EVS Specialist (Housekeeper) |Full-Time| Regional Medical Center at DCH Health System in US-AL-Tuscaloosa

Job description

• Cleans and services building areas and patient care areas as assigned according to established procedures and schedule assignment.

Responsibilities

• Daily cleans assigned areas following 8 step cleaning procedure or other procedures as appropriate. Performs tasks such as; cleaning of occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors/ door frames, ceilings, patient room furnishings, windows and if required refinish and burnish floors.
• Dust \ damp mop \ vacuum floor areas as applicable, vacuums carpets, spot-cleans carpet, collect waste from all areas of hospital, routinely clean waste receptacles, clean compactor area, collect soiled linen and distribute clean linen, move furniture within facility, arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area.
• Requests cleaning supplies and equipment as needed and returns unused supplies to housekeeping closet, cleans carts and equipment and ensures all items are replaced in orderly manner.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical, i.e. buffers, wringers, scrubbers, vacuums.
• Reports all broken furniture or equipment repair needs immediately to supervisors – daily
• Cleans and services building areas as assigned (including medication storage areas) according to established procedures and schedule assignment.
• Maintains secured access to designated medication storage areas when assigned to work in those areas and alerts nursing/clinical supervisor immediately if medications are discovered in any unlocked, unsupervised area.
• Provides training for new hires and others to the units

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED is preferred. Ability to follow/understand verbal communications and written procedures required and to verbally communicate with others. Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.

Skills

Required

• Manual dexterity