About this role
Position Summary: Maintains cleanliness of hospital facilities following hospital, departmental, and regulatory agency requirements. Responsible for providing a safe, sanitary environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
1. Cleans and restocks all assigned areas according to departmental standards and guidelines.
2. Disposes of trash, biomedical and solid waste materials to appropriate disposal areas.
3. Prepares patient rooms for occupancy after patients are discharged.
4. Replaces supplies as needed.
5. Alerts supervisor of potential problems and safety hazards.
6. Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Lead Duties and Responsibilities (If classified in a Lead Role):
1. Assists in quality control and performance improvement activities.
2. Contributes to performance feedback, hiring decisions.
3. Ensures standards are met (quality, timeliness, customer service, etc.).
4. Evaluates and tests new procedures/processes.
5. Orients and/or trains new staff.
6. Problem solving capabilities.
7. Subject matter expert/technical leadership.
8. Workflow/distribution of work.
9. Assists in assuring compliance with all regulatory and other agency requirements, laws, and statutes pertaining to the operation of the department.
Qualifications:
Preferred:
· Six months housekeeping or maintenance experience.
· High school diploma or GED.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
1. Demonstrates knowledge of hospital and departmental policies, procedures and standards.
- Ability to accurately and legibly complete required work assignment forms.
- Ability to follows instructions and completes all assignments in a timely manner.
- Knowledge of safety procedures regarding disposal of biohazardous wastes and other trash according to departmental procedures.
- Knowledge of safety procedures regarding lifting and transferring equipment, supplies and furniture.
- Ability to use assigned equipment in a safe and careful manner.
Other facts
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
As part of its Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, McLaren maintains academic affiliations with medical schools at Wayne State University, Michigan State University and Central Medical University. McLaren’s seven (7) GME campuses offer 27 residencies and eight (8) fellowship programs that train over 650 future physicians annually. All GME programs at McLaren are overseen and managed centrally by the Department of Academic Affairs.
What you'll do
- The Housekeeper I is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of hospital facilities and ensuring a safe, sanitary environment for patients, visitors, and staff. This includes cleaning assigned areas, disposing of waste, preparing patient rooms, and alerting supervisors to potential hazards.
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