Environmental Services Worker - Environmental Services

Role overview

Nova Scotia Health is hiring an Environmental Services Worker for Western Zone at Yarmouth Regional Hospital in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. This is a permanent hourly full-time role (100%) within the FMS Environmental Services department and is part of the CUPE Support bargaining unit.

Reporting to the Assistant Manager, Facility Support Services, the successful candidate will help maintain a clean, safe, and functional setting for patients, families, staff, and visitors.

Key duties

The role involves cleaning assigned units, including patient rooms and public areas, along with a range of general housekeeping and floor-care tasks. Work may include mopping, dusting, vacuuming furniture, floors, and stairways, buffing, scrubbing, refinishing floors, and moving or rearranging furniture. The position also includes changing curtains and drapes as needed.

In addition, the worker is expected to carry out duties in a way that reflects the organization’s mission, vision, values, expected behaviours, leadership philosophy, and commitments to organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnership, and inter-professional collaboration.

Working hours

This is a permanent full-time schedule of 75 hours per biweekly pay period.

Compensation and benefits

The hourly pay range for this position is $20.74 to $21.56. Successful applicants may also qualify for a benefits package that can include health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage, along with a defined benefit pension plan.

Additional details

Job reference ID: 222916. Posting close date: 8-Jul-26. Travel to other locations may be required, and candidates must have access to a dependable vehicle. Equipment used in this role includes Taski spray buffers, burnishers, auto scrubbers, and shampooers.

Internal applicants may use the internal application route.

About the employer

Nova Scotia Health is a major health services organization serving Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada through hospitals, health centres, and community programs. The organization emphasizes high-quality care, teamwork, innovation, work-life balance, and inclusive employment.

Application outcome and workplace values

Only candidates chosen for an interview will be contacted. This role sits within a support bargaining unit, and preference will be given to existing bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Nova Scotia Health encourages qualified applicants from Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities to apply and self-identify.

Requirements and profile

Applicants should have Grade 12 or equivalent work experience. A strong commitment to safety, ethical conduct, and organizational health is expected, along with the ability to handle confidential information responsibly. Competence in additional languages is considered an asset, with French preferred.

Application guidance

Applicants are asked to submit an up-to-date resume that includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.