Houseworker, University

Position: Houseworker, University, 40 hours, Days
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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt Hiring Range:$19.00 - $31.55

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations .Schedule Details:

Holidays
- Every Other Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), Weekends
- Every Other Weekend Scheduled

Hours:

7A-3:30pShift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:10020 - 5300 Housekeeping Union:

UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)
This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver 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.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs standard cleaning procedures in all areas of the hospital and buildings to maintain a clean and healthy environment. Moves furniture and sets up meeting rooms as necessary.

I. Major Responsibilities:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Burnishes floors with burnishers and cleans floors with automatic floor machines.
4. Performs  check out  cleaning of discharges and transfer units including making of the beds.
5. Picks up trash in any area and transports trash from utility rooms and other collection points to compactor pick up area.

II. Position

Qualifications:

License/Certification/

Education:

Required:

1. Ability to read, write and follow simple English instruction.

Experience/

Skills:

Required:

1. Employees must be at least 18 years of age to perform this role.

Preferred:
1. 3-6 months experience as a house worker.

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.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and

Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered of medium physical demand. Position requires ability to stand for extended periods up to 8 hours. Position requires work indoors in a patient care environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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