Housekeeper - PRN

Summit BHC•City of Rochester, NY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper maintains assigned areas in a clean, safe, sanitary, and orderly condition to support a healthy patient-care environment. The role performs routine cleaning and custodial work throughout the facility, handles linens and waste, disinfects rooms and equipment, and keeps cleaning supplies and equipment properly stocked and stored. The Housekeeper also advises a supervisor about environmental-services equipment needs and repairs and ensures infectious-waste and confidential-disposal contractors perform as scheduled.

Requirements

High school graduation or equivalent is preferred.
Previous housekeeping experience in a commercial, clinical, or healthcare environment is preferred.

Nice To Haves

High school graduation 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 facility rooms, bathrooms, laboratories, offices, and halls using buffers, scrubbers, sweepers, and carpet-cleaning equipment as needed.
Wash bed frames, brush mattresses, and remake beds after patient 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 articles and items.
Sweep, scrub, wax, and polish floors while taking care to prevent 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 the disposal area.
Disinfect rooms, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and supplies using appropriate processes and germicides.
Check cleaning-cart and linen-closet inventories daily and maintain adequate cleaning supplies for department or unit use.
Clean and store equipment and supplies properly after each shift.
Follow standard and universal precautions and environmental-safety guidelines, including applicable material 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.