Housekeeper FT

Summit BHC•Middleton, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper maintains a clean, safe, sanitary, and orderly patient care environment in assigned areas. The role performs custodial and cleaning tasks throughout the facility, handles linens and waste according to infection-control and environmental-safety standards, and keeps equipment and supplies properly stocked and stored. The Housekeeper advises the supervisor about environmental-services equipment needs and repairs and ensures infectious-waste and confidential-disposal contractors perform as scheduled. This is an onsite individual-contributor position at Miramont Behavioral Health in Middleton, Wisconsin.

Requirements

Basic reading, writing, and speaking skills and sufficient understanding of English to provide and receive instructions or directions.
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 the state or facility.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Perform routine cleaning and custodial tasks throughout the facility, 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 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 inventory daily and maintain adequate cleaning supplies for department or unit use.
Check linen-supply-closet inventory daily.
Clean and store equipment and supplies properly after each shift.
Follow standard and 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.