Senior Environmental Services Technician

Overview

Sentara Careplex Hospital in Hampton, VA, is currently hiring a Senior Environmental Services Technician to work as a Team Lead. This is a full time, evening (2nd) shift position with rotating weekends. The Senior Environmental Services Technician plays a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for patients, staff, and visitors. The position combines hands‑on service with functional supervision of environmental services staff to ensure high‑quality standards are consistently met in assigned areas.

In this role you will be responsible for maintaining assigned areas and equipment in clean and orderly condition, ensuring an appropriate and sanitary environment. As a leader within the Environmental Services team, you will also provide training, guidance, and support to colleagues, contributing to a positive and collaborative work culture.

• Monday – Friday: 3 pm – 11:30 pm
• Rotating weekends

• High School graduate or equivalent
• 1 year of previous housekeeping/ESD experience can be considered in lieu of high school education
• 2 years of housekeeping/ESD experience (required)
• Previous leadership or team lead experience (preferred)
• Housekeeping/Environmental Services experience in a hospital setting (preferred)

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)/403(b) with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Potential annual discretionary bonus if criteria met

Hampton, VA

Sentara Careplex Hospital is a 224‑bed, technologically advanced, acute care facility, and Certified Primary Stroke Center. With specialized services in heart and vascular, urologic care, advanced diagnostic and surgical capabilities, a hospitalist program, and one of the state’s busiest emergency departments, it also houses the Orthopedic Hospital at Sentara Careplex. The facility is committed to improving health every day and invites you to be part of the community.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are guiding principles of the organization. This is a tobacco‑free environment.

For positions available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.