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.
• 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.
• Marks patient for signs of distress and alerts Nursing personnel when intervention or clinical monitoring is required.
• 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 maintaining 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.
• Transports regular waste, medical waste, and linen to appropriate collection sites from patient rooms.

Qualifications

• Less than High School Education Required.
• High School Diploma or GED Preferred.
• 12 to 24 months experience Preferred.