Housekeeping Worker

Responsible for providing the appropriate measure of cleaning required within the healthcare facility. The Housekeeping worker will damp wipe environmental surfaces, wash walls, empty trash receptacles, dust mop and damp mop, clean and disinfect of beds and dressing. The Housekeeping Worker will also dust high and low, and wash and clean all surfaces.

1. Describe responsibility:
Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors, and other employees. Interacts professionally, courteously, and appropriately with patients, visitors and other employees. Behaves in a manner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public perception of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center and its employees.

2. Describe responsibility:
Contributes to and participates in the Performance/Quality Improvement activities of the assigned department. Contribution and participation includes data collection, analysis, implementation of and compliance with risk management and claims activities, support of and participation in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams, consistent adherence to the specific rules and regulations of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center (a) Safety and Security Policies, (b) Risk Management: Incident and Occurrence Reporting, (c) Infection Control Policies and Procedures and (d) Patient and Customer Service.

3. Describe responsibility:
Prepares equipment and chemicals necessary for completion of daily job assignments

4. Describe responsibility:
Report any safety hazard, broken equipment or other problems immediately to supervisor

5. Describe responsibility:
Follow proper policy and procedures implemented by the Housekeeping Department.

6. Describe responsibility:
Maintain professional attitude and image including uniform and hospital ID card toward fellow staff, visitors and patients.

7. Describe responsibility:
Maintains a safe working environment
Services and organizes all rooms and floor surfaces in assigned area to include:

Patient Areas:

Patient Rooms 
Bathrooms 
Clean/Soiled Utilities 
Exam Rooms 
Lounges 
Nurse’s Station 
Janitor closet
Waiting Areas
Trash/Chute Rooms
Medication Rooms
Corridors

Non Patient Areas:

Conference Rooms
Offices
Bathrooms
 Lobbies
 Storage Rooms
 Corridors

8. Describe responsibility:

Cleans and disinfects room contents to ensure that the entire room is dust and germ free. This is to include but not be limited to the cleaning/disinfecting(through damp wiping, dust and damp mopping) and replenishing (paper towels, toilet paper, soap) of :

Furnishings
 Conference, over bedside, bedside and dining tables and chairs
 Office, patient, visitor, dental and exam chairs and stools
 Beds and their components (head/foot boards and handrails)
 Cabinets, lockers, counter/counter tops and sinks
 Overhead lights, exam lamps, and office lamps
 Computers, copiers, shelving/ledges and telephones
 IV poles, medication and isolation carts.

Walls
 Entire surface
 Light switches/cover plates

Receptacles
 Mopping and cleaning buckets
 Trash and Regulated Medical Waste

Bathrooms and their components
 Toilet/Urinal
 Sink basin, faucet, and handles
 Showers
 Mirrors and shelves
 Dispensing units

Floor Surface
 Room Floors
 Corridors
 Stairs

9. Describe responsibility:
Collection and Removal of Trash, both regular and regulated medical waste from receptacles and transporting to collection site. Relines trash receptacle with appropriate clean liner. Ensures proper supply of soap, paper towel and toilet paper in dispensing units, replenish if needed.

10. Describe responsibility:
Moves, lifts and transports furnishings/items which are required to be re-located temporarily for cleaning purposes (beds, over bedside tables, bed side tables) so that floors can be properly dusted and damp mopped.

11. Describe responsibility:
Damp wipe and disinfect stretchers, wheel chairs and Geri chairs. Spot wash wall surface, glass and handrails, To clean as required and completely disinfect discharged patient room, and dress bed with clean
12. Describe responsibility:
To inspect daily, cubicle and shower curtains and drapes for cleanliness and to replace when needed or instructed by supervisor and to maintain housekeeping equipment in clean and working conditions.

- 1-2 years healthcare or related housekeeping experience preferred.

- Must be able to do physically strenuous work and remain standing for long periods.

- High school or GED