housekeeper Charleston, WV
Highland Hospital
Full Time
Charleston, WV
30658 - 24467 USD ANNUAL Today
Job description
Housekeeping Aide | Highland Hospital | Charleston, West Virginia
Job Summary:
The Housekeeper is responsible for keeping a clean and healthy patient care environment by maintaining assigned areas in a clean, safe, sanitary and orderly manner. Advises supervisor on environmental services equipment needs and repairs. Ensures that infectious waste and confidential disposal contractors perform as scheduled.Job Duties:
- Performs specific cleaning and custodial tasks in the general upkeep, sanitation and cleanliness of the facility. Conducts daily cleaning of the facility including, but not limited to: sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, polishing of fixtures, general straightening, and cleaning of bathrooms.
- Cleans facility rooms, baths, laboratories, offices and halls. Utilizes buffers, scrubbers, sweepers and carpet cleaning equipment as necessary.
- Washes bed frames, brushes mattresses and remakes beds after discharge of patients, when applicable.
- Keeps utility and storage rooms in neat and orderly conditions.
- Operates commercial washers and dryers. Launders soiled linens as directed.
- Attends to infection control standards, transports soiled linen to storage area and distributes laundered articles and items.
- Sweeps, scrubs, waxes and polishes floors. Work is performed with careful attention to slips/fall risks during and after cleaning floors.
- Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture and draperies. Dusts furniture and equipment.
- Washes walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, door panels and sills.
- Empties wastebaskets, transports trash and waste to disposal area.
- Disinfects rooms, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and supplies, using appropriate processes and germicides for cleaning equipment.
- Conducts daily check of cleaning cart to determine inventory of supplies. Maintains adequate cleaning supplies for department/unit use.
- Conducts daily check of linen supply closet to determine inventory of supplies.
- Properly cleans and stores all equipment and supplies after each shift.
- Practices standard/universal precautions and environmental safety guidelines, including instructions upon MSDS for materials encountered during task completion.
- Prepares rooms for meetings and arranges decorations and furniture for facility functions.
Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.
About Highland Hospital
CEO: David M. McWatters III
Revenue: $5 to $25 million (USD)
Size: 51 to 200 Employees
Type: Hospital
Website: www.highlandhosp.com
Year Founded: 1955
Highland Hospital
www.highlandhosp.com
Charleston, WV
David M. McWatters III
$5 to $25 million (USD)
51 to 200 Employees
Hospital
Health Care Services & Hospitals
1955
