Housekeeping Bluebonnet PRN

Baton Rouge General Medical Center; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Baton Rouge General Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA, is seeking a Hospital Environmental Services Aide responsible for cleaning patient rooms, offices, halls and other areas to a neat, sanitary standard. You will follow established procedures for the age population served and infection control.

The role emphasizes everyday excellence values, teamwork, safety, and cost-consciousness, with duties including removing trash, refilling dispensers, and notifying supervisors about needs.

Qualifications

• Housekeeping experience preferred.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Able to understand and carry out instructions.
• Able to identify and follow directions for chemicals used in performance of duties.
• Dependable and motivated to complete duties without constant supervision.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and sanitize patients' rooms, baths, offices, halls and other areas according to established standards.
• Maintains cleanliness of area and specific items to limit cross infection.
• Follows infection control practices and safety guidelines.
• Notifies supervisor immediately of low supply levels, and equipment malfunctions.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Understand instructions

Chemical handling

Dependability

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION: Performs a variety of cleaning tasks to maintain patient rooms, offices, hallways and other assigned areas. Performs special projects and a variety of environmental services duties to maintain the facility in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition. Follows procedures for the age population served, as defined in the department's scope of service.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

CRITERIA A: Everyday Excellence Values

Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.

Performance Standards:

• Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
• Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
• Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
• Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
• Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers

CRITERIA B: Corporate Compliance

Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.

Performance Standards:

• Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
• Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.
• Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.

CRITERIA C: Personal Achievement

Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.

Performance Standards:

• Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
• Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
• Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.

CRITERIA D: Performance Improvement

Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.

Performance Standards:

• Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
• Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
• Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
• Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives.

CRITERIA E: Cost Management

Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.

Performance Standards:

• Effectively manages time and resources
• Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial.
• Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.

CRITERIA F: Patient & Employee Safety

Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.

Performance Standards:

• Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
• Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
• Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
• Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.

Job Functions

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to:

Performance Standards:

• Ensures a safe, clean, attractive environment for patients, staff and visitors at all times.

Performance Standards:

• Cleans and sanitize patients' rooms, baths, offices, halls and other areas according to established standards.
• Maintains cleanliness of area and specific items to limit cross infection.
• Cleans assigned areas by washing walls, furniture, tile, fixtures, equipment and other surfaces with cleaning solutions.
• Removes trash and waste from assigned areas and refills all applicable dispensers following established departmental and infection control practices.
• Notifies supervisor immediately of low supply levels, and equipment malfunctions.
• Follows all safety guidelines and maintains areas in safe condition.
• Demonstrates responsibility for maintaining floors by sweeping, mopping and applying floor finishes and polishing as required.

Performance Standards:

• Sweeps and mops floor areas, vacuums carpets, and spot-cleans carpets, using appropriate solutions.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical in cleaning floors and carpets.
• Demonstrates good judgment in the ability to organize work.

Performance Standards:

• Completes all assigned work during the shift without sacrificing the quality of work.
• Maintains work area in a neat and orderly manner at all times.
• Continually strives to make the best use of time during the shift through careful coordination of daily tasks.
• Completes assigned work left from previous shifts and reports all incomplete assignments to ensure continuity of procedures.
• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of sanitation, use of disinfectants, safety standards, and the proper operation of cleaning equipment.

Performance Standards:

• Competently operates various types of cleaning equipment, both mechanical and electrical.
• Disposes of materials according to proper policy guidelines.
• Observes established isolation and asepsis techniques in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Strictly obeys regulations for infection control.
• Uses supplies and equipment according to standards and within manufacturers' guidelines.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Specific Experience Requirements

Housekeeping experience preferred.

Specific Educational Requirements

High School Diploma or GED preferred.

Special Skill, License And Knowledge Requirements

• Able to understand and carry out instructions.
• Able to identify and follow directions for chemicals used in performance of duties.
• Dependable and motivated to complete duties without constant supervision.
• Reference DOT 323.687-010 (Cleaner, Hospital) – Strength: M – Medium Work – Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Hipaa Requirements:

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: patient demographics.

Safety Requirements:

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient identification.