Housekeeper - Housekeeping (Night Shift)

Under supervision and following established procedures, performs a variety of heavy cleaning duties in order to maintain the hospital in an orderly, sanitary, and attractive condition for patients, personnel, and visitors.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

Must have classroom and on the job training of floor, carpet, upholstery, waste disposal, operating room and chemical handling procedures and learn proper operation and cleaning of E.D. equipment.

Shampoos carpets, upholstery and refinishes floors following E.Washes walls either manually or using mechanical devices.

Picks up and disposes of rubbish and soiled linen from patient floors and deposits down chute, transports to laundry or places in rubbish truck as appropriate.

Removes rubbish from rubbish chute room, transports heavy rubbish via trash carts for disposal of waste, boxes waste when required, boxes chemo waste, makes chemical pick-up when needed. Washes rubbish trucks using the truck washer or manually with a water hose. Performs minor services to trucks such as replace screws and grease wheels. Operates bailer equipment for bailing boxes and transporting recycle totes to trailer.

Washes or spot cleans walls and polishes woodwork, all furniture, brass fittings and stainless steel elevator doors, kick plates, etc.

Removes and transports animal waste and soiled linens to rubbish truck.

Transports mattresses, office and patient room furniture, including beds, cribs, folding tables, etc. May assist nursing personnel in moving beds and patient furniture for various reasons.

Cleans dirt, snow and salt from sidewalks and entrances to all buildings on the hospital complex using manual or powered equipment tools. Cleans entrance mats, applies salt to entrances as needed and assists Facilities Management grounds crew during inclement weather.

Assists supply clerks in supply room or equipment room. Takes laundry linen inventory by physically counting pieces of linen and documenting results on appropriate forms.

May perform Housekeeping Aide I and Laundry Aide II duties as required.

Has the ability to assemble cleaning equipment such as mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets and ringers.

Has the ability to read, write, understand, and speak English, as well as ability to count numbers.

Has the ability to operate, control and clean motorized and manual equipment that is required to perform E.Has the ability to perform all duties in a safe and professional manner and in accordance with established Environmental Department and Fleet Risk Control policies and procedures.

Has the physical ability to lift, carry or push equipment such as floor buffers, wet vacuums, wall-washing machine, automatic floor-washing machine, carpet cleaning equipment, rubbish carts and linen carts, transport patients, office furniture, climb ladders and shovel show.

At least one to three months on the job training plus formal and on going classroom training.

Some exposure to unpleasant odors in the work area, as well as contaminated items and strong cleaning solutions.

Work Shift:

Night Driving Required:

No Union:

International Brotherhood Teamsters