Housekeeping Lead

Responsibilities

• Acts as a resource to employees and students, which includes training/orienting and providing day-to-day work direction.
• Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, monitors productivity, maintains appropriate staffing levels, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues.
• Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include interviewing and selection of new employees, staff development, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale.
• Assists in interpreting department policies and procedures, and advises and updates staff on procedural changes.
• Cleans furniture and carpets in rooms, hallways, stairs, and offices using power equipment.
• Cleans and maintains floor surfaces with dry and wet mops.
• Refinishes floors, including machine scrubbing and/or stripping floors and applies floor finish.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment, both mechanical and electrical.
• Notifies appropriate person of safety hazards and of equipment needing repair.
• Cleans equipment, cart, and service closet daily.
• Assists in cleaning emergency spills as requested.
• Uses chemicals, cleaning products and equipment for their intended purpose to maintain a safe, cost-effective environment.
• Ensures all cleaning supplies are labeled and references Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) as necessary.
• Sets up rooms for meetings and delivers audio visual equipment to the rooms.
• Cleans patient care areas, public/private restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells.
• Performs scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas.
• Cleans all environmental surfaces including ceilings and vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows.
• Dusts and mops floors in patient and exam rooms, corridors, stairwells, restrooms, and other areas of the facility.
• Gathers and disposes recyclables, trash, and medical waste.
• Collects hazardous trash following established infection control guidelines.
• Maintains documentation for disposal of waste streams.
• Sorts, stocks and delivers linens.
• Gathers and prepares soiled linen for transportation.
• Inventories linens, cleaning supplies and paper supplies and orders additional in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Fills and cleans supply dispensers.
• Replaces cubicle drapes and window coverings.
• Cleans and prepares dismissal and transfer units and certain equipment used in the care of patients and distributes non-medical supplies to specific areas.
• Reports any mechanical failures or unsafe conditions to the supervisor.

Requirements

• Licensure, Registration, And/or Certification Required: None Required.
• Education Required: No Formal Education.
• Experience Required: Typically requires 3 years of experience in environmental services.
• Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to a maximum 5 ft.
  • Must be able to lift and carry up to 30 lbs. at waist height a reasonable distance.
  • Must be able to push/pull up to 50 lbs with the assistance of other staff and/or devices.
  • Must be able to bend, stoop, kneel, climb stairs, reach above shoulders and crawl to complete tasks.
  • Must also be able to shovel and spread salt or sand on snow, so will be exposed to outside temperatures and weather conditions as necessary.
  • Must have ability to walk or stand the majority of the shift.
  • Must have ability to wear protective clothing as will have exposure to strong germicidal solutions, cleaning chemicals, temperature changes, soiled linen, infectious waste (blood and body fluids).
  • Requires that incumbent be familiar with policies on handling infectious and hazardous waste.
  • Must have ability to safely operate power-cleaning equipment such as machine scrubbers or carpet cleaners as well as non-power cleaning equipment and ladders telescoping up to 20 feet.
  • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job, including telephones, zone phones, and pagers.

Skills

• Ability to operate various types of cleaning equipment, including machine scrubbers, carpet cleaners, waste compactors, balers, etc.
• Ability to follow and understand oral and written instructions and communicate with others.
• Ability to work alone and to understand the physical arrangements of the facilities.
• Performs tasks without disrupting operations of the doctors, nurses, patients, public, and other staff.
• Ability to set priorities, be aware of and follow department policies and procedures in all situations.
• Basic computer skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.