Lead Housekeeping Worker

NYU Langone Health • Brooklyn, NY

4d • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. Learn more about NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn , and interact with us on LinkedIn , Glassdoor , Indeed , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube and Instagram . Position Summary: We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Lead Housekeeping Worker. In this role, the successful candidate Leads housekeeping workers to perform cleaning tasks, as assigned, to maintain a clean, sanitary environment for our patients, visitors and co-workers through general cleaning tasks in patient rooms, offices, hallways and other areas as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Some housekeeping experience preferred
• Current 'in between case' cleaning experience required
• Previous supervisory experience required
• Ability to delegate tasks accordingly
• Heavy lifting required
• Ability to work independently
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a clean and safe work environment
• Notifies the department upon completion of assignments.
• Transport of solid waste to designated locations
• transport of certain hazardous/universal wastes from designated hospital locations to the main hospital accumulation area
• General cleaning of hospital using some materials that may be corrosive flammable or toxic in their concentrated form
• Leads housekeeping workers to perform cleaning tasks as assigned.
• Displays a positive team effort.
• Performs daily duties in a safe manner keeping patient needs first.
• Informs manager of any potential problems or unsafe conditions.
• Performs job duties without direct supervision.
• Performs project work as directed.
• Performs isolation cleaning according to procedure.
• Performs discharge cleaning according to procedure.
• Performs housekeeping duties according to procedure.
• Keeps housekeeping cart clean and chemical bottles labeled.

Benefits

• financial security benefits
• a generous time-off program
• employee resources groups for peer support
• holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

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