Relief Housekeeping Assistant (multiple openings & shifts)

Stanford Health Care; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 43,945 - 49,152; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Palo Alto is seeking a Relief Housekeeping Assistant. This role involves cleaning patient and non-patient areas, handling waste, and maintaining sanitation standards. Candidates should have at least 6 months of housekeeping experience and demonstrate effective communication and time management skills. The position offers flexible shifts with pay starting at $31.90 an hour. Availability for weekends and holidays is required.

Qualifications

• Must have 6 months of related housekeeping experience.
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize work assignments efficiently.
• Observes safety regulations and practices standard precautions.

Responsibilities

• Clean and sanitize surfaces and manage waste disposal.
• Perform floor care including mopping and vacuuming.
• Restock restroom supplies and maintain cleanliness.

Skills

Time management

Aseptic cleaning techniques

Business communications

Education

None

Job description

0.0 FTE Part time Rotating - 08 Hour R2654059 Onsite 108440001 Housekeeping Palo Alto Hospital Facilities & Hospitality PALO ALTO, 500 Pasteur Dr, California

Rotating - 08 Hour (United States of America)

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford Health Care’s (SHC) mission is to heal humanity through science and compassion, one patient at a time. Environmental Services (EVS) interacts daily with patients, staff, and visitors, creating significant opportunities for impacting and enhancing the patient and employee experience. EVS is responsible for general aesthetics, cleaning, and waste streams and are essential part in Infection Prevention initiatives for multiple buildings.

Job Description

Relief Housekeeping Assistant’s starting pay is $31.90 an hour. The Relief Housekeeping Assistant’s responsibilities are as follows:

• Provide for the cleanliness, sanitation of surfaces, handling and disposal of solid and biohazardous waste (blood and other bodily fluids)
• Floorcare: dust mop, wet mop, vacuum, buffer, spot and spillage removal
• Cleaning patient rooms, non-patient rooms, cleaning and restocking of restrooms, cleaning general area

Shift Schedule

Shifts - all 8 hours long. Employees work for one shift block: Days, Evening or Nights.

Employees are expected to have availability for the entire shift to be able to start at any of the shift times.

Relief Employees must be available throughout the week, including weekends and holidays, for at least one of the shifts below.

• Days – 7am-8:30pm (rotating start times 7 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM)
• Evenings – 3pm-1am (rotating start times 1PM, 2PM, 3PM, 4:30PM)
• Nights – 11pm-7:30am (rotating start times 8PM, 11PM). The more days of availability you have, the more shifts you can pick up.

A Relief Position does not have a set schedule, guaranteed hours, or benefits. While Relief employees may be included on the work schedule released every two weeks, many of their hours will come from a supervisor’s same-day call to come into work when needed.

After passing competency checks, Relief employees are eligible to apply for Part-Time or Full-Time positions, which have guaranteed hours and full benefits. All frontline Housekeeping Assistants start as Relief Housekeeping Assistants.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

Brief Overview

This role is responsible for the cleanliness, sanitation of surfaces, handling and disposal of solid and biohazardous waste in assigned areas, follows standard precautions and all other infection policies, safety practices and cleaning procedures, and performs various duties as assigned. May be assigned to one or more work locations.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What You Will Do

• A. Total cleaning of patient, clinic, and satellite areas:
  • Floor care: dust mops, wet mops with germicide solution, vacuums, buffers, spot and spillage removal.
  • Furniture care: washing with an approved germicidal solution and polishing.
  • Miscellaneous: dusting screens, cleaning of TVs, washing and wall washing as assigned.
  • Wall care: dust removal, high‑dusting, spot washing, and wall washing as assigned.
  • May dump all regular soiled linens down linen chute; may remove regular and biohazardous waste; may deliver all of the above to the dock area. Removes compacted boxes for scheduled trash pick-up.
• B. Total cleaning of restrooms:
  • Cleans toilet bowls, sinks, showers and shower walls; spot‑washes walls and partitions, polishes chrome fixtures, mirrors, and utensil rack; cleans floor, changes cubical curtains.
  • Handles regular and biohazardous waste removal.
  • Replenishes restroom supplies, paper towels, and soap.
• C. Other related duties in patient area:
  • Total cleaning of auxiliary areas as assigned, including diet kitchens, treatment rooms, chart rooms, soiled linen rooms, and other special rooms.
  • Total cleaning of isolation or contaminated areas. Also assist with emergency clean ups.
  • Total cleaning of discharge and transfer patient rooms.
  • Performs related duties on special requests, such as removal of window coverings and cubical curtains.
• D. General cleaning of non‑patient areas (offices, laboratories and classrooms):
  • Daily cleaning: dust‑mopping floors, trash removal, total restroom cleaning, and dusting of uncongested desks or bookshelves.
  • Twice a week: cleaning consists of damp mopping floors and/or vacuuming of carpeting or as needed.
  • Reports needed minor repairs of rooms (laboratories, offices, restrooms, furnishing and equipment, etc.).
  • Maintains equipment, supplies and materials by frequent cleaning, proper storage.

Education Qualifications

• None

Experience Qualifications

• 6 months of related housekeeping experience

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates ability to prioritize work assignment and uses time efficiently
• Demonstrates business communications skills including reading and understanding written and oral instructions and be able to follow work schedules
• Must be able to successfully complete in‑service orientation and continuing education training programs
• Observes and practices standard precautions and hospital established safety regulations and procedures
• Learns and practices aseptic cleaning techniques and isolation cleaning procedures
• Physical requirements as needed to perform the job functions

Principles Apply To ALL Employees

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C‑I‑CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C‑I‑CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient‑experience and represents a framework for patient‑centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer

Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non‑discrimination in all its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale

Generally starting at $31.90 - $35.68 per hour. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.