Housekeeper - Environmental Services - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Bon Secours Mercy Health•Youngstown, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to the Environmental Services Manager. The role involves performing preventative cleaning procedures to maintain the facility in an orderly, sanitary, and attractive condition. Responsibilities include the safe pick-up and transport of all infectious, solid, and recyclable waste, as well as transporting clean and soiled linen. The associate will visibly support the mission and vision of St. Elizabeth Health Center.

Requirements

A level of knowledge to provide the skills necessary to read and understand signs, warning notices and work instructions and to write to complete necessary work forms.
The ability to follow oral instructions.
Physical ability to withstand frequent or prolonged lifting, standing, pushing, pulling and walking.
Physical ability to operate various pieces of equipment such as mop wringers, floor equipment, etc.
Mental ability to operate under potentially stressful or emergency situations.
Judgment in order to assess potentially unsafe situations.
Courtesy in dealing with patients, visitors and staff.
Ability to exercise proper dilution ratios of chemicals and recommend cost savings in supply usage.
The degree to which judgment and analysis must be exercised in planning, investigating issues, and evaluating alternative solutions to the challenges posed by the job.
Deals with the nature of the decisions, the variety of problems, and how decisions are made in context of the typical requirements of the job.
The potential impact of actions on results of Mercy Health and the job’s accountability for achieving results.
The nature and frequency of interpersonal human relations skills required by the job.
The extent to which the job requires cooperation and tact in meeting or influencing others by phone, correspondence, or personal contact.

Responsibilities

Transports hazardous waste in a safe manner from the point of origin to approved holding areas.
Transports solid and recyclable waste in a safe manner from point of origin to approved holding areas.
Provides preventative cleaning service for occupied patient areas according to the Ten Step Interactive Cleaning Procedure.
Performs discharge cleaning of patient areas according to the Interactive Discharge Cleaning Procedure and AM Freshening Procedure.
Performs Occupied Patient Room Cleaning according to the Interactive Turndown Procedure.
Cleans, disinfects, and makes beds, cribs and isolettes.
Provides cleaning service to the OR, ED, NICU, Labor and Delivery and other special or critical patient areas both inpatient and outpatient.
Performs isolation cleaning procedures.
Performs between case, terminal and cycle cleaning procedures.
Cleans delicate patient equipment and monitors.
Provides cleaning service for restrooms, elevators, stairwells, lobbies, waiting areas and other support or ancillary areas.
Performs preventative cleaning for hard surface and carpeted areas according to the Interactive Burnishing Four Step Procedure.
Delivers clean linen to approved holding areas.
Transports soiled linen to holding areas and from holding areas to soiled dock.
Transports and relocates furniture, beds, boxes and other equipment.
Cleans wheelchairs, stretchers, IV poles, refrigerators and other general equipment.
Maintains equipment and work areas.
Responds to floods and other emergency requests.
Observes, notes and reports potential safety issues or facility improvement requests to the Engineering and Maintenance Department.
May perform infrequent patient transport duties on the night shift if required.