Housekeeping Technician

Responsibilities

• Places linen on distribution carts.
• Folds and stages scrub sets for stocking in Scrub Ex machines.
• Cleans and organizes linen room.
• Fills requisitions for housekeeping supplies, delivers and replenishes nursing unit supply closets.
• Stages Housekeeper carts with supplies, chemicals and mops.
• Fills requisitions for housekeeping supplies.
• Delivers and stocks in designated storage areas.
• Dust mops floors and corridors as assigned.
• Inspects cleaning equipment and performs scheduled preventative maintenance.
• Participates in patient safety rounding.
• Maintains hard surface floors by following the correct processes for daily and periodical floor care.
• Evaluates what process is needed to maintain hard surface floors and maintains them to organizational standards.
• Follows correct stripping and refinishing procedures and daily hard surface floor care.
• Inspects cleaning equipment and performs scheduled preventative maintenance.
• Maintains soft surface floors (carpet) by following the correct processes for daily and periodical carpet care.
• Evaluates what process is needed to maintain carpets.
• Is knowledgeable about spotting techniques as demonstrated by maintaining floors to organizational standards.
• Clean assigned patient/non-patient areas and equipment.
• Daily cleaning of assigned patient/non-patient areas and equipment according to a 7-Step or 10-Step cleaning procedure (determined by dept).
• Standards of 90% on Quality Inspections must be met.
• Clean/sanitize/make beds on transfers/discharges.
• Patient beds from transfers and discharges are to be cleaned as soon as possible.
• Standards of 90% on Quality Inspections for discharge/transfer cleaning must be met.
• Transports regular waste, medical waste, and linen to appropriate collection sites from patient rooms.
• Waste and linen are collected and taken to designated areas for pickup by the waste tech.
• Soiled utility rooms and waste carts should be kept clean at all times.
• PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) must be worn for all staff while performing cleaning responsibilities or transporting waste.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED - Preferred
• Less than High School - Required
• 12 to 24 months - Preferred