EVS Specialist (Housekeeper) |Part-Time| Regional Medical Center

About the role

Cleans and services building areas and patient care areas as assigned according to established procedures and schedule assignment.

Responsibilities

• Daily cleans assigned areas following 8 step cleaning procedure or other procedures as appropriate.
• Performs tasks such as cleaning of occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors/door frames, ceilings, patient room furnishings, windows, and if required, refinishes and burnishes floors.
• Dusts, damp mops, and vacuums floor areas as applicable, vacuums carpets, spot cleans carpets, collects waste from all areas of hospital, routinely cleans waste receptacles, cleans compactor area, collects soiled linen and distributes clean linen, moves furniture within facility, arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area.
• Requests cleaning supplies and equipment as needed and returns unused supplies to housekeeping closet, cleans carts and equipment and ensures all items are replaced in orderly manner.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical, i.e. buffers, wringers, scrubbers, vacuums.
• Reports all broken furniture or equipment repair needs immediately to supervisors - daily.
• Cleans and services building areas as assigned (including medication storage areas) according to established procedures and schedule assignment.
• Maintains secured access to designated medication storage areas when assigned to work in those areas and alerts nursing/clinical supervisor immediately if medications are discovered in any unlocked, unsupervised area.
• Provides training for new hires and others to the units DCH Standards.
• Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Adheres to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
• Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
• Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
• Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
• Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A High School diploma or GED is preferred.
• Ability to follow/understand verbal communications and written procedures required and to verbally communicate with others.
• Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

• Manual dexterity
• Physical presence onsite is essential.
• Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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