Housekeeper Environmental Services Full-Time Swing Shift (Boise, ID)
IHA · Boise, ID · 1 mo ago
Full-time
About This Position
As a Housekeeper at Saint Alphonsus Health System, you will play a significant part in creating a great experience for patients and their families. You will clean and disinfect various areas within the hospital to maximize infection prevention, enhance patient safety, and increase the visual appeal. You'll also prepare patient rooms by replenishing supplies, cleaning the floor, making the bed, and more. Housekeepers collect, store, and dispose of numerous medical-related items from patient treatment areas, and may also perform project work such as cleaning carpets and refrigerators.
Responsibilities
- Clean and disinfect various areas within the hospital to maximize infection prevention, enhance patient safety, and increase visual appeal
- Prepare patient rooms by replenishing supplies, cleaning the floor, making the bed, and more
- Collect, store, and dispose of medical-related items from patient treatment areas
- Perform project work such as cleaning carpets and refrigerators
- Preserve confidential information
- Maintain knowledge of cleaning chemicals and comply with safety standards
- Work comfortably around blood and bodily fluids with the use of personal protective equipment
Requirements
- Able to communicate and interface in an effective and positive manner with hospital staff, patients, and visitors to provide directions, hospital information, guest room services, etc. as needed
- Able to follow written and verbal instructions, communicate by telephone, and initiate communication with peers about priorities for tasks to be done
- Able to stand and walk throughout the day to perform job duties
- Must be able to lift up to 50lb
- Able to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, and twist on a frequent basis
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Self-motivated, trainable, and friendly
Schedule
Swing shift: Monday - Friday 5pm-1:30am + every other weekend. Located at our Regional Medical Center off I-184 and Curtis Rd.
Benefits
- Additional shift differential for evening/night and weekend hours
- Insurance benefits in place your first day of work
- Affordable insurance premium costs
- Generous PTO
- Retirement matching