What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housekeeper/Laundry Part-Time position at Cherokee Regional Medical Center?
Housekeeper/Laundry
Reports to: Housekeeping/Laundry Supervisor
Location: Heartland Care Center
POSITION SUMMARY: Maintains facilities in a clean, sanitary, orderly, and attractive condition to provide a suitable environment for patient care and staff work. Performs a variety of housekeeping duties that may include dusting, washing, and disinfecting furniture, fixtures, and equipment; sweeping, mopping, waxing, and buffing floors; gathering and disposing of refuse; arranging furniture; and performing similar tasks.
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: 12 to 16 hours weekly, Every other weekend rotation
Essential Functions
Reports to: Housekeeping/Laundry Supervisor
Location: Heartland Care Center
POSITION SUMMARY: Maintains facilities in a clean, sanitary, orderly, and attractive condition to provide a suitable environment for patient care and staff work. Performs a variety of housekeeping duties that may include dusting, washing, and disinfecting furniture, fixtures, and equipment; sweeping, mopping, waxing, and buffing floors; gathering and disposing of refuse; arranging furniture; and performing similar tasks.
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: 12 to 16 hours weekly, Every other weekend rotation
Essential Functions
- Environmental services (EVS) personnel have the shared responsibility with infection prevention to help stop healthcare -associated infections (HAIs) from spreading by working with colleagues, prioritizing areas that pose immediate safety risks, and following guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting.
- Uses appropriate cleaning supplies and chemicals according to departmental procedures.
- Cleans and prepares resident rooms, beds, stretchers, other assigned areas in a timely and efficient manner.
- Uses safe and proper cleaning procedures.
- Maintains assigned area in a neat, clean and sanitary condition.
- Complete daily reports and paperwork as assigned.
- Cleans up after accidents or abnormal spills when asked to do so (this may be anywhere in the building).
- Cleans assigned area(s) according to procedure to meet established infection control, sanitation and safety guidelines.
- Replenishes linen and other supplies i.e., paper towels, trash bags, toilet tissue, etc. in the assigned area(s).
- Replenishes supplies on housekeeping carts or in assigned areas to prepare the work area for the next service period.
- Removes linen and trash from patient rooms, lobbies, bathrooms, stairwells, and other common areas of the facility.
- Cleans bathrooms and toilets, cleaning furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating and cooling units, scrubbing floors and walls, replacing supplies, and performing other general tasks related to sanitation and hygiene.
- Cleans clinical and non-clinical areas of the facility in accordance with departmental and facility policy
- Preferred: High School Diploma or equivalent
- N/A
- Preferred: Previous housekeeping
- Ability to adapt to flexible work schedules and frequent interruptions.
- Ability to prioritize to meet deadlines on daily work.
- Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Skill in managing one's own time and/or the time of others.
- Ability to perform repetitive work, or to continuously perform the same work, according to set procedure, sequence, or pace.
- Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
- Knowledge of cleaning techniques and procedures.
