JGH Housekeeper

WVU Medicine; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine is seeking a dedicated Environmental Services Worker to clean patient rooms, corridors, and public areas in a hospital setting. You will sanitize surfaces, manage waste, and ensure a safe, aseptic environment through standard cleaning procedures and chemicals.

This role requires a high school diploma, the ability to lift 25–30 pounds, and the stamina to stand for long shifts. You will coordinate with nursing staff, maintain floors and carpets, and support a team dedicated to patient

Qualifications

• Ability to read and follow instructions.
• Clear communication with patients and staff.
• Ability to work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with nursing staff to clean occupied rooms first and attend to spills.
• Cleans patient rooms daily; vacuums floors and dusts furniture.
• Cleans restrooms; refills supplies and maintains cleanliness.
• Performs periodic cleaning of high ledges and fixtures.
• Maintains floors and carpets; sets up rooms and equipment as needed.
• Reports maintenance needs and supports trash and waste handling.
• Ensures a clean, aseptic environment throughout the hospital.
• Works with others to meet cleaning schedules and safety standards.

Skills

Read and follow instructions

Effective communication

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Welcome! We’re excited you’re considering an opportunity with us! Below, you’ll find other important information about this position.

Cleans walls, lights, fixtures, and furniture in all assigned areas of the hospital to maintain an aseptic environment and prevent healthcare-associated infection using standard cleaning procedures and chemicals. Cleans, waxes, extracts, and maintains floors, carpeting, and stairwells and assists with heavy cleaning throughout the hospital.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE: 1. High school diploma or equivalent

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1. Coordinates with the nursing staff and supervisor to clean occupied rooms first, check empty rooms, and attend to emergency cleaning for spills.
• 2. Cleans patient rooms daily, damp mops or vacuums floors, and spot cleans stains. Dusts furniture, ledges, and bed tables and removes debris. Empties, washes, and relines wastebaskets. Spot washes walls and windows
• 3. Uses appropriate chemicals and techniques when washing and cleaning restrooms. Washes basins, commodes, tubs, and showers, checking and cleaning mirrors, soap dishes, water pipes and exterior surfaces. Dusts ledges, damp mops floors, and spot washes walls. Empties and relines wastebaskets. Refills toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers.
• 4. Performs periodic cleaning of high ledges, ceiling and light fixtures, and vents. Cleans doors and parts of showers and commodes subject to mineral deposit.
• 5. Dry and damp mops or machine scrubs corridors and elevator landings, according to assigned schedule. Sweeps stairwells and spot washes corridor and landing walls.
• 6. As needed or assigned, bonnet cleans or extracts carpeted areas. Checks equipment condition upon sign out and cleans equipment upon return, reporting any needed maintenance or repair. Assists in meeting set‑ups, hanging curtains, picking up trash, hazardous waste, and recyclable trash. Washes trash containers in assigned areas.
• 7. Maintains all floors and carpets.
• 8. Sets up meetings, hangs curtains, and checks the condition of the equipment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• 1. Lift weight of 25-30 pounds
• 2. Able to bend, squat, stoop and stand for a period of 7 to 12 hours.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

• 1. Communicate with the patients and employees in a proper manner
• 2. Work as a team with other employees to accommodate the patients

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• 1. Ability to read and follow instructions.
• 2. Must be able to follow direction as given
• 3. Must be able to communicate with other employees and patients in a proper manner

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Non-Exempt) Company: JAX Jackson General Hospital Cost Center: 612 JAX Environmental Services Address: 122 Pinnell St Ripley West Virginia Equal Opportunity Employer West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively 'WVUHS') is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination.

The West Virginia University Health System is West Virginia’s largest health system and largest private employer, providing care to communities across West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The integrated academic health system includes 25 hospitals and five institutes, with more than 3,500 licensed beds, 4,000 clinicians, 39,000 employees, and $8.5 billion in annual operating revenues. Anchoring the system in Morgantown, West Virginia, are WVU Hospitals, an 880-bed academic medical center, and the 150-bed WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital. Together, the Health System’s hospitals, clinics, and specialty programs provide a comprehensive continuum of care, ranging from community-based primary and specialty services to highly complex, quaternary care and post-acute care.