Housekeeping Aide

RIH Rhode Island Hospital; Rhode Island; On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Union membership

Job summary

Rhode Island Hospital is seeking a housekeeping aide to perform heavy cleaning duties throughout the hospital to maintain a sanitary and orderly environment for patients, staff and visitors. Under supervision, you will follow procedures and safety guidelines while handling floors, carpets, walls, and patient areas.

Evening shift 1:00p-9:30pm with a union workforce; pays $19.75-$20.15 per hour. This role supports the Facilities Management team and contributes to a respectful, clean, and safe

Qualifications

• Ability to follow instruction and observe safety precautions.
• Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English, and count numbers.
• Operate and clean motorized and manual cleaning equipment.
• Physically able to lift and move heavy cleaning equipment and furniture.

Responsibilities

• Shampoos carpets, upholstery and refinishes floors following E.S.D. procedures.
• Dusts high vents, lights, pipes, lockers, ceilings and washes window glass.
• Cleans bathrooms and replenishes soap and paper dispensers.
• Transports heavy rubbish and linen as needed.
• Cleans construction areas after renovations are completed.

Skills

Follow instructions

Safety awareness

English literacy

Cleaning equipment operation

Physical stamina

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

• Must have classroom and on the job training of floor, carpet, upholstery, waste disposal, operating room and chemical handling procedures and learn proper operation and cleaning of E.S.D. equipment.
• Shampoos carpets, upholstery and refinishes floors following E.S.D. procedures, using manual and motorized devices.
• Dusts high vents, lights, pipes, lockers, ceilings and washes window glass throughout the hospital complex using ladders or other safety devices.
• Cleans miscellaneous items such as wastebaskets, television sets, fans, rubber mats, etc.
• Washes disinfects all sinks, toilets, floors, urinals, bedpan racks, bathtubs, showers in hospital lavatories.
• Services and refills all soap and paper dispensers.
• Washes walls either manually or using mechanical devices.
• Prepares all burn and Radiation (I-131) rooms by laying protective covering.
• Cleans dust, washes and disinfects, from top to bottom, all beds, mattresses, sleeping carts through out the hospital complex.
• Picks up and disposes of rubbish and soiled linen from patient floors and deposits down chute, transports to laundry or places in rubbish truck as appropriate.
• Removes rubbish from rubbish chute room, transports heavy rubbish via trash carts for disposal of waste, boxes waste when required, boxes chemo waste, makes chemical pick-up when needed.
• Washes rubbish chute rooms top to bottom with a pressure sprayer.
• Washes rubbish trucks using the truck washer or manually with a water hose.
• Performs minor services to trucks such as replace screws and grease wheels.
• Operates bailer equipment for bailing boxes and transporting recycle totes to trailer.
• Washes or spot cleans walls and polishes woodwork, all furniture, brass fittings and stainless steel elevator doors, kick plates, etc.
• Removes and transports animal waste and soiled linens to rubbish truck.
• Transports 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.
• Changes cubicle curtains and draperies.
• Removes and washes window blinds and makes repairs to same.
• Cleans, from top to bottom, all construction areas after renovations are completed.
• Required to carry and use a beeper or a two-way radio upon request.
• Assists supply clerks in supply room or equipment room.
• Services batteries on all battery operated devices.
• Makes conference room set-ups for meetings, parties, etc.
• Performs the duties of supply clerks during their absence.
• Takes 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor or group leader

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BASIC KNOWLEDGE

• Has the ability to follow instruction and observe safety precautions.
• Has the ability to prepare solutions according to procedure.
• Has the ability to assemble cleaning equipment such as mops, dusters, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets and ringers.
• Has the ability to read, write, understand, and speak English, as well as ability to count numbers.
• Has the ability to operate, control and clean motorized and manual equipment that is required to perform E.S.D. tasks.
• Has the ability to perform all duties in a safe and professional manner and in accordance with established Environmental Department and Fleet Risk Control policies and procedures.
• Has the 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 show.

EXPERIENCE

• At least one to three months on the job training plus formal and on going classroom training.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Continuous walking, standing, carrying, pushing trash carts weighting up to 400 pounds, stooping, lifting, climbing ladders and stairs, and heavy lifting. Some exposure to unpleasant odors in the work area, as well as contaminated items and strong cleaning solutions. Some 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

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

1:00p-9:30pm e/o w/e & hol.

Work Shift

Evening

Driving Required

No

Union

International Brotherhood Teamsters

As Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, Brown University Health is the state's premier provider of health services and includes the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Today, more than 20,000 people work at Brown University Health and bring their unique skills, experiences, and compassion to their jobs every day.

Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island.

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