Housekeeper/Linen Worker
About The Position
The Housekeeper/Linen Worker cleans and maintains assigned hospital areas in a sanitary, orderly, and attractive condition to promote a clean and healthy environment for employees, patients, and guests, following departmental standards. The role involves using proper disposal techniques for biohazard materials, including bodily fluids and sharp objects; applying specialized cleaning techniques to designated rooms and equipment; replenishing supplies; and delivering clean linens to patient rooms. Success requires maintaining cleanliness and infection-control standards, following safety protocols and departmental guidelines, being reliable and attentive to detail, flexibly taking on additional tasks, promptly reporting maintenance issues, and responding proactively to emergencies. The position also includes greeting patients, visitors, staff, and physicians courteously; screening individuals by requesting identification or visitor passes; supplying and storing clean linen to prevent contamination; completing computer entries accurately and daily; cleaning patient rooms and related areas; restocking dispensers; stripping and remaking empty beds and performing discharge cleaning; filling linen orders for clinics and offsite buildings; and picking up soiled linen.
Requirements
- Complete annual safety training.
- Complete and maintain required unit-specific training.
Nice To Haves
- One year of cleaning experience.
Responsibilities
- Clean and maintain assigned hospital areas in a sanitary, orderly, and attractive condition.
- Use proper disposal techniques for biohazard materials, including bodily fluids and sharp objects.
- Apply specialized cleaning techniques to designated rooms and equipment.
- Replenish supplies such as soap, paper towels, and tissues.
- Deliver sufficient clean linen to support the hospital’s daily needs and deliver linen to patient rooms.
- Greet patients, visitors, staff, and physicians promptly and courteously, and use individuals’ names when appropriate.
- Screen individuals by requesting identification or a visitor pass.
- Perform computer entries accurately, promptly, and daily.
- Clean patient rooms, including showers, tub rooms, plumbing fixtures, floors, and walls.
- Restock paper towel, seat-cover, tissue, and soap dispensers.
- Store clean linen in a manner that prevents contamination.
- Strip and remake empty beds and perform discharge cleaning.
- Fill clean linen orders for clinics and offsite buildings.
- Pick up soiled linen.
- Report maintenance issues promptly and respond proactively to emergencies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
