What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housekeeper- Full-Time Evenings position at Mass General Brigham?
Schedule: Full Time 40 hours, evenings. 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm, Monday - Friday, & holiday rotation
Supports the organization's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: Excellence in maintaining a clean, safe, orderly, and attractive environment throughout all Hospital departments, patient areas, and all support areas, including hospital-controlled areas. Also performs discharge cleaning as needed.
Principal Duties/Physical Demands
- Performs the 8-step cleaning procedures, daily cleaning, discharge cleaning, bed making, wall spots, toilet cleaning, high and low dusting, and O.R. terminal cleaning.
- Completes work from previous shift if needed, reports all incomplete assignments and maintenance issues.
- Cleans up all organic body waste, such as blood and body fluids, feces, sputum, etc., as instructed by the supervisor or team leader.
- Hangs cubical curtains, shower curtains, and window curtains
- Up on discharge cleaning, disinfect and sanitize I.V. poles, pumps, and other patient equipment.
- Performs all Environmental Services-related tasks and demonstrates the ability to follow department guidelines related to the work.
- Performs basic and heavier cleaning functions in assigned areas following established schedules and using prescribed methods.
- Cleans patient equipment as requested by supervisor including beds and all room furnishings.
- Assists in manpower support for office and/or related moves, special conference room set-ups, and any other occasions as required.
- Ability to perform cleaning of emergency spills when observed and/or upon request.
Grade: 100
About Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment, and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171-bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.
At Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do. If you're looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.
- High school education or equivalent.
- Must have the ability to understand and converse in English at a level that allows safe, efficient performance of the job.
- Be able to lift 25-50 pounds.
- Requires physical demands, ability to stand for long periods, bending, stooping, and lifting
- Competent in using proper chemicals for proper tasks
- Ability to learn and demonstrate new procedures related to the healthcare industry
