Relief Housekeeping Assistant (multiple openings & shifts)

Stanford Health Care•Palo Alto, PA

12d•$32 - $36•Onsite

About The Position

If you're ready to be part of our legacy of hope and innovation, we encourage you to take the first step and explore our current job openings. Your best is waiting to be discovered. Rotating - 08 Hour (United States of America) Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford Health Care’s (SHC) mission is to heal humanity through science and compassion, one patient at a time. Environmental Services (EVS) interacts daily with patients, staff, and visitors, creating significant opportunities for impacting and enhancing the patient and employee experience. EVS is responsible for general aesthetics, cleaning, and waste streams and are essential part in Infection Prevention initiatives for multiple buildings. Relief Housekeeping Assistant’s starting pay is $31.90 an hour. The Relief Housekeeping Assistant’s responsibilities are as follows: Provide for the cleanliness, sanitation of surfaces, handling and disposal of solid and biohazardous waste (blood and other bodily fluids) Floorcare: dust mop, wet mop, vacuum, buffer, spot and spillage removal Cleaning patient rooms, non-patient rooms, cleaning and restocking of restrooms, cleaning general area Shifts - all 8 hours long o Employees work for one shift block: Days, Evening or Nights o Employees are expected to have availability for the entire shift to be able to start at any of the shift times. o Relief Employees must be available throughout the week including weekends and holidays for at least one of the shifts below:  Days – 7am-8:30pm Rotating start times of 7 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM  Evenings – 3pm-1am Rotating start times of 1PM, 2PM, 3PM, 4:30PM  Nights – 11pm-7:30am Rotating start times of 8PM, 11PM The more days of availability you have, the more shifts you can pick up A Relief Position does not have a set schedule, guaranteed hours, or benefits. While Relief employees may be included on the work schedule released every two weeks, many of their hours will come from a supervisor’s same-day call to come into work when needed. After passing competency checks, Relief employees are eligible to apply for Part-Time or Full-Time positions, which have guaranteed hours and full benefits. All frontline Housekeeping Assistants start as Relief Housekeeping Assistants. This is a Stanford Health Care job. A Brief Overview Under the direct supervision of a Housekeeping Supervisor, provides for the cleanliness, sanitation of surfaces, handling and disposal of solid and biohazardous waste in assigned areas, follows standard precautions and all other infection policies, safety practices and cleaning procedures, and performs various duties as assigned. May be assigned to one or more work locations. Locations Stanford Health Care

Requirements

6 months of related housekeeping experience
Demonstrates ability to prioritize work assignment and uses time efficiently
Demonstrates business communications skills including reading and understanding written and oral instructions and be able to follow work schedules
Must be able to successfully complete in-service orientation and continuing education training programs
Observes and practices standard precautions and hospital established safety regulations and procedures
Learns and practices aseptic cleaning techniques and isolation cleaning procedures

Responsibilities

Provide for the cleanliness, sanitation of surfaces, handling and disposal of solid and biohazardous waste (blood and other bodily fluids)
Floorcare: dust mop, wet mop, vacuum, buffer, spot and spillage removal
Cleaning patient rooms, non-patient rooms, cleaning and restocking of restrooms, cleaning general area
Total cleaning of patient, clinic, and satellite areas
Floor care: May include use of dust mops, wet mops with germicide solution, vacuums, buffers, spot and spillage removal.
Furniture care: Washing with an approved germicidal solution and polishing.
Miscellaneous: May involve dusting screens, cleaning of TVs, washing and wall washing as assigned.
Wall care: Dust removal, including high-dusting, spot washing, and wall washing as assigned.
May dump all regular soiled linens down linen chute; may remove regular and biohazardous waste; (may deliver all of the above to the dock area).
Removes compacted boxes for scheduled trash pick-up.
Cleans toilet bowls, sinks, showers and shower walls; spot-washes walls and partitions, polishes chrome fixtures, mirrors, and utensil rack; cleans floor, changes cubical curtains.
Handles regular and biohazardous waste removal.
Replenishes restroom supplies, paper towels, and soap.
Total cleaning of auxiliary areas as assigned, including diet kitchens, treatment rooms, chart rooms, soiled linen rooms, and other special rooms.
Total cleaning of isolation or contaminated areas.
Also assist with emergency clean ups.
Total cleaning of discharge and transfer patient rooms.
Performs related duties on special requests, such as removal of window coverings and cubical curtains.
Daily cleaning: dust-mopping floors, trash removal, total restroom cleaning, and dusting of uncongested desks or bookshelves.
Twice a week: cleaning consists of damp mopping floors and/or vacuuming of carpeting or as needed.
Reports needed minor repairs of rooms (laboratories, offices, restrooms, furnishing and equipment, etc.).
Maintains equipment, supplies and materials by frequent cleaning, proper storage.