Housekeeper - Environmental Svcs – Offsites

Lakeland Regional Health-Florida; Lakeland (FL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeland Regional Health in Lakeland, FL seeks an Environmental Services Aide to support cleanliness and safety across the hospital.

The role involves performing routine housekeeping tasks, moving light furniture and supplies, and adhering to standard work procedures with a focus on patient comfort and safety.

Join a team dedicated to high-quality care, with biweekly pay, 80-hour periods, and a starting pay rate of $16.44 per hour; shifts are TBD and benefits accrue time off.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions; interpersonal skills essential.
• Nonessential: prior customer service experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience: 1-2 years in Environmental Services or hospital setting.
• Experience preferred: 1-2 years in Environmental Services hospital.

Responsibilities

• Actively participates in team development and quality measures.
• Cleans assigned areas to meet cleanliness levels and inspections.
• Reviews daily work lists and informs supervisor of incomplete tasks.
• Cleans and prepares cleaning carts; ensures stock and organization.
• Protects tools and equipment; follows PPE protocols.

Skills

Oral/Written Instructions

Interpersonal Skills

Customer Service

Education

High School or Equivalent

Job description

Position Details

Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only designated Level 1 Trauma Center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population. Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.

Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off

Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period: 80.00

Shift: TBD

Location: 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL

Pay Rate: Min $16.44 Mid $17.27

Position Summary

Demonstrates commitment to the vision, core purpose/mission and goals of LRMC, modeling the values and culture.

Performs repetitive tasks in maintaining an assigned area of the hospital in an orderly and sanitary condition according to established procedures and standard work. In doing so, moves light furniture, equipment and supplies in and around hospital departments and performs a variety of light housekeeping duties.

Position Responsibilities

People At The Heart Of All We Do

• Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
• Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
• Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.

Safety And Performance Improvement

• Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
• Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
• Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.

Stewardship

• Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
• Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.

Standard Work Duties: Environmental Services Aide

• Actively participates in team development, achieving quality measures, and in accomplishing department goals and objectives.
• Cleans assigned areas in order to meet daily and annual cleanliness levels of quality control inspections. Maintains a score of 92%-100%.
• Reviews daily work assignment lists to ensure they are checked off to indicate task completion on a daily basis. Communicates to the shift supervisor immediately any assigned task not completed by end of shift.
• Cleans and prepares Environmental Services cleaning carts and ensures closets are stocked, ready and organized for next shift.
• Informs supervisors when leaving assigned areas and reports back when returning. Advocates work assignments are started within 10 minutes of clocking in and not discontinued prior to 10 minutes of clocking out of assigned shift.
• Govern own responsibility for adherence to personal appearance, dress and grooming standards per departmental policy.
• Exercises responsibilities to seek, maintain and increase own knowledge, skills and abilities and to apply information from all appropriate resources (department meetings, in-services, meeting minutes, hospital communications, standard work, protocols, policies, procedures, bed tracking, etc. so that duties and responsibilities are satisfactorily performed in a safe, efficient and timely manner.
• Acts to protect tool, supply & equipment resources by safe, careful & appropriate use and handling of such items; follows Personal Protective Equipment protocols.

Competencies & Skills

Essential:

• Ability to comprehend and follow oral and/or written instructions. Interpersonal skills must be excellent.

Nonessential:

• Previous customer service experience or evidenced skills.

Nonessential:

Qualifications & Experience

• High School or Equivalent

Other Information:

Experience Essential: 1-2 years previous Environmental Services experiences and/or equivalent.

Experience Preferred: 1-2 years previous Environmental Services hospital experience