Lead Hospital Housekeeper - Patient Care & Shift Coordinator

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Exeter (NH); On-site; USD 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking an experienced EVS lead worker to join our hospital team in Exeter. You will respond to service calls, assign staff, and coordinate cleaning and safety protocols across patient care areas.

In this full-time role, you will monitor bed tracking, manage supplies, and ensure waste handling and PPE use meet all guidelines. Schedule is 7:00am-3:30pm, with every-other-weekend rotation.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in a hospital or similar setting.
• Ability to implement verbal and written instructions accurately.

Responsibilities

• Carries beeper and IP phone, takes calls/requests, and assigns staff as required by situations.
• Documents all requests in log.
• Delivers pager and gives report to next shift/Sr. Housekeeper.
• May rearrange staffing to ensure adequate coverage during callouts as needed.
• Monitors bed tracking system.
• Cleans all areas as assigned and cleans floors using vacuuming, dry mopping, and damp mopping techniques.
• Performs all duties in a safe manner, donning appropriate PPE according to standards.
• Reports all aesthetic issues and repair needs to manager.
• Removes, reports, and tags any defective, damaged, or broken equipment using LOTO procedures as required.
• Uses cleaning chemicals in accordance with use guidelines.
• Handles waste removal, including general, biohazard/infectious waste, sharps, hazardous, and confidential waste, using appropriate protocols.
• May handle hazardous waste.
• May provide job training for new hires.
• Issues, delivers, and removes linens to assigned areas in accordance with established protocols and documents all linen issues.
• Maintains and replenishes supplies on carts and in closets in an orderly, clean fashion according to established protocols.

Skills

Verbal and written instructions

1-3 years experience

Job description

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking an experienced EVS lead worker to join our hospital team in Exeter. You will respond to service calls, assign staff, and coordinate cleaning and safety protocols across patient care areas.

In this full-time role, you will monitor bed tracking, manage supplies, and ensure waste handling and PPE use meet all guidelines. Schedule is 7:00am-3:30pm, with every-other-weekend rotation.