environmental Services Tech. Meet directly with our hiring team, interview on the spot, and qualified candidates may receive same-day job offers. Registration is required, so save your spot today—we can't wait to meet you!

http://www.unmhjobs.com/event/39159410-f981-49a9-ae91-8881260152e2

Interested candidates must register for the job fair and submit an online application to be considered for interviews. Completing both steps before the event will help ensure a smooth check-in process and allow our hiring team to review your qualifications in advance.

Please review the job description below and apply now!

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: Multiple Departments

FTE: 1.00

Full Time

Shift: Rotating

Position Summary

The environmental services tech is responsible for executing daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment. While executing the assigned tasks, the EVS tech will have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related and should be appropriate to the special demographics of patient served in the assigned areas. Responsible for ensuring timely room turns related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The environmental services technician in accordance with organizational standards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention and patient experience. Ensures adherence to Hospital and Departmental Policies and Procedures. No patient care assignment.

Detailed Responsibilities

• RELATED WORK - May be called upon at times to perform other similar or related duties not included in this job description
• PEOPLE - May be asked to assist with on-boarding of new Environmental Services Technicians
• QUALITY AND SAFETY - Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of the health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements, proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling, and labor-saving products for all items within the healthcare environment for which tasked with servicing
• SERVICE - Adheres to all organization safety, risk management and infection control guidelines and standards while promoting a culture of safety
• PEOPLE - Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics
• FINANCE - Maintains cleaning cart(s), supplies and equipment evidence by properly stocking and restocking environmental services cart in a neat and orderly fashion
• SERVICE - Removes waste and transports to the appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste streams handling (i.e. regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous)
• QUALITY AND SAFETY - Follows all infection prevention practices (i.e. proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and process, hand hygiene, standard & isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• QUALITY AND SAFETY - Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPPA)
• PEOPLE - Practices critical thinking skills
• SERVICE - Demonstrates personal accountability
• QUALITY AND SAFETY - Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved
• QUALITY AND SAFETY - Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements
• SERVICE - Demonstrates the ability to operate and properly maintain all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment
• SERVICE - May be asked to perform specialty tasks according to facility needs including tasks such as conference room set up/dismantle according to the function sheets and schedules, cleaning of stairwells and elevators, and hanging of cubicle curtains
• GROWTH - Responsible for daily occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas, equipment as assigned and other common areas of assignment

Qualifications

Essential

• Not Required

Experience

1/2 year (6 months) directly related experience

Nonessential

Bilingual English/Spanish

Credentials

Essential:

• Not Applicable/Not Required

Physical Conditions

Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Essential

Working conditions:

• Med Haz: Mod exposure to chemicals/dangerous equip/materials
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required