Housekeeper

Summary:

Responsible for cleaning patient rooms, restrooms, and support areas including offices. Must follow stipulated infection control cleaning procedures following each patient check-out. Enhances and presents a positive image of the hospital and a professional manner toward other associates, medical staff, patients, and the public. Involves provision of patient care/service to older adolescents, young adults, adults, and geriatric patients.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Requests and receives cleaning equipment and supplies such as mops, buckets, electric buffers, vacuum cleaners, rags, disinfectants, and the like from the Environmental Service Supply Room, and prepares cleaning solutions.
• Loads hand-pushed utility cart with supplies and equipment and pushes cart to assigned work area.
• Dry and wet mop and vacuum large areas of floors and operate buffing equipment.
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning of floors and carpet. In doing so, remove soil and finish floors by using mechanical stripping equipment and shampoo carpeted floors by operating mechanical shampooing equipment.
• Washes, scrubs, and disinfects walls, windows, and doors, and when necessary, determines the method of removing stains, using a variety of cleaning equipment and supplies.
• Gathers refuse from various hospital locations and transports same in hand pushed cart to compactor or shoot.
• Move furniture and equipment (such as mattresses, beds and cribs, tables, etc.) by use of had cart or dollies.
• Performs related service tasks such as cleaning spills, washing windows and other glass surfaces, spraying insecticides, making patient beds, dusting surfaces, and hanging cubicle curtains and draperies.
• Visually inspect the area upon completion of cleaning to ensure appropriate levels of cleanliness and neatness have been achieved.
• Returns unused supplies to the utility room, cleans carts and equipment and ensures all items are stored in an orderly.
• Report any environmental/safety hazards to the supervisor for repair.
• Follows all OSHA guidelines while on duty and during the use of all cleaning chemicals.
• Daily patient room checkouts are to be cleaned using established check-out cleaning procedures. Normal time for check-out cleaning – 30 minutes.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Education/Skills

• High School diploma or GED required

Experience

• 1 – 3 years of technical experience preferred

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• None required

Work Schedule:

5 Days - 8 Hours

Work Type:

Full Time