Housekeeper- Healthcare (Third Shift)

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

Job summary

Housekeeper- Healthcare (Third Shift) in Northeast Atlanta is seeking candidates to perform daily cleaning and supplying of patient rooms, wards, nursing stations, lounges, restrooms, offices, and other assigned areas.

The role requires attention to detail, safety with chemicals, and the ability to pass background checks and drug tests. Day-to-day duties include cleaning, restocking supplies, and supporting admissions, discharges, and transfers as needed.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of housekeeping experience
• Experience in a hospital setting preferred but not required
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Knowledge of proper chemical handling, labeling and disposal
• Know proper methods for cleaning spills and chemical exposures
• Able to pass a background check and drug test

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent service in interactions with customers including coworkers, patients, visitors, physicians, and volunteers
• Performs cleaning in assigned areas following schedules and methods
• Dusts horizontal surfaces
• Empties wastepaper baskets and cleans trash containers
• Spot cleans walls and windows
• Replenishes room supplies
• Cleans and polishes fixtures in bathrooms
• Dries and wets mops floors and spot cleans carpets
• Makes beds and handles linens
• Performs checkout cleaning
• Follows chemical handling procedures
• Supports quality improvements in services
• Communicates barriers to leadership during admissions/discharges/transfers

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Housekeeper- Healthcare (Third Shift)

Temp to Hire: $17/hr.

First shift: 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

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.