Housekeeping

Crescent Regional Hospital; Lancaster (TX); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Regional Hospital in Lancaster, TX is seeking a dedicated Hospital Housekeeper to maintain clean and safe patient areas. The role covers cleaning patient rooms, nursing units, offices, and public spaces, following our policies and infection control procedures.

Shifts include 1st shift 6 am-2:30 pm and 2nd shift 2 pm-10:30 pm. You will work with a team, report hazards, and support a culture of safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Cleans all hospital areas according to policies and procedures.
• Performs tasks in a professional manner reflecting integrity.
• Works day, evening or night shifts as assigned.
• Maintains and follows safety and infection control practices.

Responsibilities

• Cleans all areas of the hospital including patient rooms, nursing units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, lobbies, rest rooms, corridors, elevators and stairways.
• Transports trash and hazardous waste to the appropriate disposal area.
• Reports safety hazards as appropriate and participates in performance improvement activities.
• Maintains set quality standards when performing job duties and uses equipment and chemicals as trained.

Skills

Housekeeping

Infection prevention

Patient safety

Professionalism

Job description

Together, we can make a difference in people's lives and build a healthier tomorrow.

1st Shift 6 am-2:30 pm & 2nd Shift 2 pm - 10:30 pm

Cleans all areas of the hospital according to policies and procedures. Participates in performance improvement activities.

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, nursing units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, lobbies, lounges, rest rooms, corridors, elevators and stairways in a clean, neat and sanitary manner.
• Completes work assignments in a timely manner.
• Utilizes the appropriate chemicals and supplies according to procedure.
• Uses and maintains equipment properly.
• Assists visitors with directions whenever requested.
• Always introduces self to patients, families and visitors.
• Reports safety hazards as appropriate.
• Transports trash and hazardous waste to appropriate disposal area.
• Follows all infection prevention and control practices, including Standard Precautions, Transmission-Based Precautions and hand hygiene.
• Maintains set quality standards when performing job duties.
• Works day, evening or night shift as assigned.
• Ability to do work on his/her own with normal supervision.
• Observes safety precautions at all times.
• Maintains and ensures age-specific precautions.
• Performs all aspects of assigned tasks in a manner that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
• Able to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Able to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Regulatory Requirements

• Adheres to dress code. Appearance is neat and clean
• Completes annual education requirements.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled. Completes work within designated time.
• Wears identification while on duty; uses the computerized punch time system correctly.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, health plans and staff.
• Attends annual review and departmental inservices, as scheduled.
• Attends at least 6 staff meetings annually; reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner in the community.
• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.

Why Crescent Regional?

At Crescent Regional Hospital, our goal is, and always has been, to cultivate a community of doctors, Nursing, and administrators to breathe new life into a previously dying hospital as to provide a continuum of care for the communities of Lancaster, DeSoto, and all surrounding areas. Unwavering in our vision and determined to not just be a choice in healthcare, but the choice in healthcare we need to hire the best from the community as to give the best care for the community.

Being of relative size to the communities we serve, both in staff and structure, allows us the ability to collaborate with and learn from one another as a means to provide treatment which is extensive, thorough, and specific to each patient. And because our internal culture is one of recognizing individual strengths and accomplishments, everyone gets their deserved moment to shine. As members of the Crescent Regional Family, we build one another up because we understand when we strive, our patients and community thrive which perpetuates us all into excellence.

We thank you for your interest in seeking employment with Crescent Regional Hospital and look forward to working with you when you become part of the Crescent Regional Family!