Housekeeping Aide

Summary

Under supervision and following established procedures, performs a variety of heavy cleaning duties in order to maintain the hospital in an orderly, sanitary, and attractive condition for patients, personnel, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Must have classroom and on the job training of floor, carpet, upholstery, waste disposal, operating room and chemical handling procedures and 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 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 dust, 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.
  • May assist nursing personnel in moving beds and patient furniture for various reasons.
  • Assists supply clerks in supply room or equipment room.
  • Serves batteries on all battery operated devices.
  • Services batteries on all battery operated devices.
  • May perform Housekeeping Aide I and Laundry Aide II duties as required.
  • 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• BASIC KNOWLEDGE:
  • The ability to follow instruction and observe safety precautions.
  • The ability to prepare solutions according to procedure.
  • The ability to assemble cleaning equipment such as mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets and ringers.
  • The ability to read, write, understand, and speak English, as well as ability to count numbers.
  • The ability to operate, control and clean motorized and manual equipment that is required to perform E.S.D. tasks.
  • The 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.
  • 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 show.

Experience

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

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• 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.

Supervisory Responsibility

• None

Pay Range

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location

Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type

1-6p e/o w/e & hol.

Work Shift

Day

Driving Required

No

Union

International Brotherhood Teamsters