EVS Specialist (Housekeeper)

DCH Health Care Authority•Tuscaloosa, AL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Cleans and services assigned building and patient care areas according to established procedures and schedules. The role includes routine cleaning of occupied and discharged patient rooms and other hospital areas, handling waste and linen, maintaining cleaning equipment and supplies, and reporting repair needs. When assigned to medication storage areas, the specialist maintains secured access and immediately alerts a nursing or clinical supervisor if medications are found in an unlocked, unsupervised area. The role also provides training to new hires and others assigned to the units. The position requires adherence to DCH performance, compliance, behavioral, safety, and policy standards. The specialist uses electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and the intranet, and performs other duties as assigned. Physical presence onsite is essential.

Requirements

Ability to follow and understand verbal communications and written procedures.
Ability to communicate verbally with others.
Ability to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Ability to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Normal or corrected-to-normal hearing and vision.
Physical presence onsite is essential.
Ability to speak clearly and reason and express ideas to groups of people.
Ability to use common protective or safety equipment.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED is preferred.

Responsibilities

Clean assigned areas following the eight-step cleaning procedure or other applicable procedures.
Clean occupied and discharged patient rooms, including walls, doors and frames, ceilings, furnishings, and windows; refinish and burnish floors when required.
Dust, damp-mop, or vacuum floors as applicable; vacuum and spot-clean carpets.
Collect waste throughout the hospital, routinely clean waste receptacles, and clean the compactor area.
Collect soiled linen and distribute clean linen.
Move and arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly manner after cleaning.
Request cleaning supplies and equipment as needed, return unused supplies to the housekeeping closet, and clean and orderly maintain carts and equipment.
Operate mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment, including buffers, wringers, scrubbers, and vacuums.
Immediately report broken furniture and equipment requiring repair to supervisors.
Clean and service assigned building areas, including medication storage areas, according to established procedures and schedules.
Maintain secured access to designated medication storage areas and immediately alert a nursing or clinical supervisor if medications are found in an unlocked, unsupervised area.
Provide training for new hires and others assigned to the units.
Meet DCH performance, patient and employee satisfaction, financial, compliance, behavioral, safety, and policy standards.
Use electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and the intranet.
Perform other duties as assigned.