About this role
Job Summary
Maintains patient and non-patient care areas, within the hospital, and keeps them in a safe and attractive condition. Actively participates in department quality/performance improvement activities and demonstrates appropriate policies and procedures. Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Cleans and disinfects areas by completing 7 step cleaning process.
- Practices infection control guidelines by adhering to universal precautions and practices safety precautions completing work assignments.
- Maintains equipment, storage rooms and environmental closets in orderly fashion.
- Performs all floor maintenance tasks in accordance with departmental policy and procedures.
- Follows Service First principles.
- Fulfills Hospital required competencies.
- Adheres to hospital and departmental policy and procedures.
- Completes assigned goals.
Specifications
Experience
Minimum Required
- Appropriate housekeeping experience.
Preferred/Desired
- 1 year of housekeeping experience preferred
Education
Minimum Required
- Knowledge, skills and mental development equivalent to completion of 4 years of high school, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred/Desired
Training
- Provided upon hire.
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Licensure
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Other facts
About Baptist
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
What you'll do
- The housekeeper is responsible for maintaining patient and non-patient care areas in a safe and attractive condition. This includes cleaning, disinfecting, and adhering to infection control guidelines.
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