Project Worker, Environmental Services, Harrington Hospital, Webster Campus - 24 hours, Nights
About The Position
The Project Worker performs extensive cleaning duties in a patient care environment, applying knowledge of cleaning equipment and methods. Duties include operating power buffers and vacuums, sanitizing beds, making beds, and cleaning patient rooms, furniture, and floors. The role also supports cleaning and room-preparation needs throughout assigned areas, including offices and meeting spaces, and carries out floor refinishing and carpet-cleaning tasks using appropriate chemicals and equipment. The position is scheduled for 24 hours, with a varying schedule and on-call availability required Sunday through Saturday. The shift is a night shift, with 4.5-hour shifts. Work is indoors in a patient care environment and is considered of medium physical demand. The position requires standing for extended periods, up to eight hours. All responsibilities are essential job functions. The employee must follow departmental policies and procedures, attend meetings and training as required, apply quality improvement practices, comply with health and safety requirements, maintain reliable attendance, and contribute to a respectful and professional environment for employees, patients, and visitors.
Requirements
- Ability to read, write, and follow simple English instructions.
- Two to three years of experience as a Houseworker.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Ability to stand for extended periods, up to eight hours.
- Ability to perform work of medium physical demand.
Responsibilities
- Perform housekeeper duties, including dry and wet mopping and cleaning corridors, stairways, and other areas; burnish floors; and vacuum carpeted areas.
- Prepare patient-room checkouts by sanitizing and making beds, cleaning patient rooms, furniture, and floors, and moving beds, mattresses, and other furniture as needed.
- Perform isolation procedures in nurseries and formula rooms periodically and in isolation rooms after patient discharge, following established procedures.
- Clean desks and furniture in assigned office areas; perform high dusting and clean fixtures and vents; hang cubicle curtains, drapes, and blinds; wash ceilings and walls; and damp-wipe signs, clocks, water fountains, and elevators.
- Prepare rooms for meetings and arrange furniture neatly and orderly.
- Empty and clean urns and trash receptacles, collect trash and rubbish from assigned areas, and dispose of it according to established procedures.
- Refinish floors, including scrubbing showers and stripping floors with appropriate chemicals and equipment, scraping by hand, rinsing, and applying finish.
- Clean, extract, and shampoo carpets using appropriate chemicals and procedures.
- Comply with departmental policies, procedures, and objectives; attend meetings, conferences, and seminars as required or directed; and demonstrate quality improvement in daily operations.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Respect diverse views and approaches and help maintain a professional, tolerant, civil, and accepting environment for employees, patients, and visitors.
- Maintain regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
- Perform other similar and related duties as required or directed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
