Housekeeping- Per Diem-Weekends; Day shift

Housekeeper Position

This position is:
All weekends
- Day Shift

The Housekeeper position cleans and services the hospital building and patient care areas. This position aids the Housekeeping Department in achieving its primary goal of maintaining an orderly and clean hospital, both to standards of general appearance and to standards of infection control. This position also assists toward certain ancillary functions of the Housekeeping department such as the setting up of conference facilities, and the reporting of items needing maintenance.

Education Background and Experience

Minimum Qualifications:

· High school graduate or GED

Professional Requirements:

· Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.

· Completes annual organization-required and/or job-required educational requirements.

· Maintains regulatory requirements

· Wears identification while on duty.

· Attends staff meetings and/or reads all meeting minutes

· Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.

· Maintains employee/patient confidentiality.

· Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.

· Participates in the department's performance improvement activities

· Demonstrates the mission, ethics, and goals of the organization as well as the departmental Scope of Service.

· Communication with patients, guests, family, and staff is courteous, respectful, and helpful.

· Maintains a clean, safe, and accident-free environment.

· Follows Infection Control procedures at all times.

Clinical Personnel:

• Strictly adheres to standard precautions by adhering to the usage of personal protective equipment when handling blood or body fluids.
• Non-Clinical Personnel:
  Washes hands and other skin surfaces with soap and water thoroughly and often in an effort to control spreading of germs within the department and facility.
• Adheres to isolation procedures at all times as applicable.

Adheres to the following environmental care standards.

• Demonstrates adequate knowledge of safety policies and procedures, the use of MSDS sheets, hazardous material procedures, and safety codes.
• Respond appropriately to any Codes while working any shift (Code Blue, Code Gray, Code Silver, Code Amber, Code Red, Code Orange, and Rapid Response Team).
• Demonstrates adequate knowledge of security issues, i.e., personal protection, protection of personal and hospital property.

Participates in quality initiatives as needed.

Be familiar with and comply with the Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic Personnel Handbook and Policies.

• Be familiar with the collective bargaining agreement (Union Contract) of the UFCW
  3000 and Mid-Valley Hospital.

Essential Job Functions

· Quickly assembles necessary cleaning supplies and equipment at the beginning of each shift, and proceeds to work in a timely fashion.

· Thoroughly dust mops and wet mops various hard surface floor areas, either routinely or when needed, to obtain a quality appearance and sanitary condition.

· Thoroughly vacuums various carpeted floor areas, either routinely or when needed, to obtain a quality appearance.

· Cleans bathrooms according to training and policy and procedure. This involves washing sinks, plumbing fixtures, and toilets with a germicidal solution.

· Replaces disposables such as paper towels, soap, toilet paper and plastic trash liners as needed.

· Removes trash from various receptacles and transports it to the Soiled Utility areas, or the dumpster, carefully observing established policy and procedures.

· Routine cleans various support areas of the hospital such as Radiology, Physical Therapy, Business Offices, Maintenance, Dietary, Utilities, etc. and achieves high quality results.

· Cleans patient rooms and other nursing areas like the Emergency Rooms to high standards of infection…