HOUSEKEEPING: FT, 2nd shift
About The Position
This is a full-time Housekeeping position on the 2nd shift, working 40 hours per week. The schedule is from 3 pm to 11:30 pm, with every 3rd weekend and rotating holidays required. The pay range is $18.85 - $28.30. The role involves cleaning various areas of the facility, including patient care areas, restrooms, offices, and common spaces. Responsibilities include cleaning all environmental surfaces, assisting with spills, dusting and mopping floors, replacing coverings, managing trash and recyclables, sorting and delivering linens, cleaning dismissal units and equipment, filling supply dispensers, inventorying supplies, organizing the housekeeping closet, and reporting any mechanical failures or unsafe conditions.
Requirements
- Ability to follow and understand oral and written instructions and communicate with others.
- Ability to work alone and to understand the physical arrangements of the facilities.
- Performs tasks without disrupting operations of the doctors, nurses, patients, public, and other staff.
- Ability to set priorities, be aware of and follow department policies and procedures in all situations.
- Basic computer skills.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Must be able to: lift up to 35 lbs. from floor to a maximum 5 ft.
- lift and carry up to 20 lbs. at waist height a reasonable distance.
- Must be able to: push/pull with 50 lbs. of force.
- Must be able to bend, stoop, kneel, reach above shoulders, and crawl to complete tasks.
- Must also be able to push/pull/drag equipment such as hospital beds, and lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to be on feet the majority of the time with both walking/standing throughout the shift.
- Must have ability to wear protective clothing as will be exposed to strong germicidal solutions, cleaning chemicals, temperature changes, soiled linen, infectious waste (blood and body fluids).
- Requires that incumbent be familiar with policies on handling infectious and hazardous waste.
- Must have ability to operate vacuum cleaners, mopping equipment, buffer or burnisher, automatic scrubber, up to six-foot stepladder, and other cleaning tools.
- Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job, including telephones, zone phones, and pagers.
Responsibilities
- Cleans patient care areas, surgical areas, public/private restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells.
- Cleans all environmental surfaces including ceilings and vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows.
- Assists in cleaning emergency spills as requested.
- Dusts and damp mops floors in patient and exam rooms, corridors, stairwells, restrooms, and other areas of the facility.
- Replaces cubicle and window coverings.
- Gathers and disposes recyclables, trash, and medical waste.
- Collects hazardous trash following established infection control guidelines.
- Sorts, stocks and delivers linens.
- Gathers and prepares soiled linen for transportation.
- Cleans and prepares dismissal and transfer units and certain equipment used in the care of patients and distributes non-medical supplies to specific areas.
- Fills and cleans supply dispensers.
- Inventories linens, cleaning supplies and paper supplies and orders additional in a timely and cost effective manner.
- Keeps housekeeping closet organized and clean.
- Reports any mechanical failures or unsafe conditions to the supervisor.
Benefits
- Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards
- Benefits and well-being programs
- Competitive compensation
- Generous retirement offerings
- Programs that invest in your career development
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
