Housekeeper - Environmental Services - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Mercy Health • Youngstown, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper performs preventative cleaning to keep the facility orderly, sanitary, and attractive, following established policies and procedures. The role safely collects and transports infectious, solid, and recyclable waste to approved holding or disposal areas and transports clean and soiled linen. The Housekeeper supports the mission and vision of St. Elizabeth Health Center and reports to the Environmental Services Manager.

Duties include cleaning patient rooms and specialized care areas, public and support areas, and equipment; disinfecting and preparing beds and patient spaces; maintaining equipment and work areas; and responding to floods and other emergency requests. The associate may also relocate furniture and equipment, report potential safety or facility issues, and perform infrequent patient transport on the night shift if required. This is a collective bargaining unit position.

Requirements

• Ability to read and understand signs, warning notices, and work instructions, and to write necessary work forms.
• Ability to follow oral instructions.
• Physical ability to withstand frequent or prolonged lifting, standing, pushing, pulling, and walking.
• Physical ability to operate equipment such as mop wringers and floor equipment.
• Mental ability to work under potentially stressful or emergency situations.
• Judgment to assess potentially unsafe situations.
• Courtesy when dealing with patients, visitors, and staff.
• Ability to use proper chemical dilution ratios and recommend cost savings in supply usage.

Responsibilities

• Follow hospital and department standards for patient and guest relations and promote a positive image of St. Elizabeth Health Center.
• Safely transport hazardous, solid, and recyclable waste from its point of origin to approved holding areas.
• Clean occupied and discharged patient areas according to applicable cleaning procedures.
• Clean, disinfect, and prepare beds, cribs, and isolettes.
• Clean operating rooms, emergency department, NICU, Labor and Delivery, and other special or critical patient areas.
• Perform isolation, between-case, terminal, and cycle cleaning procedures.
• Clean delicate patient equipment and monitors.
• Clean restrooms, elevators, stairwells, lobbies, waiting areas, and other support or ancillary areas.
• Perform preventative cleaning of hard-surface and carpeted areas.
• Deliver clean linen to approved holding areas and transport soiled linen to designated holding areas and the soiled dock.
• Transport or relocate furniture, beds, boxes, and other equipment.
• Clean wheelchairs, stretchers, IV poles, refrigerators, and other general equipment.
• Maintain equipment and work areas.
• Respond to floods and other emergency requests.
• Observe, note, and report 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.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses, and 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage; HSA/FSA options; life insurance; mental health resources; and discounts
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, and backup care for children and elders
• Tuition assistance, professional development, and continuing education support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed