Housekeeping Aide

Brown Medicine•Cranston, RI

2d•$20 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

Under supervision and following established procedures, the Housekeeping Aide performs a variety of heavy cleaning duties to maintain the hospital in an orderly, sanitary, and attractive condition for patients, personnel, and visitors. Employees are expected to model Brown University Health’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate its core Success Factors: Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate. The role involves cleaning and disinfecting hospital rooms, restrooms, furnishings, equipment, and other areas; handling waste and soiled linen; maintaining floors, carpets, walls, windows, and entrances; and assisting with supplies, equipment, room setups, and related housekeeping or laundry work. The aide may also assist nursing staff with moving beds and furniture and support facilities grounds crews during inclement weather. Duties are performed in accordance with established Environmental Department and Fleet Risk Control procedures and safety precautions.

Requirements

Ability to follow instructions and observe safety precautions.
Ability to prepare solutions according to procedure.
Ability to assemble cleaning equipment, including mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets, and wringers.
Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English, and to count.
Ability to operate, control, and clean the motorized and manual equipment required for E.S.D. tasks.
Ability to perform duties safely and professionally in accordance with Environmental Department and Fleet Risk Control policies and procedures.
Physical ability to lift, carry, or push equipment such as floor buffers, wet vacuums, wall-washing machines, automatic floor-washing machines, carpet-cleaning equipment, rubbish carts, and linen carts; transport patients and office furniture; climb ladders; and shovel snow.
At least one to three months of on-the-job training, plus formal and ongoing classroom training.

Responsibilities

Complete classroom and on-the-job training in floor, carpet, upholstery, waste disposal, operating room, and chemical-handling procedures, and learn to operate and clean E.S.D. equipment.
Shampoo carpets and upholstery and refinish floors using manual and motorized equipment in accordance with E.S.D. procedures.
Dust high vents, lights, pipes, lockers, and ceilings; wash window glass throughout the hospital complex using ladders or other safety devices.
Clean miscellaneous items such as wastebaskets, television sets, fans, and rubber mats.
Wash and disinfect sinks, toilets, floors, urinals, bedpan racks, bathtubs, and showers in hospital lavatories; refill soap and paper dispensers.
Wash walls manually or with mechanical equipment.
Prepare burn and Radiation (I-131) rooms by laying protective covering.
Clean, dust, wash, and disinfect beds, mattresses, and sleeping carts throughout the hospital complex.
Collect and dispose of rubbish and soiled linen from patient floors, transporting or disposing of them as appropriate.
Remove rubbish from chute rooms and transport heavy rubbish for disposal; box waste and chemotherapy waste when required, and make chemical pickups when needed.
Wash rubbish chute rooms with a pressure sprayer and wash rubbish trucks using a truck washer or water hose; perform minor truck services such as replacing screws and greasing wheels.
Operate baler equipment for boxes and transport recycling totes to the trailer.
Spot-clean or wash walls and polish woodwork, furniture, brass fittings, and stainless-steel elevator doors and kick plates.
Remove and transport animal waste and soiled linen to the rubbish truck.
Transport mattresses, office and patient-room furniture, beds, cribs, and folding tables as necessary; assist nursing personnel with moving beds and patient furniture when needed.
Clean dirt, snow, and salt from sidewalks and entrances using manual or powered tools; clean entrance mats, apply salt as needed, and assist the Facilities Management grounds crew during inclement weather.
Change cubicle curtains and draperies; remove and wash window blinds and make repairs to them.
Clean construction areas from top to bottom after renovations are completed.
Carry and use a beeper or two-way radio upon request.
Assist supply clerks in the supply or equipment room and perform supply clerk duties during their absence.
Service batteries on battery-operated devices.
Set up conference rooms for meetings, parties, and other events.
Count and document laundry linen inventory on appropriate forms.
Perform Housekeeping Aide I and Laundry Aide II duties as required, and other duties assigned by a supervisor or group leader.