Housekeeping Aide

About the Role

Under supervision and following established procedures, performs a variety of heavy cleaning duties to maintain the hospital in an orderly, sanitary, and attractive condition for patients, personnel, and visitors. Employees are expected to role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, as well as demonstrate core Success Factors: Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Must have classroom and on-the-job training of floor, carpet, upholstery, waste disposal, operating room, and chemical handling procedures; learn proper operation and cleaning of E.S.D. equipment.
• 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 and disinfects all sinks, toilets, floors, urinals, bedpan racks, bathtubs, and showers in hospital lavatories.
• Services 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, washes, and disinfects all beds, mattresses, and sleeping carts throughout the hospital complex.
• Picks up and disposes of rubbish and soiled linen from patient floors; transports to laundry or places in rubbish truck as appropriate.
• Removes rubbish from rubbish chute room, transports heavy rubbish via trash carts for disposal, boxes waste when required, boxes chemo waste, and 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 such as replacing screws and greasing wheels.
• Operates bailer equipment for bailing boxes and transporting recycle totes to trailer.
• Washes or spot cleans walls and polishes woodwork, furniture, brass fittings, and stainless steel elevator doors, kick plates, etc.
• Removes and transports animal waste and soiled linens to rubbish truck.
• Transports mattresses, office and patient room furniture, including beds, cribs, and folding tables, as necessary.
• May assist nursing personnel in moving beds and patient furniture for various reasons.
• 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.
• Required to carry and use a beeper or a two-way radio upon request.
• 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

Basic Knowledge

• Ability to follow instructions 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 count numbers.
• Ability to operate, control, and clean motorized and manual equipment required to perform E.S.D. tasks.
• Ability to perform all duties in a safe and professional manner and in accordance with established Environmental Department and Fleet Risk Control policies and procedures.
• Physical ability to lift, carry, or push equipment such as floor buffers, wet vacuums, wall-washing machines, automatic floor-washing machines, carpet cleaning equipment, rubbish carts, and linen carts; transport patients and office furniture; climb ladders; and shovel snow.

Experience

At least one to three months of on-the-job training plus formal and ongoing classroom training.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Continuous walking, standing, carrying, pushing trash carts weighing up to 400 pounds, stooping, lifting, climbing ladders and stairs, and heavy lifting.
• Exposure to unpleasant odors, 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

Pay Range: $19.75 - $20.15 per hour

Schedule

Night shift: 10:30 PM - 7:00 AM or 12:00 AM - 8:30 AM, every other weekend and holidays.