Environmental Services - Housekeeping Lead

Texas Children's Medical Center•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Environmental Services Lead performs routine Environmental Services cleaning or floor care duties and responds to emergency spill-cleanup calls in assigned areas, following standard operating procedures. The lead monitors and directs staff activities as prescribed by the immediate supervisor and helps ensure that assigned-area work is completed effectively and to established standards. Responsibilities include maintaining space quality, using cleaning chemicals appropriately, supporting customer service and effective communication, and—when assigned—locating, inspecting, testing, and cleaning patient equipment. Successful candidates must undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED; the posting also states that a high school diploma or equivalent may be substituted for one year of experience.
Two years of Environmental Services experience in healthcare, hospitality, or contract cleaning services.
Must undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Nice To Haves

Prior hospital experience in Environmental Services.

Responsibilities

Perform daily cleaning or floor care in assigned areas according to approved infection-control practices and standard operating procedures.
Respond to emergency calls to clean up spills in assigned areas.
Dispense and use cleaning chemicals according to manufacturer recommendations, applications, and specifications.
Take ownership of assigned areas; identify and resolve space-quality deficiencies there, and report deficiencies elsewhere on hospital properties according to departmental procedures.
Demonstrate accountability for customer service and professional behavior through work ethic, teamwork, and effective communication.
Maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external customers and support effective communication and workflow in assigned areas.
Complete activities efficiently while minimizing impact on customers, and follow the departmental communication plan concerning job performance and employee expectations.
When assigned, locate, visually inspect, test the functionality of, and clean patient equipment using appropriate techniques.
Verify that electrically or battery-powered equipment in the work area has current Biomedical Engineering preventive-maintenance inspection stickers.
Monitor and assist staff activities in assigned and other designated areas under the direction of the immediate supervisor.
Ensure daily activities are completed in assigned areas or for assigned functions.
Assess space quality and provide the immediate supervisor with input on project activities, scheduling, and staffing needs.
Complete and submit space assessments accurately and on time according to management standards.