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Housekeeper - Full Time Job at Kosciusko Community Hospital

Kosciusko Community Hospital Warsaw, IN

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
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Function

1. Requests cleaning materials and supplies from designated areas, mixes cleaning solutions, loads service cart and transport same to work areas. Returns unused supply to utility room, cleans carts and equipment, and ensures all items are stored in an orderly manner.

2. Cleans assigned areas by washing furnishings, tile, fixtures, and equipment with germicidal cleaning solutions. Scours and polishes sinks, tubs, toilets, mirrors and the like. Dusts surfaces. Disposes of refuse.

3. Sweeps and mops floor areas such as patient rooms and offices, vacuums carpets, spot cleans carpets using appropriate solutions and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly manner after cleaning assigned areas. Moves furniture and equipment (such as mattresses, beds, and cribs) by use of handcarts or dollies.

4. Gathers refuse from various locations and transports it in hand pushed cart. Follows established sanitation procedures for segregating refuse. Gathers soiled linens from various locations and transports it to the soiled linen room.

5. Performs heavy-duty cleaning of floors and carpets. In doing so, removes soil and finish of floors by using mechanical stripping equipment and shampoos carpeted floors by operating mechanical buffing and shampooing equipment.

6. Cleans and performs routine maintenance on sanitation equipment and notifies manager of equipment needing further repair.

7. May perform specialized cleaning procedures such as cleaning operating or birthing rooms, which require knowledge of advanced housekeeping and sterile methods and techniques.

8. Completes projects in area, turns in a list on daily basis, of cleaning duties performed indicating project locations, time spent completing tasks, and so forth.

9. Visually inspects area upon completion of cleaning to ensure appropriate levels of cleanliness and neatness have been achieved.

10. Removes linens left in carts and stocks shelves. Delivers STAT linen requests, as needed.

11. Cleans and makes patient beds. Restocks supplies of soap, tissues, towels and other disposable items. Performs tasks such as washing windows and hanging cubicle curtains / draperies.

12. Cleans and restocks a variety of different hospital departments including patient care areas, non-patient care areas, and off-site locations.

13. Adheres to KCH Information Services Security and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) policies. The employee will hold in confidence any and all patient information communicated or stored using any medium including oral communication. In addition, the employee will seek to protect patient information from inadvertent use or disclosure by adhering to hospital and Triad blue book policies.

14. Observes all safety and hygiene rules/regulations. Responsible for knowing the lifting requirements of the job and requesting assistance when appropriate.

15. Contributes to the Performance Improvement activities at KCH.

16. Demonstrates age appropriate communication skills.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Performs other duties as assigned and/or required.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Education Required:
Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions when following work assignments, to read in order to interpret labels when preparing cleaning solutions and efficiently follow Manager’s/Shift Leader’s work orders, and to write in order to complete activity logs.

Experience Required:
Approximately one to three months on the job experience necessary in order to become familiar with heavy-duty housekeeping tasks and to acquire working knowledge of cleaning procedures and power equipment maintenance. Reading required interpreting and understanding instructions on chemicals used in performance of job duties.

Licensure Required:
None

Other:
Interpersonal skills necessary in order to be courteous to patients, visitors and staff when performing housekeeping tasks.

Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail for up to twenty percent of work time when setting up equipment, measuring cleaning ingredients and occasionally performing duties under tight deadlines.

Ability to walk and stand for up to ninety percent of work time when performing light cleaning duties and to push and pull equipment weighing up to 50 pounds for up to fifty percent of work time when performing heavy-duty cleaning tasks.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively with patients, visitors, and co-workers.

Must be able to lift 50 pounds, assist with 100 pounds.

Normal cleaning environment little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature, and the like.

Regular (up to fifty percent of work time) exposure to adverse working conditions due to unpleasant odors and certain distasteful cleaning activities.

Exposure to contagious diseases through contact with body fluids during cleaning activities. Exposure Control Level I, which means there is exposure to blood an


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