Senior Environmental Services Aide *Internal UMC Employees*
- University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
- Las Vegas, NV
- May 08, 2026
Job Description
Position Summary
EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)
COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE
**UMC Employees Only**
As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.
UMC is home to Nevada's FIRST Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.
Monitors housekeeping duties to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations in addition to performing Housekeeper duties. Duties include monitoring and assigning duties to Environmental Services Aides and responsible for cleaning and servicing patient and ancillary areas, perioperative & surgical suites, support areas within or adjacent to perioperative spaces to ensure compliance with AORN (Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses) recommended practices and to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in surgical environments.
Job Requirement
Qualifications
Equivalent to graduation from high school and two (2) years of experience as a custodian/housekeeper.
Licensing/Certification Requirements:
None required.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements
Knowledge of:
Cleaning and disinfecting requirements specific to highly sensitive environments; facility safety requirements; operating and properly maintaining all tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment; identifying and utilizing appropriate resources to ensure problems or concerns are followed through and resolved; the health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements, proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling,; English language and reading skills to identify Hazard Classifications and read instructions on chemicals; shampoo and extraction of carpet and upholstery stains; department and hospital safety practice and procedures; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.
Skill in:
Monitoring and scheduling work of staff; mixing industrial cleaning chemicals; disposing of hazardous materials; distinguishing and explaining orally or in writing the differences between levels of disinfection and perform low to intermediate levels of disinfection; making beds to meet hospital standards; utilization and application of cleaning chemicals in accordance with prescribed standards; reading, writing, and following oral and written instructions; proper lifting techniques; using equipment such as vacuum cleaners, mops, buffers, scrubbers and dollies; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.
Mobility to work in a typical hospital setting and use standard equipment, stamina to stand and/or walk for extended periods of time, vision to read printed materials, hearing and speech to communicate effectively in-person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects. Incumbents are exposed to diseases and hazardous materials and are required to contain infectious diseases and other contamination such as lice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.
We are home to Nevada's ONLY Level I Trauma Center, Designated Pediatric Trauma Center, Burn Care Center, and Transplant Center. We are a Pathway Designated facility by ANCC, and we are on our journey to Magnet status.
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada is dedicated to providing the highest level of health care possible by maintaining its ongoing commitment to personal, individualized care for each patient. Through the latest treatment techniques, comfortable surroundings, and dedicated staff, that commitment is expressed every day in every hospital area.
Top-of-the-Line Technology
University Medical Center is the state-designated Level I Trauma Center for Southern Nevada, as well as the only advanced facility to offer a specialized team of medical professionals prepared to respond to the needs of the severely injured 24 hours a day. UMC also houses the state's only burn care facility -- the Lions Burn Care Center and operates a comprehensive free-standing unit devoted solely to physical medicine and rehabilitation.
It's the entire UMC family, from every corner of this campus and every satellite location, who put their heart and soul into delivering exceptional care that makes UMC the Best Hospital in Las Vegas. Beyond the life-saving care, it's UMC's willingness and mission to treat everyone who needs us with the kind of care we would want for our own family members.
We offer a VERY COMPETITIVE salary & benefits package, including, but not limited to:
· Employer-Paid PENSION PLAN
· Health/Dental/Vision Insurance - less than $20 per paycheck for employee-only coverage
· Consolidated Annual Leave (aka PTO) 27-32 days per year to start (depending on position)
· Extended Illness Bank (aka Sick Bank) 6 days per year
· No FICA deduction (aka Social Security) & no NV State Income Tax deduction
· Relocation assistance & Sign-On Bonus available (for select positions)
Awards
https://www.umcsn.com/Footer/Excellence-Everyday-at-UMC.aspx?intMenuID=305&intPageID=307
