Housekeeping Supervisor

Brookhaven Hospital LLC • Tulsa, OK

68d • Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeping Supervisor leads and coordinates housekeeping and environmental services staff to maintain a clean, safe, sanitary, and orderly healthcare facility. This working-leader role assigns and monitors daily work, checks cleaning quality, trains and evaluates employees, and ensures compliance with facility policies, infection-prevention practices, safety requirements, and applicable healthcare standards. The supervisor supports patient and resident safety and privacy while providing professional, dependable service.

The position oversees staffing, scheduling, supplies, equipment, documentation, inspections, and responses to urgent cleaning needs. It includes regular visits to the CNR (Transitional Living) House, where the supervisor schedules inspections and provides deep-cleaning training and assistance to staff and patients. The supervisor may also perform housekeeping duties and assist with special projects, room turnovers, terminal cleaning, deep cleaning, emergencies, surveys, and quality-improvement activities.

This is a safety-sensitive position under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Use and Patient Protection Act. Work takes place throughout a healthcare facility and may involve exposure to patients and residents with varied medical conditions, infectious diseases, bodily fluids, cleaning chemicals, odors, dust, equipment, and other environmental hazards. Work may be required during evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, or emergencies depending on facility needs. Starting pay is $20 per hour, with compensation commensurate with management experience.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Previous housekeeping, environmental services, custodial, or healthcare cleaning experience.
• Previous supervisory or lead experience.
• Ability to read, write, communicate effectively, and follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple responsibilities.
• Ability to interact professionally with patients and residents, families, visitors, and employees.
• Ability to learn and follow infection-prevention, safety, and chemical-handling procedures.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills; ability to train and motivate employees.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities, attention to detail, and effective verbal and written communication.
• Ability to resolve workplace concerns professionally and respond appropriately to urgent situations.
• Knowledge of proper cleaning and disinfecting techniques and ability to safely operate housekeeping equipment.
• Ability to handle cleaning chemicals and PPE properly and maintain confidentiality.
• Dependability, professional judgment, and commitment to infection prevention and patient and resident safety.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods; bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, pull, and lift as necessary.
• Ability to lift and carry supplies and equipment up to 65 pounds and perform repetitive physical tasks.
• Ability to work around cleaning chemicals, bodily fluids, infectious materials, odors, dust, and other environmental conditions, and to wear required PPE.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a hospital, nursing facility, rehabilitation center, assisted living facility, behavioral health facility, or other healthcare environment.
• Experience with healthcare cleaning and disinfection procedures.
• Knowledge of OSHA, infection-prevention, bloodborne-pathogen, and workplace-safety practices.
• Previous experience using housekeeping inspection or quality-assurance systems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, schedule, assign, and monitor daily housekeeping activities, including regular visits to the CNR (Transitional Living) House.
• Ensure facility areas are properly cleaned and maintained, including patient and resident rooms, offices, treatment areas, restrooms, hallways, and common areas.
• Ensure cleaning follows facility policies, infection-prevention practices, and applicable healthcare standards; inspect completed work and correct deficiencies.
• Train, orient, coach, and evaluate employees, communicate cleaning and safety instructions, monitor attendance and performance, and recommend disciplinary action when appropriate.
• Adjust staffing and assignments to meet census, facility needs, emergencies, and employee availability.
• Maintain supplies, equipment, chemicals, and PPE; ensure they are stored, labeled, handled, used, cleaned, maintained, and repaired appropriately.
• Promote hand hygiene, PPE use, and infection-prevention practices, including procedures for areas exposed to infectious materials or hazardous substances.
• Respond to spills, accidents, urgent cleaning requests, and environmental concerns; report hazards, maintenance issues, and infection-control concerns to the appropriate department.
• Communicate and coordinate with nursing, clinical, maintenance, dietary, administration, and other departments; investigate and address housekeeping-related concerns.
• Maintain accurate records, inspection reports, inventories, schedules, and other required documentation.
• Assist with quality-assurance inspections, performance improvement, facility surveys, inspections, emergency preparedness, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Ensure staff follow facility policies on confidentiality, professional conduct, safety, and patient and resident rights.
• Assist with special cleaning projects, room turnovers, terminal cleaning, deep cleaning, and other facility needs; provide deep-cleaning training and assistance at the CNR House.
• Maintain staffing and service levels during emergencies or unusual circumstances.
• Perform housekeeping duties as needed and other duties as assigned.
• Protect patient and resident privacy, dignity, and confidentiality.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED