Houseworker, Memorial, Per Diem, Days

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $15.00 - $22.29. Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday
• Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)
• Scheduled Hours: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• Shift: Day Shift, 8 Hours
• No holidays required

About the Role

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

Responsibilities

• Performs standard cleaning procedures in all areas of the hospital and buildings, including patient rooms, surgery areas, units, nurseries, nursing stations, auxiliary areas, lounges, isolation areas, emergency room lavatories, bathrooms, stairways, offices, corridors, and apartments.
• Performs high dusting, spot cleaning of walls, windows, and doors, disinfects horizontal surfaces, mops floors, vacuums carpets, empties trash and cleans and polishes metal and porcelain fixtures in bathrooms and showers.
• Burnishes floors with burnishers and cleans floors with automatic floor machines.
• Performs "check out" cleaning of discharges and transfer units including making of the beds.
• Picks up trash in any area and transports trash from utility rooms and other collection points to compactor pick up area.
• Moves furniture and sets up meeting rooms as necessary.

Requirements

• Ability to read, write and follow simple English instruction.
• Employees must be at least 18 years of age to perform this role.

Qualifications

• Preferred 3-6 months experience as a houseworker.
• Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

This position may have a signing bonus available; a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.