Housekeeper - Acute

Job description

Housekeeper - Acute | Creekside Behavioral Health | Kingsport, Tennessee About the Job: The Housekeeper is responsible for keeping a clean and healthy patient care environment by maintaining assigned areas in a clean, safe, sanitary and orderly manner. Advises supervisor on environmental services equipment needs and repairs. Ensures that infectious waste and confidential disposal contractors perform as scheduled. Roles and Responsibilities: · Performs specific cleaning and custodial tasks in the general upkeep, sanitation and cleanliness of the facility. Conducts daily cleaning of the facility including, but not limited to: sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, polishing of fixtures, general straightening, and cleaning of bathrooms. · Cleans facility rooms, baths, laboratories, offices and halls. Utilizes buffers, scrubbers, sweepers and carpet cleaning equipment as necessary. · Washes bed frames, brushes mattresses and remakes beds after discharge of patients, when applicable. · Keeps utility and storage rooms in neat and orderly conditions. · Operates commercial washers and dryers. Launders soiled linens as directed. · Attends to infection control standards, transports soiled li...