Career Center v2-13

Position Summary:

Clean and services building areas. Perform a variety of environmental services duties in order to maintain the hospital in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition. Perform routine manual work in the cleaning of the hospital and the surrounding grounds. Ensures adherence to Hospital and Departmental Policies and Procedures. No patient care assignment.

Accountability:

HOUSEKEEPING - Select cleaning materials and supplies and prepare solutions according to procedure

HOUSEKEEPING - Load service carts and transport to work area

HOUSEKEEPING - Clean assigned areas by washing furniture, tile, fixtures, and equipment with germicidal cleaning solutions

HOUSEKEEPING - Clean assigned areas by washing walls, doors, door frames, ceilings, ventilators, patient televisions, and windows; strips and apply floor finish and polishes floors

HOUSEKEEPING - Sweep and mops floor areas, vacuums carpets, spot-cleans carpets, using appropriate solutions, and arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area

HOUSEKEEPING - Request cleaning supplies and equipment as needed

HOUSEKEEPING - Operate various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical

HOUSEKEEPING - Clean equipment and notify manager of equipment needing repair

HOUSEKEEPING - Report safety hazards to manger

HOUSEKEEPING - Return unused supplies to janitor closet or department, clean carts and equipment; ensure all items are properly replaced

HOUSEKEEPING - Climb ladder to hang cubicle drapes, window drapes, or reach high areas for other cleaning purposes

HOUSEKEEPING - Collect waste from all areas of the hospital, sanitize all garbage cans, and keep compactor area sanitized

HOUSEKEEPING - Collect or distribute soiled or clean linen

HOUSEKEEPING - May collect hazardous waste as established by Infection Control Committee

HOUSEKEEPING - Transport infectious waste in a special closed container to the waste garage for sterilization before disposal

HOUSEKEEPING - Clean Isolation Room after patient has been discharged

HOUSEKEEPING - Arrange furniture for meetings, workshops, and community affairs

HOUSEKEEPING - Clean, mop, scrub or sweep floors, stairways and hallways

HOUSEKEEPING - Remove old finish from floors and re-coat with floor finish as needed or assigned

HOUSEKEEPING - Operate vacuum suction machines to clean flooded areas

HOUSEKEEPING - Clean, wash, dust or polish, hardware, brass, furniture, mirrors, lighting fixtures, windows, window sill, screens, vents, radiators, exteriors of cabinets and equipment

HOUSEKEEPING - Clean patient rooms thoroughly; perform duties, such as mopping floors, washing furniture, scrubbing plastic cushions & bed frames, cleaning & washing bathroom fixtures, dusting overhead & bed lamps, making beds & performing other general cleaning work

HOUSEKEEPING - Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned, such as vacuuming and shampooing rugs, lifting and moving furniture and other heavy projects

RELATED WORK - May be called upon at times to perform other similar or related duties not included in this job description

Education Requirements:

Less than high school

Experience Requirements:

1/2 year (6 months) directly related experience

Physical Demands Requirements:

Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Testing Requirements:

Tuberculin Skin Test required annually

Working Conditions Requirements:

Med Haz: Mod exposure to chemicals, dangerous equipment and/or materials requiring basic safety precautions

If reasonable accommodation is required, please describe the accommodation.
Can you perform all of the essential functions listed on the job description for this position, either with or without reasonable accommodation?

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