Housekeeping

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Port Washington, WA

About The Position

The Housekeeping role in Environmental Services cleans and maintains patient-care and other facility areas, floors, furnishings, equipment, and supplies. The position operates mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment, follows safety and infection-control procedures, and helps maintain a clean, safe, cost-effective environment without disrupting facility operations. The schedule is 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., including every other weekend and rotating holidays, for 40 hours per week. Duties also include preparing rooms for meetings, delivering audiovisual equipment, managing linens and waste, stocking and ordering supplies, and reporting hazards or equipment problems. The position may involve outdoor work during snow conditions and exposure to cleaning chemicals, infectious waste, soiled linen, and varying temperatures. No formal education, licensure, certification, or prior experience is required.

Requirements

No formal education required.
No prior experience required.
No licensure, registration, or certification required.
Ability to operate cleaning equipment, including machine scrubbers, carpet cleaners, waste compactors, and balers.
Ability to follow and understand oral and written instructions and communicate with others.
Ability to work alone and understand the physical arrangements of the facilities.
Ability to perform tasks without disrupting the work of doctors, nurses, patients, the public, and other staff.
Ability to set priorities and follow department policies and procedures.
Basic computer skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds from floor level to a maximum height of 5 feet and carry up to 30 pounds at waist height for a reasonable distance.
Ability to push or pull up to 50 pounds with assistance from other staff and/or devices.
Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, climb stairs, reach above the shoulders, crawl, shovel, and spread salt or sand on snow.
Ability to walk or stand for most of the shift.
Ability to wear protective clothing and work around germicidal solutions, cleaning chemicals, temperature changes, soiled linen, and infectious waste, including blood and body fluids.
Familiarity with policies for handling infectious and hazardous waste.
Ability to safely operate powered and non-powered cleaning equipment and ladders telescoping up to 20 feet.
Ability to operate job-related equipment, including telephones, zone phones, and pagers.

Responsibilities

Clean furniture and carpets in rooms, hallways, stairs, and offices using power equipment.
Clean and maintain floor surfaces with dry and wet mops; refinish floors using machine scrubbing, stripping, and floor finish.
Operate mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment and clean equipment, carts, and service closets daily.
Report safety hazards, mechanical failures, equipment needing repair, and unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or supervisor.
Assist with emergency spills as requested.
Use cleaning products, chemicals, and equipment for their intended purpose; ensure supplies are labeled and consult Material Safety Data Sheets as necessary.
Set up meeting rooms and deliver audiovisual equipment to rooms.
Clean patient-care areas, restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, stairwells, and surgical areas, including scheduled terminal and project cleaning.
Clean environmental surfaces such as ceilings, vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows.
Dust and mop floors in patient and exam rooms, corridors, stairwells, restrooms, and other facility areas.
Gather and dispose of recyclables, trash, and medical waste; collect hazardous trash according to infection-control guidelines.
Sort, stock, deliver, inventory, and prepare linens, including gathering soiled linen for transportation.
Inventory linens, cleaning supplies, and paper supplies and order additional supplies in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Fill and clean supply dispensers; replace cubicle drapes and window coverings.
Clean and prepare dismissal and transfer units and certain patient-care equipment; distribute non-medical supplies to designated areas.
Perform other related duties as required.