Medical Assistant Housekeeper

Position Overview

The Medical Assistant Housekeeper performs intensive cleaning of offices, treatment rooms, waiting areas, conference rooms, and lounges. Will clean kitchen units, including appliances and the defrosting refrigerator and ice machines; wash walls and horizontal surfaces, sinks, beds, and floors; clean bathrooms, showers, fixtures, and patient equipment (may include IV poles, stretchers, and wheelchairs; clean furniture; clean and arrange conference rooms; dust and spot clean walls and doors in high and low areas;

clean interior glass in doorways and entrance areas; collect and distribute linens; remove rubbish, recycle waste, and medical waste in accordance with detailed infection waste control guidelines; stock supplies in exam rooms, kitchenettes, bathrooms and other areas; and lock and unlock doors and set alarms.

Reports to:

Director, Facilities

The Medical Assistant Housekeeper performs intensive cleaning of offices, treatment rooms, waiting areas, conference rooms, and lounges. Will clean kitchen units, including appliances and the defrosting refrigerator and ice machines; wash walls and horizontal surfaces, sinks, beds, and floors; clean bathrooms, showers, fixtures, and patient equipment (may include IV poles, stretchers, and wheelchairs; clean furniture; clean and arrange conference rooms; dust and spot clean walls and doors in high and low areas;

clean interior glass in doorways and entrance areas; collect and distribute linens; remove rubbish, recycle waste, and medical waste in accordance with detailed infection waste control guidelines; stock supplies in exam rooms, kitchenettes, bathrooms and other areas; and lock and unlock doors and set alarms.

(26 hours per week)

• Monday 4pm-10pm
• Wednesday 3pm-10pm
• Friday 4pm-10pm
• Saturday 9am-4pm

High school diploma or its equivalent and two years of relevant experience.

Medical assistant housekeepers are considered essential personnel in accordance with the MIT Policy on Emergency Closing or Early Release. During emergencies, these employees are excused from their regularly scheduled work only with the specific authorization of their supervisor, regardless of any public announcement that the Institute is closed.

Employment is conditional upon successful completion of a background check and credential check.

Job number: 25962

Grade level:
No Grade

• To comply with regulations by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the principal duties in job descriptions must be essential to the job. To identify essential functions, focus on the purpose and the result of the duties rather than the manner in which they are performed. The following definition applies: a job function is essential if removal of that function would fundamentally change the job.