Environmental Services Specialist (Full-Time, Evenings)

Penn Medicine; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine's Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA is hiring a Maintenance Housekeeper for full-time evenings (4:00pm-12:30am, Mon-Fri with every other weekend/holiday). You will clean environmental surfaces, refinish floors, operate housekeeping equipment, and support a safe, sanitary patient environment.

The ideal candidate has a high school diploma or GED and at least one year of experience with housekeeping equipment and in hospitality/medical housekeeping.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent GED is required.
• One year of experience operating housekeeping equipment preferred.
• One year of experience in hospitality/medical housekeeping preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cleans environmental surfaces including furniture, fixtures, and windows following universal precautions.
• Refinishes floors and performs floor stripping and finishing.
• Operates housekeeping equipment and responds to routine requests.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent GED

Job description

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Job: Housekeeper

Hours: Full-Time, Evenings: 4:00pm-12:30am, Mon-Fri with every other weekend/holiday

Location: Lancaster General Hospital-555 N Duke Street Lancaster, PA

Position Summary: Under the direction of the Manager, Administrative Supervisor, the Maintenance Housekeeper maintains the hospital and hospital owned properties, refinishing scrubbing floors, shampooing bonnetting carpet and furniture as well as performing routing housekeeping functions. This includes all major housekeeping projects and moves as well as individual requests.

• Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:
• Cleans all environmental surfaces including, but not limited to, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, window sills, door frames, vents, televisions, walls, covebase, light fixtures, and windows following universal precautions.
• Refinishes floors, including machine scrubbing and floor stripping, and applies floor finish.
• Wears and answers pager responding to routine requests.
• Shampoos furniture and spots bonnetts extracts carpet, as necessary.
• Possesses a working knowledge of universal precautions MSDS, and compactor recycling operations, and applies as necessary.
• Disposes of, transfers, or stores hospital furniture, equipment, and supplies.
• Removes, washes, and rehangs cubicle curtains, shower curtains, and window treatments.
• Dries and wet mops rooms, hallways, stairs, bathroom, and offices.
• The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:
• Gathers and disposes of refuse and soiled linen following universal precautions.
• Maintains hospital property and equipment reporting anything in need of repair.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent GED .
• One (1) year of experience operating housekeeping related equipment
• One (1) year of experience in hospitality/medical housekeeping

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.