Housekeeping Assistant II (Environmental Services)

Quick Facts

• Position: Housekeeping Assistant II (Environmental Services)

• Schedule: 24 hours per week; evenings 12:00 PM–6:30 PM; works every other weekend and 8-hour shifts on holidays

• Pay: $21.50/hour (non-negotiable) + $0.97/hour shift pay differential; non-exempt (eligible for overtime)

Description

Working under general supervision of an Environmental Services supervisor, you will perform hospital cleaning and related duties, including discharge cleaning and preparing rooms for admission. The role requires strict adherence to housekeeping standards, infection-control practices, and safe use of cleaning equipment and chemicals.

Responsibilities

• Vacuum carpeted surfaces and damp mop hard floors

• Clean window sills; empty ash trays and waste baskets

• Arrange furniture in patient rooms and public areas as assigned

• Clean tubs, sinks, mirrors, toilets, and replace supplies as required

• Strip units upon discharge; terminally clean rooms for admission (including tent card and toilet seat strip use)

• Clean blood and body fluids

• Refinish floors and apply appropriate surface coatings

• Operate electrical and battery-powered machines for scrubbing, shampooing, and burnishing

• Move furniture; assist with freight moving

• Wash walls, blinds, lights, and similar surfaces; hang cubicles and drapes

• Maintain and clean equipment; return equipment to storage

• Perform heavy-duty mopping and cleaning in offices, patient rooms, utility rooms, labs, public areas, and stairways/elevators

• Use electric scrubbing machines, wet vacuums, and/or buffers; apply floor finish as directed

• Empty trash chutes; clean waste containers; advise supervisor of unsanitary or unsafe conditions and defective equipment

• Collect and compact general waste and recycling; properly dispose of bio-hazard waste

• Transport hospital property; properly utilize the Bed Tracking Program

• Log into the computer at shift start and move beds between categories (“dirty bed”, “clean next”, “stat bed” to “In Progress”; completed beds to “Bed Ready”); log out at shift end

• Return all keys and pagers

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events

• Eligibility for benefits depends on employment classification; detailed benefits are available via the provided benefits page URL