Part Time Housekeeper

Summit BHC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper maintains assigned areas in a clean, safe, sanitary, and orderly condition to support a healthy client-care environment. The role includes advising a supervisor about environmental-services equipment needs and repairs and ensuring infectious-waste and confidential-disposal contractors perform as scheduled. This is an onsite, individual-contributor position at Wooded Glen Recovery Center in Henryville, Indiana.

Requirements

Basic reading, writing, and speaking skills and sufficient understanding of English to provide and receive instructions and directions.
High school graduation or equivalent is preferred.
Previous housekeeping experience in a commercial, clinical, or healthcare environment is preferred.
CPR and de-escalation certification may be required; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
First aid may be required depending on state or facility.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.
Previous housekeeping experience in a commercial, clinical, or healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

Perform cleaning and custodial tasks to maintain the facility’s sanitation and cleanliness, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, polishing fixtures, straightening areas, and cleaning bathrooms.
Clean rooms, baths, laboratories, offices, and halls, using buffers, scrubbers, sweepers, and carpet-cleaning equipment as needed.
Wash bed frames, brush mattresses, and remake beds after client discharge when applicable.
Keep utility and storage rooms neat and orderly.
Operate commercial washers and dryers and launder soiled linens as directed.
Follow infection-control standards; transport soiled linen to storage and distribute laundered items.
Sweep, scrub, wax, and polish floors while taking care to reduce slip-and-fall risks during and after cleaning.
Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies; dust furniture and equipment.
Wash walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, door panels, and sills.
Empty wastebaskets and transport trash and waste to disposal areas.
Disinfect rooms, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and supplies using appropriate processes and germicides.
Check cleaning-cart and linen-closet inventories daily and maintain adequate departmental supplies.
Clean and store equipment and supplies properly after each shift.
Follow standard/universal precautions and environmental-safety guidelines, including applicable Safety Data Sheet instructions.
Prepare rooms for meetings and arrange decorations and furniture for facility functions.
Advise the supervisor about environmental-services equipment needs and repairs.
Ensure infectious-waste and confidential-disposal contractors perform as scheduled.