Housekeeping Assistant III PRN

Job Description

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as a Housekeeping Assistant III PRN at our Hyde Park medical campus. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area. 

In this role the Housekeeping Assistant III PRN, under the direction of the Manager or his/her designee, performs duties related to custodial care and maintenance of facilities and equipment in designated areas of the hospital.  Housekeeping Assistants work various shifts for 8 hours per day. There are typically 7-8 Housekeeping Assistants per floor during the day, with a smaller staff at the weekends. For in-patient rooms, they are responsible for cleaning 12 patient rooms per day, with an average of 48 minutes per room. 

Position Details: 

• Shift: Day, Evening, or Night
• Work Hours: Varies
• Hours per Week: Per Diem 
• Building: Varies 
• Job Duties: Housekeeping Assistant III PRN 
• CBA Code: Non-Union 

Essential Job Functions:  

• While moving between rooms or work areas, Housekeepers will simultaneously push or pull a cart with garbage containers (6lbs of p/p force with a 30” handle) and pulls or pushes a cleaning cart (two types, one requiring 9lbs p/p force, 42” handle, and the other requiring 15lbs of p/p force with handle at 36”. 
• Cleans, Vacuums, & Dusts – perform 10 step general cleaning procedures. 
• Cleans High Touch Surfaces – areas to be wiped down include, but are not limited to doorknobs, light switches, electrical outlets, faucets, and sinks. 
• Restock Supplies – restock paper and plastic supplies (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.) and soap in restrooms. 
• Cleans Patient Care Items – clean patient items as requested including, but not limited to IV poles, IV pumps, and blood pressure cuffs. 
• Cleans Refrigerators – cleans inside and outside of refrigerators and ice machines. 
• Trash Disposal –  

• Trash is collected two times per shift in patient rooms and common areas. 
• Trash bags (<5lbs) are removed from garbage receptacles and placed into garbage containers on wheeled cart at 38” height.   
• The garbage cart has two containers with handles at 30” height and requires a 6lb push/pull force. 
• Linens are removed from a linen hamper in patient bathrooms at 31” height.   
• The linen bags weigh between 9lbs and 19lbs and are placed in a linen cart from 8” height to 47” height. 
• The linen cart has a handle at 36” and requires a 16lb push/pull force to transport. 
• The linen cart is transported (up to 100ft) to laundry chute at 23” to 48” height. 
• The linen bags (up to 19lbs) are taken from the cart (from 8” to 47”) and loaded into chute. 

• Curtains & Blinds – Removes soiled cubicle curtains, blinds, etc. & hangs new ones. 
• Performs other duties assigned. 

Required Qualifications: 

• High School Graduate or GED equivalent from an accredited body 
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions 
• Ability to lift 50lbs & bend to floor and reach above head to perform duties requiring continuous physical effort 
• Ability to complete assigned tasks without direct supervision