Hospitality Services

Housekeeping Department Job

Perform the day to day activities of the Housekeeping Department in accordance with current Federal, State, and local standards, guidelines and regulations. Assure that Mountainside and Margaretville Hospital is maintained in a clean, safe and comfortable manner.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as practical.
• Report all accidents/incidents to your supervisor, no matter how minor they may be.
• Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services when performing routine daily work assignments.
• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• Attend and participate in inservices educational classes, on-the-job training programs, etc., as scheduled or as directed.
• Follow established safety precautions when performing tasks and when using equipment and supplies.
• Ensure that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner.
• Report all hazardous conditions or equipment to your supervisor.
• Ensure that established infection control and universal precaution practices are maintained when performing housekeeping procedures.
• Use appropriate personal protective equipment and supplies when handling infectious materials and/or hazardous wastes or chemicals.
• Ensure that an adequate supply of housekeeping supplies to perform daily tasks is maintained in utility/janitorial closets.
• Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc., patient/resident rooms, lobby, recreational areas, etc., daily as instructed.
• Clean, wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures.
• Clean windows/mirrors in patient/resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms and entrance/exit ways.
• Clean floors, to include sweeping. Dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, disinfecting, etc.
• Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
• Remove dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
• Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators.
• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacle with plastic liner.
• Clean vacant rooms as assigned.
• Ensure that work/assignment areas are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc., are properly sorted at all times, as well as before leaving such areas for breaks, meal times, and end of the work day.
• Perform isolation cleaning procedures in accordance with established infection control procedures.
• Discard infectious wastes into appropriate containers.

Qualifications/Requirements

EXPERIENCE

Two years working experience in the Housekeeping Department preferred.

EDUCATION

Minimum of 12th grade education or GED preferred.