Part Time Housekeeper - Environmental Services

About the Role

Cleans hospital patient rooms, baths, laboratories, offices, halls, and other areas.

Responsibilities

• Washes beds and mattresses
• Keeps utility and storage rooms in clean and orderly condition
• Replaces soiled drapes and cubicle curtains
• Disinfects and sterilizes equipment and supplies
• Sweeps, scrubs, waxes, and polishes floors
• Cleans rugs, carpet, upholstered furniture, and draperies
• Dusts furniture and equipment, polishes metal work
• Washes walls, ceiling, and woodwork; washes windows, doors, and sills
• Empties wastebaskets and cleans ashtrays
• Transports trash and waste to disposal area
• Replenishes bathroom supplies and replaces light bulbs
• Removes snow and ice
• Assists in the safety, fire control, and security of the hospital
• Attends housekeeping department meetings and hospital-wide meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Required to work variable shifts, hours, holidays, and weekends

Requirements

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to stand and walk
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, precarious places, extreme cold, extreme heat, outside weather conditions, risk of electrical shock, and vibration
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be extreme occasionally