Project Worker, University, 40 hours, Days

UMass Memorial Medical Group; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Union: UFCW

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to join our facilities team. You will perform extensive cleaning duties, operate buffers and vacuums, and prepare patient areas and common spaces while adhering to safety and infection-control standards.

Typical schedule is 7:00am to 3:30pm, 40 hours per week, with holidays and weekends on an alternating basis. Must be at least 18 years old; prior housekeeping experience preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• License/Certification/Education: None Required
• Experience/Skills: 2–3 years' experience as a Houseworker
• Employees must be at least 18 years of age to perform this role
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for above requirements

Responsibilities

• Performs duties of Housekeeper, including dry and wet mopping and cleaning in corridors, stairways, and other areas.
• Performs duties related to checkouts including sanitizing beds, making beds, cleaning patient rooms, furniture, and mopping floors.
• Cleans desks and furniture in office areas; dusting high fixtures and vents; arrange room for meetings.
• Prepares rooms for meetings; arrange furniture in neat and orderly manner.
• General cleaning duties with power buffers, vacuums, and related equipment.

Skills

English literacy

Housekeeping experience

18+ years old

Job description

Are you a current UMass Memorial Health caregiver?

Exemption Status

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range

$19.00 - $34.55 (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details

• Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend
• Scheduled Hours: 7:00am to 3:30pm
• Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
• Hours: 40
• Cost Center: 10020 - 5300 Housekeeping
• Union: UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs extensive cleaning duties. Applies knowledge of cleaning equipment and methods. Uses power buffers, vacuums, and other related duties for checkouts including sanitizing beds, making beds, cleaning patient rooms, furniture and floors.

Major Responsibilities

• 1. Performs duties of Housekeeper, including dry and wet mopping and cleaning in corridors, stairways, and other areas, burnishes floors using burnishers and vacuums carpeted areas.
• 2. Performs duties related to checkouts including sanitizing beds, making beds, cleaning patient room, furniture, and mopping floor. Moves beds, mattresses, and other furniture as required.
• 3. Performs isolation procedures in nurseries and formula rooms periodically and in isolation rooms after discharge of patient according to established procedures.
• 4. Cleans desks and furniture in office areas as assigned. Responsible for high dusting and cleaning such as light fixtures and vents and the hanging of cubicle curtains and drapes, blinds, etc., using climbing apparatus. Use wall washer or hand methods to perform ceiling and wall washing duties in established manner using climbing apparatus if necessary, Damp wipe signs, clocks, water fountains, and elevators.
• 5. Prepares rooms for meetings; arrange furniture in neat and orderly manner.

Position Qualifications

License/Certification/Education: None Required

Experience/Skills: Required:

1. Ability to read, write, and follow simple English instruction.
2. 2 to 3 years' experience as a Houseworker.
3. Employees must be at least 18 years of age to perform this role.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.