Housekeeping- Per Diem-Weekends (Day shift)

Okanogan County Public Hospital District #3•Omak, WA

11h•$19 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

This position is: All weekends- Day Shift. The Housekeeper position cleans and services the hospital building and patient care areas. This position aids the Housekeeping Department in achieving its primary goal of maintaining an orderly and clean hospital, both to standards of general appearance and to standards of infection control. This position also assists toward certain ancillary functions of the Housekeeping department such as the setting up of conference facilities, and the reporting of items needing maintenance.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED
Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
Completes annual organization-required and/or job-required educational requirements.
Maintains regulatory requirements
Wears identification while on duty.
Attends staff meetings and/or reads all meeting minutes
Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
Maintains employee/patient confidentiality.
Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
Participates in the department’s performance improvement activities
Demonstrates the mission, ethics, and goals of the organization as well as the departmental Scope of Service.
Communication with patients, guests, family, and staff is courteous, respectful, and helpful.
Maintains a clean, safe, and accident-free environment.
Follows Infection Control procedures at all times.
Strictly adheres to standard precautions by adhering to the usage of personal protective equipment when handling blood or body fluids.
Washes hands and other skin surfaces with soap and water thoroughly and often in an effort to control spreading of germs within the department and facility.
Adheres to isolation procedures at all times as applicable.
Adheres to the following environmental care standards.
Demonstrates adequate knowledge of safety policies and procedures, the use of MSDS sheets, hazardous material procedures, and safety codes.
Respond appropriately to any Codes while working any shift (Code Blue, Code Gray, Code Silver, Code Amber, Code Red, Code Orange, and Rapid Response Team).
Demonstrates adequate knowledge of security issues, i.e., personal protection, protection of personal and hospital property.
Participates in quality initiatives as needed.
Be familiar with and comply with the Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic Personnel Handbook and Policies.
Be familiar with the collective bargaining agreement (Union Contract) of the UFCW3000 and Mid-Valley Hospital.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure; to perform the four operations with like or common decimal fractions; to compute ratio, rate, and percent; to draw and interpret bar graphs; to perform arithmetic operations involving All-American monetary units.
Ability to read a variety of novels, magazines, atlases, and encyclopedias; to read safety rules, instructions in the use and maintenance of shop tools and equipment, and methods and procedures in mechanical drawing and layout work.
Ability to read/write reports and essays with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of English speech.
Ability to speak before audience with poise, voice control, and confidence, using correct English and well-modulated voice.
May not require, but prefer over 1 year and up to and including 2 years past experience. On-the-job training may be offered.

Responsibilities

Quickly assembles necessary cleaning supplies and equipment at the beginning of each shift, and proceeds to work in a timely fashion.
Thoroughly dust mops and wet mops various hard surface floor areas, either routinely or when needed, to obtain a quality appearance and sanitary condition.
Thoroughly vacuums various carpeted floor areas, either routinely or when needed, to obtain a quality appearance.
Cleans bathrooms according to training and policy and procedure. This involves washing sinks, plumbing fixtures, and toilets with a germicidal solution.
Replaces disposables such as paper towels, soap, toilet paper and plastic trash liners as needed.
Removes trash from various receptacles and transports it to the Soiled Utility areas, or the dumpster, carefully observing established policy and procedures.
Routine cleans various support areas of the hospital such as Radiology, Physical Therapy, Business Offices, Maintenance, Dietary, Utilities, etc. and achieves high quality results.
Cleans patient rooms and other nursing areas like the Emergency Rooms to high standards of infection control in a careful manner.
Cleans patient rooms after a discharge, thoroughly and carefully according to policy and procedure, and in a timely manner.
May occasionally deep clean an area following instructions and the training provided.
Required use and knowledge of the buffing machine to help return hard surface floors to a clean and shiny appearance. Must be able to follow training to avoid injury or damage to furniture or floors.
May clean the Operating Rooms after surgery according to policy and procedures in a careful and thorough manner.
Cleaning and moving chairs and furniture in order to set up the Conference Rooms for scheduled conferences; and to clean up after these meetings. Achieves a quality appearance in a timely manner.
May work in the Long Term Care portion of the hospital, always treating the residents with respect, and following training and policy in an effort to attain high standards of order and cleanliness in this area.
May be asked to help train newly hired Housekeepers, or to do some specific retraining if needed in a particular instance.
Works to stock Housekeeping supplies in the various janitor's closets, according to established procedures and in a timely manner.
Transports used wet and dust mops from janitor's closets to the Laundry Dept. for their cleaning.
Should write work orders promptly and clearly in response to observing anything that needs the attention of the Maintenance Dept.
Helps in the effort to recycle aluminum, glass, paper, and cardboard by breaking down boxes, and transporting the collected materials as instructed.
May be asked to sweep gravel and sand from the entrances to the hospital or from the loading dock area.
Washes windows, glassed areas, and mirrors to attain a clean and streak-free appearance.
Obtains and climbs a ladder to reach high areas for cleaning, and for the removal and replacement of curtains.
Occasionally lifts heavy objects in the process of dumping water from a mop bucket, moving case lots of supplies, moving furniture during the cleaning process, throwing trash into the dumpster, loading laundry, etc.
Cleans the housekeeping cart, equipment, and janitor's closet in a careful manner at the end of each shift; restocks the housekeeping cart with supplies for the next shift.
Cleans assigned areas by washing furnishings, floors and equipment with special cleaning solutions and disinfectants to prevent spread of disease.
Uses dust cloths and vacuum cleaner to dust windowsills, blinds, floors and furniture.
Empties ashtrays and trash baskets and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion.
Makes beds with clean linen in prescribed manner.
Scours and polishes sink, mirrors and similar equipment, replenishing supplies of soap, towel and other dispensable items.
Requests help in moving heavy furniture and in turning mattresses.
Will be responsible for stripping, cleaning, laundering and making the labor room beds.
Will clean the delivery room complete with table and stands.
Will be responsible for clean linen and distribution to departments.
Responsible for stripping and waxing floors in all rooms and halls. Vents in all rooms and halls removed and cleaned.