PRN Housekeeper

Surgery Partners, Inc; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Southpoint Surgery Center seeks a dedicated EVS Housekeeper to maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment across operating rooms, patient rooms, and offices. Under the EVS Supervisor, you will perform cleaning, floor care, waste removal, and terminal cleaning per policy, ensuring adherence to safety and infection control standards.

This role requires weekend rotation, ability to operate floor buffers and scrubbers, and a high school diploma with 1 year in environmental services or

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Experience in environmental services or housekeeping in ambulatory/surgical settings preferred.
• Willingness to rotate weekends and follow hospital policies.

Responsibilities

• Cleans operating rooms, patient rooms, bathrooms, and offices as assigned.
• Operates floor buffers, scrubbers, and vacuums; performs floor care (strip, wax, polish).
• Reaches cleaning targets, maintains safety and infection control standards.
• Assists with stocking supplies and reporting hazardous conditions.
• Performs terminal cleaning daily per hospital policy and procedure.

Skills

Floor buffer operation

PPE usage

Infection control

Safety compliance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Southpoint Surgery Center (SPSC), an affiliate of North Carolina Specialty Hospital, is a new Ambulatory Surgery Center located between Raleigh and Durham in the Durham-Southpoint area. SPSC will provide a differentiated outpatient delivery model focused on providing high-quality, cost-effective solutions for surgical and related ancillary care for patients. SPSC is a multi-specialty 22,298 sq. ft. facility accommodating the following: Ortho, Spine, Ophthalmology, ENT, GYN, General, Urology, Plastics, Podiatry, Vascular, and Pain. At SPSC you will find highly motivated team-players and a welcoming team-oriented staff.

Why join Southpoint Surgical Center?

• Award Winning Hospital for Special Surgery
• 5 Star CMS rated facility for patient experience
• Positive Work culture
• Career growth opportunities
• 401k Employer Match

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the EVS Supervisor, the EVS Housekeeper is responsible for cleaning all areas they are assigned and trained to clean, such as: the operating room(s), patient rooms, bathrooms, administrative offices, O.R. break room, and other facility areas as needed and assigned.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Assures housekeeping supplies are stocked daily and according to established PAR levels
• Floor tech - cleaning, buffering, scrubbing, and waxing floors
• Trash pickup
• Performs proper terminal cleaning daily per hospital policy and procedure
• Demonstrates proper decontamination of clinical areas, equipment, and non-disposable supplies according to hospital policies and procedures
• Recommends appropriate revisions to new or existing policies and procedures when appropriate and as needed
• Assists with maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly environment, adheres to safety and infection control requirements
• Maintains proper attire while in the operating room and restricted areas, including use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Follows standard precautions and safe practices in handling of biohazardous material, and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Maintains janitorial closets in a clean and orderly fashion to prevent a hazardous environment.
• Post appropriate safety signs to assure a safe environment is maintained for patients, visitors, and all staff
• Reports all chemical spills immediately to management and understands MDRO sheets in case of exposure
• Assures that chemicals are used, stored, and maintained in a safe manner according to manufacturer's recommendations and reports any hazardous conditions immediately
• Always keeps the patient environment clean using standard procedures in cleaning and maintenance of rooms, offices and common areas
• Identifies potential risks to patients to reduce incidence of injury; identifies actions to eliminate, minimize or report risks; identifies procedures to follow in the event of an incident; reports processes for common problems, failures, and user errors
• Completes additional duties as needed and assigned
• Weekend rotation required
• Be able to operate floor buffers, scrubbers and vacuums to clean and polish floors - preferred
• Apply Finishes: Strip, wax, and apply protective coatings or sealants as needed - preferred
• Clean & Polish: Apply cleaning solutions, remove scuff marks, and buff floors to a high shine - preferred

Physical Requirements

Bending, sitting, squatting, crawling, reaching, must be able to lift up to 50 lbs., stand for long periods of time, pushing and pulling with an exertion of up to 50 lbs.

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent educationrequired.
• 1 year experience of Environmental Services and/or housekeeping in an ambulatory/surgical settingpreferred.

Our employees are critical to our success and we value their contributions. North Carolina Specialty Hospital offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that values employee ideas and diversity. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled. We maintain a drug-free workplace and require pre-employment drug screening and background