Environmental Health Tech

UNC Health; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC, is hiring housekeepers to maintain a clean, sanitary hospital environment. This role has a 40-hour work week, daytime schedule, and is on-site at UNC Hospitals.

No prior experience is required, and the position does not involve direct patient care. Training will cover bed-tracking and facility sanitation procedures. Pay ranges from $18.00 to $24.66 per hour, with state employment benefits.

Qualifications

• None required.
• No licensure or certification required.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Cleans occupied patient rooms (dusts, disinfects, mops, restocks, pulls trash).
• Cleans discharge rooms for incoming patients.
• Cleans support areas and critical care areas (nurses stations, lounges, ICUs, isolation rooms).
• Enters data into the bed tracking system.
• Trains and instructs new housekeepers in hospital policies and procedures.

Education

None required.

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

Housekeeping positions provide a clean, sanitary and aesthetically pleasing environment to the patients, visitors and staff of UNC Hospitals. These positions clean and disinfect all areas of the hospital according to prescribed procedures and standards. These positions do not provide any direct patient care.

Responsibilities

• Cleans (dusts, disinfects, mops, restocks, pulls trash and inspects) occupied patient rooms
• Cleans discharge rooms in a timely manner for incoming patients
• Cleans support areas and critical care areas such as nurses stations, lounges, intensive care units and isolation rooms
• Enters data into the bed tracking system.
• Inspect ancillary and patient areas and projects.
• May serve as a team leader who plans and schedules tasks, makes work assignments, trains staff, controls bed tracking and inspects all areas throughout the hospital.
• Strip, wax, dust mop and damp mop floors. Vacuum, bonnett and extract carpets.
• Trains and instructs new housekeepers in proper hospital policies and procedures.

Other Information

Education Requirements

• None required.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: UNCH Environmental Services Labor Expenses

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.