Lead Housekeeper

BJC HealthCare • O'Fallon, MO

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Looking for a fulfilling job that lets you help patients in need? Look no further than Progress West Hospital! We're currently seeking a Lead Housekeeper to join our team. Join us in our mission to provide quality care and make a difference in our patients' lives.
Full time- 40 hours a week
11:00 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Rotating Holidays and Works Every Other Weekend
Requires Direct Patient Interaction

Overview

Opened in 2007, Progress West Hospital is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care.
Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks.
Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics.
The housekeeping department is in charge of ensuring the hospital is appropriately cleaned to be not only visually pleasing, but more importantly prevent infections. This department, along with all departments within the hospital, supports the guiding principles of the hospital in providing care that is customized and reflects the patient's needs, values, and choices.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• <2 years Experience
• No Experience Supervisor Experience

Nice To Haves

• Associate's Degree
• 2-5 years Experience
• < 2 years Supervisor Experience

Responsibilities

• Performs discharge cleaning process in inpatient rooms and prepares room for next admission.
• Performs routine cleaning activities in inpatient, public and common areas using prescribed, established cleaning process.
• Assumes supervisor responsibilities in the absence of supervisor.
• Keeps equipment clean and functional according to procedure and reports defects to supervisor.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees