Housekeeper- Full-time, days

Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital•Townshend, VT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for cleanliness and infection control in designated areas assigned by Supervisor. Including: In-patient, out-patient areas and common areas in all the departments throughout the facility. Responsibility including, but not limited to dusting, disinfecting, sweeping and mopping, vacuuming, emptying waste baskets and collecting linen. Laundry duties include different tasks with dirty and clean linen.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Ability to work independently, pay attention to details, multitask, and follow set procedures.

Nice To Haves

Past cleaning experience preferred.
Infection control knowledge preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Keep areas free of dust and building up debris.
General cleaning and disinfecting per policies and procedures of all assigned areas (patients and non-patient areas) per shift.
Filling the paper work of completed task, and explaining why the tasks were not completed (if applied).
Cleaning bathrooms, cleaning sinks in the rooms, dusting, disinfecting and cleaning multiple surfaces in the areas, polishing furnishings, sweeping and mopping the floors, vacuuming carpet.
Keeping an eye on the paper supply, soaps / disinfectants, trash bags and other cleaning supplies and refurbishing them on as needed basis.
Taking care of unscheduled housekeeping emergencies (spills as example).
Laundry assignment might include collecting / delivering linen, sorting, washing, drying and folding.
Evaluating and monitoring the interior of the hospital, and other areas in a facility and report items that needing either a repair or an attention (safety concern for example) to the appropriate department.