LEAD HOUSEKEEPER

UHS • Dover, DE

20d • Onsite

About The Position

Dover Behavioral Health System is hiring a Lead Housekeeper for its 104-bed acute care psychiatric hospital in Dover, Delaware. The hospital serves adolescents and adults through inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. The position is day shift, with some evenings and weekends. The Lead Housekeeper helps maintain clean, healthy, pleasant, and orderly inpatient and non-patient areas for patients, staff, and visitors, supporting the hospital’s service standards.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Housekeeping experience; hospital housekeeping experience is preferred.
• Ability to stop, crouch, reach, walk, and stand for sustained periods.
• Ability to exert steady force with the extremities, pull objects in a sustained motion, and grasp, finger, and move objects between positions.
• Ability to communicate detailed information audibly and quickly through spoken or written work.
• Ability to make fine discriminations in sound and perceive the nature of sounds, with or without correction.
• Ability to perform repetitive wrist, hand, or finger motions.
• Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds frequently, and up to 50 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

• Housekeeping experience in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Clean inpatient and non-patient areas using appropriate supplies and equipment.
• Remove trash and waste from designated areas of the facility.
• Make beds, remove and replace linens, and place used linens in designated storage areas for laundering.
• Maintain the cleanliness and order of the facility and furnishings, including dusting furniture, cleaning windows, and cleaning bathrooms and replenishing supplies.
• Follow hospital safety regulations when operating department equipment.
• Adhere to safety policies, safe work practices, hospital policies, and procedures.
• Exhibit Service Excellence and support internal and external customer service standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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