Housekeeping Worker

Alameda Health System•San Leandro, CA

About The Position

Under close supervision, the Housekeeping Worker performs a variety of housekeeping duties in a hospital or institution in accordance with standard infection control procedures. The role keeps an assigned area clean and orderly and performs related work as required. Duties may vary by employee and may include other related work at an equivalent level. The position maintains assigned areas by sweeping, mopping, dusting, arranging furniture, vacuuming rugs, and buffing floors. It makes beds, handles soiled and clean linen, empties trash, and washes beds in check-out units and on a routine basis. The worker cleans and disinfects bathrooms, restocks dispensers, requisitions supplies, and follows special cleaning procedures for isolation rooms, gurneys, and examining tables. Other duties include moving garbage cans to pickup stations, setting up beds, tables, and meeting rooms, cleaning walls and windows, and changing curtains and draperies. The worker may perform floor-stripping duties normally assigned to Hospital Maintenance Porters and may operate incinerators and trash compactors. The role also keeps records of work completed and provides simple oral or written reports.

Requirements

CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) Training is required for positions at John George Psychiatric Pavilion and certain positions in the Emergency Department.
Six months of full-time cleaning experience in hospitals or commercial buildings is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Six months of full-time cleaning experience in hospitals or commercial buildings.

Responsibilities

Maintain assigned areas in a clean and orderly condition by sweeping, mopping, dusting, arranging furniture, vacuuming rugs, and buffing floors.
Make beds, collect soiled linen, place clean linen in rooms, empty trash into containers for pickup, and routinely wash beds in check-out units and other areas.
Clean, disinfect, mop, and maintain bathrooms; restock soap, toilet tissue, and paper towel dispensers; requisition cleaning and restroom supplies.
Clean isolation rooms, gurneys, and examining tables according to special cleaning procedures.
Move garbage cans from kitchen areas to pickup stations and return emptied cans to their proper locations.
Set up beds and tables in ward areas and set up and clean meeting rooms; use a platform truck, dolly, or desk mover as needed.
Clean walls, windows, blinds, and shades; change cubicle curtains and draperies.
May perform routine duties usually assigned to Hospital Maintenance Porters, such as stripping floors with electrical and mechanical cleaning equipment.
May operate incinerators and trash compactors on a permanent or rotating assignment.
Keep records of work accomplished and provide simple oral or written reports.