Housekeeper

As a Housekeeper you will be responsible for providing a wide variety of housekeeping services that maintain the campus in a clean and sanitized condition. Services include, but at not limited to: dusting, trash removal, odor control, collecting and distributing linens, sanitation of usable surfaces, bathroom cleaning, mopping and vacuuming, carpet and upholstery cleaning and all other cleaning duties required to maintain a safe environment. Consistently implements infection control guidelines and universal standard precautions.

Essential Duties Include:

• Clean and sanitize all areas of the facility on a daily basis in a safe and secure manner in accordance with department standards and procedures.
• Ensures proper upkeep, appearance and use of housekeeping equipment.
• Maintains appropriate environmental, infection and odor control.
• Monitors and adheres to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) compliance.
• Provides Potentially Infectious Material Waste (PIMW) containment, handling and storage.
• Works occasional assignments for special functions, sets-up for meetings and emergency response assignments, as needed.
• May be assigned on-call duties.
• Ability to converse in English with others to give, take and process information; extensive use of telephone.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, multi-task, coordinate projects and record/transcribe general and specific meeting minutes.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Communicate with other staff to relay concerns and observations involving patient safety.

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma preferred.
• CPR / First Aide certified
• Prior housekeeping experience in a commercial or health care facility environment preferred.