Housekeeping Aide

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of heavy cleaning duties in the hospital.
• Shampoos carpets, upholstery and refinishes floors following E.S.D. procedures, using manual and motorized devices.
• Dusts high vents, lights, pipes, lockers, ceilings and washes window glass throughout the hospital complex using ladders or other safety devices.
• Cleans miscellaneous items such as wastebaskets, television sets, fans, rubber mats, etc.
• Washes, disinfects all sinks, toilets, floors, urinals, bedpan racks, bathtubs, showers in hospital lavatories.
• Serves and refills all soap and paper dispensers.
• Washes walls either manually or using mechanical devices.
• Prepares all burn and Radiation (I-131) rooms by laying protective covering.
• Cleans, dusts, washes and disinfects, from top to bottom, all beds, mattresses, sleeping carts through out the hospital complex.
• Picks up and disposes of rubbish and soiled linen from patient floors and deposits down chute, transports to laundry or places in rubbish truck as appropriate.
• Removes rubbish from rubbish chute room, transports heavy rubbish via trash carts for disposal of waste, boxes waste when required, boxes chemo waste, makes chemical pick-up when needed.
• Washes rubbish chute rooms top to bottom with a pressure sprayer. Washes rubbish trucks using the truck washer or manually with a water hose. Performs minor services to trucks such as replace screws and grease wheels.
• Operates bailer equipment for bailing boxes and transporting recycle totes to trailer.
• Cleans dirt, snow and salt from sidewalks and entrances to all buildings on the hospital complex using manual or powered equipment tools.
• Cleans entrance mats, applies salt to entrances as needed and assists Facilities Management grounds crew during inclement weather.
• Changes cubicle curtains and draperies. Removes and washes window blinds and makes repairs to same.
• Cleans, from top to bottom, all construction areas after renovations are completed.
• Assists supply clerks in supply room or equipment room. Services batteries on all battery operated devices. Makes conference room set-ups for meetings, parties, etc. Performs the duties of supply clerks during their absence.
• Takes laundry linen inventory by physically counting pieces of linen and documenting results on appropriate forms.
• May perform Housekeeping Aide I and Laundry Aide II duties as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor or group leader.

Requirements

• Has the ability to follow instruction and observe safety precautions.
• Has the ability to prepare solutions according to procedure.
• Has the ability to assemble cleaning equipment such as mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets and ringers.
• Has the ability to read, write, understand, and speak English, as well as ability to count numbers.
• Has the ability to operate, control and clean motorized and manual equipment that is required to perform E.S.D. tasks.
• Has the physical ability to lift, carry or push equipment such as floor buffers, wet vacuums, wall-washing machine, automatic floor-washing machine, carpet cleaning equipment, rubbish carts and linen carts, transport patients, office furniture, climb ladders and shovel snow.

Qualifications

• At least one to three months on the job training plus formal and on going classroom training.

Skills

• Ability to follow instruction and observe safety precautions.
• Ability to prepare solutions according to procedure.
• Ability to assemble cleaning equipment such as mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets and ringers.
• Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English, as well as ability to count numbers.
• Ability to operate, control and clean motorized and manual equipment that is required to perform E.S.D. tasks.
• Physical ability to lift, carry or push equipment such as floor buffers, wet vacuums, wall-washing machine, automatic floor-washing machine, carpet cleaning equipment, rubbish carts and linen carts, transport patients, office furniture, climb ladders and shovel snow.

Benefits

• Continuous walking, standing, carrying, pushing trash carts weighting up to 400 pounds, stooping, lifting, climbing ladders and stairs, and heavy lifting.
• Some exposure to unpleasant odors in the work area, as well as contaminated items and strong cleaning solutions.
• Some hazards from improperly disposed needles and glass.
• Exposure to all types of weather conditions.
• Hazards are minimized with adherence to established safety precautions.

Pay

$19.75-$20.15 per hour.

Schedule

11a-4p/2p-7p1p-6p e/o w/e & hol.

Work Shift

Evening

Driving Required

No

Union

International Brotherhood of Teamsters