Housekeeping Aide

Responsibilities

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Affords assistance in maintaining an accurate inventory on all items in Linen Room.
• Completes all required reports and forms accurately and on time.
• Restocks user area linen carts in accordance with established linen par levels.
• Receives clean linen from the laundry, signs invoices, and moves carts to clean Linen Room.
• Removes clean linen from vendor's carts to user's carts or storage shelves.
• Sweeps and damp mops floors, dusts shelves and carts.
• Ensures that all available soiled linen is removed from the user's area to soiled linen holding area for transport to laundry.
• Affords support in ordering new linen supplies to maintain user area par levels.
• Affords support and assistance to other departments when needed.
• Participates in education programs and in-service meetings.
• Performs Linen Room housekeeping functions to insure linen room cleanliness.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Prior housekeeping, laundry with hospital experience preferred.
• Education: Must be able to read and write English; high school diploma not required.
• If applicable, the individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials.
• Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.