Housekeeper - Vernal, Full Time

Uintah Basin Medical Center; Vernal (UT); On-site; USD 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Uintah Basin Medical Center is seeking an on-site, full-time Housekeeper to maintain cleanliness across the facility, including patient rooms, care units, and common areas. The role involves greeting visitors, handling waste, and ensuring safety protocols are followed.

Responsibilities include routine cleaning, discharge cleaning, equipment maintenance, and contributing to CQI efforts. A professional appearance, punctuality, and teamwork are required.

Qualifications

• Professional appearance and conduct at all times.
• Excellent attendance record.
• Wears appropriate clothing and ID badge.
• Maintains professional rapport with physicians, administration, and staff.
• Represents the organization positively in the community.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Complies with organizational policies on ethical business practices.
• Completes work assignments timely.
• Attends staff meetings or reports to manager.
• Participates in CQI activities.
• Follows infection control practices and dress/hygiene code.
• Punctual and reliable; reports to work on time.
• Willing to work rotating shifts.
• Promotes teamwork.
• Maintains CQI records.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competency in the following areas by performing assigned tasks with integrity in the Housekeeping Department.
• Performs routine cleaning of patient rooms, patient care units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, restrooms, and all other areas within UBH campus.
• Performs discharge cleaning according to policy.
• Demonstrates ability to use and maintain cleaning equipment properly.
• Assists visitors with directions whenever requested.
• Introduces self to patients, families, and visitors as appropriate.
• Handles regular and hazardous waste appropriately.
• Cleans and stocks housekeeping carts and closets at end of shift.
• Observes safety and security precautions including reporting safety hazards to supervisors.

Job description

• On-site
• Support Staff
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: HOUSE002210

Description

Job Summary

Cleans all areas of the facility by performing the following duties.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrates Competency in the Following Areas:
• Performs all assigned tasks in a professional manner in order to reflect the highest integrity of the Housekeeping Department.
• Performs routine cleaning of patient rooms, patient care units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, restrooms, offices, and all other areas within UBH campus.
• Performs discharge cleaning according to policy.
• Demonstrates ability to use and maintain cleaning equipment properly.
• Assists visitors with directions whenever requested.
• Introduces self to patients, families, and visitors as appropriate.
• Handles regular and hazardous waste appropriately.
• Cleans and stocks housekeeping carts and closets at end of shift.
• Observes safety and security precautions including reporting safety hazards to supervisors.

Professional Requirements

• Ensures that appearance and personal conduct are professional at all times.
• Excellent attendance record.
• Wears appropriate clothing for job functions. Wears ID badge.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians,administration, and staff.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner in the community.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Completes all work assignments in a timely manner.
• Attends staff meetings regularly or reads and reports to the manager all staff memos concerning work.
• Actively participates in the department's continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Complies with infection control practices by following universal and isolation precautions, and the dress and hygiene code, for short natural fingernails and limiting wearing multiple rings.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled.
• Uses the computerized punch time system correctly, has minimal missed punches.
• EXTRA EFFORT PERFORMANCE
• Willing to work alternate/rotating shifts as needed.
• Promotes good teamwork by helping co-workers.
• Exhibits a positive attitude; being optimistic, encouraging, and helpful to team members, and avoiding negativity with others.
• Maintains and submits CQI records in a timely manner.

Uintah Basin Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer including disabilities/Vets

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