Housekeeper- Healthcare (First Shift)

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East in Atlanta is seeking a Housekeeper for healthcare facilities on the first shift. This temp-to-hire role pays $17/hr and runs 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, cleaning patient rooms, wards, lounges, restrooms, offices, and other assigned areas.

Responsibilities include following schedules and methods, dusting surfaces, emptying trash, replenishing supplies, handling chemicals safely, and supporting admissions, discharges, and transfers with timely cleaning

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of housekeeping experience.
• Hospital setting experience preferred but not required.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Know-how of handling, mixing, labeling, and disposing of workplace chemicals.
• Knowledge of procedures for cleaning chemical spills and exposure response.

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent service in interactions with customers, coworkers, patients, visitors, physicians, and volunteers.
• Performs cleaning functions in assigned areas per schedules and methods.
• Dusts horizontal surfaces.
• Empties trash and cleans waste containers.
• Spot cleans walls and windows.
• Replenishes room supplies.
• Cleans and polishes fixtures and surfaces.
• Drys and mops floors; spot cleans carpets.
• Makes beds and distributes linens as needed.
• Performs checkout cleaning.
• Follows chemical handling and disposal procedures.
• Supports quality improvement and turnover of discharges/transfers.

Skills

Housekeeping

Hospital setting

Communication

Organizational skills

Chemical safety

Chemical handling

Job description

Housekeeper- Healthcare (First Shift)

Temp to Hire: $17/hr.

First shift: 7am to 3:30pm

Our client in Northeast Atlanta is seeking Housekeepers to perform daily cleaning and supplying of patient rooms, wards, nursing stations, lounges, restrooms, offices, and other assigned areas.

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent service routinely in interactions with all customers, including coworkers, patients, visitors, physicians, and volunteers.
• Performs cleaning functions in assigned areas following established schedules and using prescribed methods.
• Dusts horizontal surfaces that collect dust.
• Empties wastepaper baskets, removes trash, and cleans inside/outside trash containers.
• Spot cleans walls and windows.
• Replenishes room supplies.
• Dump wipes and cleans all furniture, cleans, and polishes metal and porcelain fixtures in the bathroom, and polishes metal surfaces.
• Dries and wet mops floors of rooms and offices and spot cleans carpets as needed.
• Makes beds as needed and sorts/distributes linens as assigned.
• Performs checkout cleaning as assigned.
• Complies with procedures for handling, mixing, using, labeling, and disposal of all chemicals used in performing job functions.
• Supports and participates in the continuous assessment and improvement of the quality of services provided.
• Effectively supports admissions, discharges, and transfers process through timely and efficient response and turnover of discharge and transfer cleaning needs. Takes initiative to communicate any barriers to appropriate leader.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of previous housekeeping experience
• Experience in a hospital setting preferred but not required
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Detailed knowledge of the correct use of chemicals, supplies, and equipment
• Understands procedures for handling, mixing, using, labeling, and disposal of all chemicals used in performing job functions
• Knows correct methods for cleaning up chemical spills and the procedure for reacting to chemical exposures

Able to pass a background check and drug test.