housekeeping aide

Brown University Health; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 27,207 - 27,758; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health at Rhode Island Hospital seeks a dedicated Night Shift Housekeeper to perform heavy cleaning duties across a hospital complex. Training provided for flooring, carpets, waste disposal, and chemical handling, with responsibilities ranging from shampooing floors to disinfecting bathrooms and maintaining supply areas.

The role emphasizes safety, manual and motorized cleaning equipment use, and physical endurance for long shifts. EEO commitment included.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow instruction and observe safety precautions.
• Ability to prepare solutions according to procedure.
• Ability to assemble cleaning equipment such as mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets and ringers.
• Proficient in reading, writing, understanding, and speaking English; ability to count numbers.
• Ability to operate, control and clean motorized and manual equipment for E.S.D. tasks.
• Strong safety awareness and adherence to Environmental Department and Fleet Risk Control policies and procedures.
• Physical ability to lift, carry or push equipment; climb ladders and shovel.
• At least one to three months of on‑job training plus formal and ongoing classroom training.

Responsibilities

• Undergo classroom and on-the-job training for floor, carpet, upholstery, waste disposal, operating room, and chemical handling procedures and learn proper operation and cleaning of E.S.D. equipment.
• Shampoo carpets, upholstery and refinish floors following E.S.D. procedures, using manual and motorized devices.
• Dust high vents, lights, pipes, lockers, ceilings and wash window glass throughout the hospital complex using ladders or other safety devices.
• cleans miscellaneous items such as wastebaskets, television sets, fans, rubber mats, etc.
• Wash and disinfect all sinks, toilets, floors, urinals, bedpan racks, bathtubs, showers in hospital lavatories.
• Service and refill all soap and paper dispensers.
• Wash walls manually or using mechanical devices.
• Prepare burn and radiation (I‑131) rooms by laying protective covering.
• Clean, dust, wash and disinfect all beds, mattresses, sleeping carts throughout the hospital complex.
• Pick up and dispose of rubbish and soiled linen from patient floors, deposit to chest, transport to laundry or place in rubbish truck as appropriate.
• Remove rubbish from rubbish chute room, transport heavy rubbish via trash carts for disposal, box waste when required, box chemo waste, make chemical pickup when needed.
• Wash rubbish chute rooms top to bottom with a pressure sprayer.
• Wash rubbish trucks using the truck washer or manually with a water hose. Perform minor services to trucks such as replace screws and grease wheels.
• Operate bailer equipment for bailing boxes and transporting recycle totes to trailer.
• Wash or spot clean walls and polish woodwork, all furniture, brass fittings and stainless steel elevator doors, kick plates, etc.
• Remove and transport animal waste and soiled linens to rubbish truck.
• Transport mattresses, office and patient room furniture, including beds, cribs, folding tables, etc. as necessary; may assist nursing personnel in moving beds and patient furniture for various reasons.
• Cleans dirt, snow and salt from sidewalks and entrances to all buildings on the hospital complex using manual or powered equipment tools.
• Cleans entrance mats, applies salt to entrances as needed and assists Facilities Management grounds crew during inclement weather.
• Change cubicle curtains and draperies; remove and wash window blinds and make repairs.
• Clear construction areas after renovations are completed from top to bottom.
• Carry and use a beeper or two‑way radio upon request.
• Assist supply clerks in supply room or equipment room; service batteries on all battery‑operated devices.
• Make conference room set‑ups for meetings, parties, etc.; perform duties of supply clerks during their absence.
• Take laundry linen inventory by physically counting pieces of linen and documenting results on appropriate forms.
• May perform Housekeeping Aide I and Laundry Aide II duties as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or group leader.

Skills

Safety awareness

Follow instructions

Cleaning equipment

English proficiency

Operate cleaning machines

Lifting/pushing ability

On-the-job training

Job description

SUMMARY

Under supervision and following established procedures, performs a variety of heavy cleaning duties in order to maintain the hospital in an orderly, sanitary, and attractive condition for patients, personnel, and visitors.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences; Patient and Community Focus; and Collaborate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Undergo classroom and on-the-job training for floor, carpet, upholstery, waste disposal, operating room, and chemical handling procedures and learn proper operation and cleaning of E.S.D. equipment.
• Shampoo carpets, upholstery and refinish floors following E.S.D. procedures, using manual and motorized devices.
• Dust high vents, lights, pipes, lockers, ceilings and wash window glass throughout the hospital complex using ladders or other safety devices.
• Cleans miscellaneous items such as wastebaskets, television sets, fans, rubber mats, etc.
• Wash and disinfect all sinks, toilets, floors, urinals, bedpan racks, bathtubs, showers in hospital lavatories.
• Service and refill all soap and paper dispensers.
• Wash walls manually or using mechanical devices.
• Prepare burn and radiation (I‑131) rooms by laying protective covering.
• Clean, dust, wash and disinfect all beds, mattresses, sleeping carts throughout the hospital complex.
• Pick up and dispose of rubbish and soiled linen from patient floors, deposit to chest, transport to laundry or place in rubbish truck as appropriate.
• Remove rubbish from rubbish chute room, transport heavy rubbish via trash carts for disposal, box waste when required, box chemo waste, make chemical pickup when needed.
• Wash rubbish chute rooms top to bottom with a pressure sprayer.
• Wash rubbish trucks using the truck washer or manually with a water hose. Perform minor services to trucks such as replace screws and grease wheels.
• Operate bailer equipment for bailing boxes and transporting recycle totes to trailer.
• Wash or spot clean walls and polish woodwork, all furniture, brass fittings and stainless steel elevator doors, kick plates, etc.
• Remove and transport animal waste and soiled linens to rubbish truck.
• Transport mattresses, office and patient room furniture, including beds, cribs, folding tables, etc. as necessary; may assist nursing personnel in moving beds and patient furniture for various reasons.
• Cleans dirt, snow and salt from sidewalks and entrances to all buildings on the hospital complex using manual or powered equipment tools.
• Cleans entrance mats, applies salt to entrances as needed and assists Facilities Management grounds crew during inclement weather.
• Change cubicle curtains and draperies; remove and wash window blinds and make repairs.
• Clear construction areas after renovations are completed from top to bottom.
• Carry and use a beeper or two‑way radio upon request.
• Assist supply clerks in supply room or equipment room; service batteries on all battery‑operated devices.
• Make conference room set‑ups for meetings, parties, etc.; perform duties of supply clerks during their absence.
• Take laundry linen inventory by physically counting pieces of linen and documenting results on appropriate forms.
• May perform Housekeeping Aide I and Laundry Aide II duties as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or group leader.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to follow instruction and observe safety precautions.
• Ability to prepare solutions according to procedure.
• Ability to assemble cleaning equipment such as mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets and ringers.
• Proficient in reading, writing, understanding, and speaking English; ability to count numbers.
• Ability to operate, control and clean motorized and manual equipment required for E.S.D. tasks.
• Strong safety awareness and adherence to Environmental Department and Fleet Risk Control policies and procedures.
• Physical ability to lift, carry or push equipment such as floor buffers, wet vacuums, wall-washing machine, automatic floor-washing machine, carpet cleaning equipment, rubbish carts and linen carts; transport patients, office furniture; climb ladders and shovel.
• At least one to three months of on‑job training plus formal and ongoing classroom training.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Continuous walking, standing, carrying, pushing trash carts weighing up to 400 pounds, stooping, lifting, climbing ladders and stairs, and heavy lifting. Exposure to unpleasant odors, contaminated items and strong cleaning solutions; hazards from improperly disposed needles and glass; exposure to all types of weather conditions. Hazards are minimized with adherence to established safety precautions.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None

PAY RANGE

$19.75–$20.15

EEO STATEMENT

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

LOCATION

Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

WORK TYPE

10:30 p – 7 a / 12 a – 8:30 a, evening or weekend & holiday

WORK SHIFT

Night

DRIVING REQUIRED

No

UNION

International Brotherhood Teamsters