What are the responsibilities and job description for the HOUSEKEEPING position at Brightwell Behavioral Health?
HOUSEKEEPING
Brightwell Behavioral Health delivers patient/family centered care to the senior population with a primary psychiatric diagnosis with psycho-social needs. Brightwell provides comprehensive and individualized care to patients contributing to optimal patient outcomes. Through therapeutic counseling, crisis intervention, group work coordination of care, and facilitating the development of discharge plans for high-risk patient populations, Brightwell Behavioral Health ensures the experience of care for the patient and family is exceptional.
Brightwell Behavioral Health is a 23-bed inpatient facility providing patients with compassionate and comprehensive treatment for all their psychological, behavioral, physical and socialization needs. The incumbent is dedicated to being a best practice psychiatric inpatient hospital that provides short term care and treatment for seniors. This position offers a competitive salary, continuing education, and benefits
Principle Functions
Performs all tasks in accordance with established procedures. Cleans and services the facility and outlying areas as assigned. Moves furniture, equipment and supplies around hospital departments. Performs a variety of heavy cleaning duties and repair work in order to maintain the hospital in an orderly and sanitary condition (i.e., dry and wet mops floors, walls, furniture, and similar duties). Performs related service tasks such as cleaning spills, washing windows, and other glass, making patients beds, and other similar tasks.
Monitors the hospital premises. Does regular rounds to assure the security of the hospital is maintained. Ascertains that all doors and windows are secured. Provides support for the and assistance to the facilities manager.
Position Duties
• Dry and wet mops large areas of floors and operates buffing equipment.
• Operate a high-speed floor burnisher.
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning of floors and carpets. In doing so, removes soil by using mechanical stripping equipment and shampoos carpeted floors by operating mechanical shampooing equipment.
• Follows the floor cleaning schedule set forth by the facility manager.
• Gathers refuse from wastebaskets in assigned areas and inserts fresh liners. Transports same in hand pushed cart to designated area. Following established sanitation procedures, segregates bagged refuse.
• Replenish tissue and towels and fills hand soap dispensers regularly.
• Spot cleans carpets and mats.
• Responsible for cleaning and storing housekeeping equipment.
• Requests and receives cleaning equipment and supplies such as mops, buckets, electronic buffer, carpet extractor, vacuum cleaner, rags, disinfectants, etc. from the designated supply area.
• Prepares cleaning solutions according to detailed written instructions.
• Returns unused supplies to utility room and cleans utility cart and equipment.
• Keeps janitor closets clean and orderly.
• Cleans windows, walls, ceilings, over bed lights, doors and TV sets at regular intervals.
• Determines method of removing stains using a variety of cleaning equipment and supplies.
• Responsible for high dusting lights in hallways and office areas and patient areas (only in empty patient rooms).
• Responsible for baseboards in hallways and patient areas.
• Assists in moving furniture and equipment using equipment necessary such as hand carts and dollies.
• Responsible for knowing the lifting requirements of the job and requesting assistance when needed.
• Observes all safety and hygiene rules/regulations.
• Attends all in-services and meetings.
• Repairs and maintains miscellaneous items, such as furniture.
• Makes scheduled tours of plant and grounds to ensure security, and watches for conditions that could result in injury or loss due to fire, water leakage, spills, or sewerage backup. Uses activating card to record progress on tours.
• Reports to supervisor or police authorities any unusual or suspicious condition detected.
• Opens or locks doors, windows, and gates at proper times.
• Reports to supervisor any incidence of visitor, driver, or employee actions which could result in injury or loss to company or employees.
• Participates in fire training as part of plant fire brigade. Runs fire drills as requested and assigned.
• Check in and distribute all incoming supplies.
• Puts away medical supplies in the central supply area.
• Conducts PM checks, monthly generator checks, maintains logs as assigned, along with assigned reports.
• Accepts call for facilities as assigned on a rotating basis. Reacts promptly and courteously to all calls received in the fashion directed by the supervisor.
• Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field by reading appropriate books; journals and other literature and attending related seminars, conferences, etc.
• Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality. Assures protection and privacy of health information as attained through written, electronic or oral disclosures.
• Displays concern and initiative. Is resourceful and calm in emergencies.
• Is prompt and efficient with minimal absences.
• Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors.
• Seeks guidance and remains knowledgeable of, and complies with, all applicable federal and state laws, as well as hospital polices that apply to assigned duties.
• Complies with hospital expectations regarding ethical behavior and standards of conduct.
• Complies with federal and hospital requirements in the areas of protected health information and patient privacy.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: One-year experience in a janitorial setting. One year of floor cleaning preferred. Previous security experience a plus.
Skills
• Attention to detail, working knowledge of various cleaning agents and their appropriate uses.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal instructions when following work assignments, to read in order to interpret labels when preparing cleaning solutions and efficiently follow supervisor’s work orders, and to write in order to complete activity logs.
• Good verbal communication skills necessary in order to be courteous to patients, visitors, and staff when performing housekeeping tasks.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail.
Environmental and Job Hazards
Must be able to walk and bend for up to ninety percent of work time when performing light cleaning duties and to push and pull equipment weighing up to forty pounds for up to fifty percent of work time when performing heavy duty cleaning tasks. Must be able to lifts up to 50 pounds and assist up to 100 pounds. Hands are frequently in water. Good working conditions with occasional minor discomforts due to exposure to less than optimal temperatures. Possibility of exposure to HIV/Hepatitis and Blood Borne Pathogens. Hospital complies with OSHA regulations regarding blood borne pathogens and will provide to staff the appropriate protective equipment. Position requires dealing with chemicals and cleaning agents. Subject may have to work overtime, weekends, and holidays and have irregular hours.
