Hospital Housekeeper - 1st Shift, Full-Time

Mercycare; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a full-time Housekeeper for day shift. The primary duties include disinfecting and sanitizing patient care areas, maintaining infection control, and following EVS management directions.

Work is performed in a safe, professional hospital environment with a weekend rotation. The candidate should have a high school diploma or GED (preferred), basic math and computer literacy, neat appearance, and good guest-relations skills.

Qualifications

• Must be able to speak, read, and write in fluent English.
• Basic math skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Must maintain neat appearance and professional image.
• Proper guest relation skills.

Responsibilities

• Disinfects/sanitizes assigned areas using proper equipment.
• Removes waste, linen, recycling, some equipment, and sharps containers.
• Cleans assigned area(s) following the daily duty sheet.
• Vacuuming assigned area(s), uses and maintains equipment properly and safely.
• Reports needed repairs or safety related items immediately to appropriate level of management.
• Reports any patient\'s belongings found to nursing immediately for prompt follow up.
• Replenishes patient supplies as needed or requested by the patient.
• Strips, sanitizes and makes all types of hospital beds.
• Demonstrates proper use of standard precautions and infection control policies.
• Demonstrates proper use of chemicals.
• Maintains a clean cart and cart closet.
• Empowered to always work in a safe manner around patients and coworkers.
• Cross trains in multiple areas and helps out in other areas as assigned.
• Operates hospital provided communication (Vocera) in a professional manner.
• Learns and understand EPIC software for transfers and discharges.
• Adapts to seeing and cleaning blood, body fluids and body waste.
• Follows Mercy\'s safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Skills

Fluent English

Basic math

Computer literacy

Guest relations

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

EPIC software

Vocera

Job description

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a full-time Housekeeper for day shift. The primary duties include disinfecting and sanitizing patient care areas, maintaining infection control, and following EVS management directions.

Work is performed in a safe, professional hospital environment with a weekend rotation. The candidate should have a high school diploma or GED (preferred), basic math and computer literacy, neat appearance, and good guest-relations skills.