Lead Housekeeper

St. David's HealthCare; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, dental, &-

Wellbeing support and counseling

Paid time off and disability coverage

401(k) with employer match

Tuition assistance

Fertility and family-building benefits

Life insurance

Job summary

St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, part of St. David’s HealthCare, is seeking a hospital Environmental Services team member to clean and service facilities to maintain a neat, sanitary environment.

You will follow service excellence standards to help achieve high levels of patient satisfaction and support patient-specific care standards as directed. The role involves assisting with training, equipment maintenance, supply restocking, and covering areas during staffing shortages while using

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year housekeeping experience is required.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist manager with training, inspecting, equipment maintenance, and supply inventory/restocking.
• Cover an area when staffing is short.
• Use basic floor care equipment and clean floor care equipment.
• Clean occupied and discharged patient rooms with adherence to standards.
• Sign in/out of time sheets and manage pager/phone at shift start.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Customer service

Attention to detail

Basic computer skills

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

• Responsible for cleaning discharged patient rooms.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Cleans and services facility. Performs a variety of environmental services duties to maintain the hospital in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition. Participates in providing patient specific care standards as directed, and follows service excellence standards to ensure high levels of patient satisfaction.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists manager with training, inspecting, equipment maintenance, and supply inventory/restocking.
• Must cover an area when staffing is short.
• Must be able to use basic floor care equipment.
• Must properly clean floor care equipment.
• Responsible for stripping/waxing of hard floors.
• Responsible for burnishing, scrubbing, spot carpet, extract carpet, and upholster cleaning.
• Responsible for removing trash, linen, bio hazardous waste, and chemo waste appropriately.
• Responsible for the movement of beds as needed.
• Responsible for the setting up requesting meetings and events.
• Responsible for signing in and out of the time sheets.
• Responsible for clocking in and out appropriately.
• Responsible for obtaining a working pager/phone at the beginning of the shift.
• Responsible for returning pages in a timely manner.
• Responsible for cleaning occupied patient rooms.
• Responsible for cleaning discharged patient rooms.
• Responsible for cleaning isolation rooms.
• Must have good interpersonal relationships and customer service skills in adherence with AIDET and ICARE behavioral standards.
• Proper cart set-up to avoid cross contamination.
• Organizes cart in preparation of job assignment by stocking properly with all necessary supplies.
• Uses cleaning material, supplies, and prepared solutions according to procedure.
• Reports all damaged equipment to manager.
• Purpose of disinfecting.
• Meaning of standard precautions.
• Practices proper hand-washing procedures.
• Uses appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Understands isolation and signage.
• Frequently changes gloves.
• Handles biohazard waste appropriately.
• Disposes of sharps appropriately.
• Collects and transports trash throughout the facility.
• Demonstrates understanding of “clean linen” and where it is kept.
• Appropriately handles soiled linen and torn linen.
• Responds appropriately to linen shortages.
• Properly reports accidents before end of shift.
• Protects patient confidentiality.
• Wears proper protection when entering isolation rooms.
• Responds to code red or other emergency codes per policy.
• Follows SDS and “Right to Know” standards.
• Proper use of wet floor signs.
• Uses dilution station to mix chemicals properly.
• Uses only properly labeled bottles.
• Demonstrates understanding of the hazards of mixing chemical.
• Understands various use of chemicals related to the housekeeping job.
• Must be able to demonstrate basic computer skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Employee’s conduct must reflect the Company’s values and a commitment to the Code of Conduct ethics and compliance program.
• Employee reflects SDH Service Excellence standards in every interaction.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required: Minimum of one year previous housekeeping experience

Preferred: High School Diploma or GED

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, part of St. David’s HealthCare, is a full-service medical center providing comprehensive medical care at two locations – St. David’s North Austin Medical Center and St. David’s Surgical Hospital.

St. David’s North Austin Medical Center is a 460+ bed, multi-specialty, acute care hospital. It provides advanced women’s health services, including maternity and newborn care with Level I, II, and III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) at the nearby St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas. The hospital also offers minimally invasive gynecological surgery and comprehensive breast imaging through Solis Mammography, which is located on-site. Other services include a 24-hour emergency department, pediatric emergency care, and intensive care at St. David’s Children’s Hospital. The hospital also features the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery, bariatric (weight loss) surgery, a Heart and Vascular Center, neurology and neurosurgery, a kidney transplant program, a Level IV Epilepsy Center, as well as inpatient and outpatient surgery and acute rehabilitation services for both inpatients and outpatients.

St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, located at St. David's North Austin Medical Center, is recognized by the State of Texas as a Level IV Maternal Facility. This means it provides the highest level of care for pregnant and postpartum patients, especially those with serious or complex medical, surgical, or pregnancy‑related conditions, including those at high risk for maternal morbidity or mortality. The center includes a 95+ bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with 30+ private rooms, 10+ rooms for very small babies, and 10+ beds for babies needing neurological care. It also has 35+ labor, delivery, and recovery rooms, including Central Texas’ first low‑intervention birthing suites with tubs. There are 95+ postpartum beds, 20+ antepartum beds, and Cesarean section surgical suites. The facility offers 24/7 neonatology coverage, OB/GYN hospitalists, maternal‑fetal medicine specialists, lactation consultants, and a midwifery program. It is part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal‑Fetal Medicine Units Network and TexasAIM, and it also provides a high‑risk pregnancy navigation and support program.

St. David's Surgical Hospital is part of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center and is the first Level 4 Epilepsy Center in Central Texas for both adults and children. It has its own 24-hour emergency department, a medical-surgical inpatient unit, and a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for patients ages 17 and under. The hospital is staffed with pediatric emergency physicians, pediatric hospitalists, intensivists, and other specialists who are specially trained to care for children. It also includes certified child‑life specialists who help kids feel more comfortable during their hospital stay. St. David’s Children’s Hospital offers many pediatric services, such as pediatric surgery, pediatric radiology (including imaging and interventional procedures), and pediatric anesthesia for surgical support. It also has a wide range of pediatric specialists available for consultation and treatment, including general surgery, ENT (ear, nose, and throat), craniofacial and plastic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, urology, and cardiology, among others.

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