Housekeeper Jobs in Weiss Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Vacuums carpeted surfaces, damp mops hard surface floors.
• Performs general and heavy cleaning duties in offices, patient rooms, clean and soiled utility rooms, laboratories, public areas, and stairways such as washing floors, walls, furniture, bed etc., with the appropriate hospital approved chemicals. Use ladders as necessary.
• Cleans window sills, lights, beds, doors, furniture, linen hamper, and waste baskets.
• Clean blood and body fluids.
• Clean arranges furniture in patient’s rooms, baths, offices, waiting and other public areas as assigned.
• Cleans bath tubs, sinks, shower heads, mirrors, toilets and replaces supplies as required.
• While generally assigned to a specific area, may be dispatched to other areas as needs dictate.
• Refinish floors, applying appropriate surface coatings.
• Moves furniture as directed and assists in freight moving.
• Washes walls, blinds, lights and similar surface areas and hangs drapes.
• Maintains and cleans equipment.
• Keep janitor’s closet and storage area neat and orderly.
• Performs all heavy duty mopping and cleaning.
• Cleans washes, polishes and scrubs floor using electric scrubbing machine, wet vacuum and/or buffer.
• Advises supervisor of unsanitary, unsafe or otherwise unsatisfactory conditions and defective or damaged fixtures, furniture or equipment.
• Collects trash and debris in rooms, halls and stairways.
• Properly disposes of Bio-hazardous waste.
• Clean furniture, hospital equipment and related items.
• Strips, refinishes and/or shampoos all types of floor surfaces and coverings.
• Transports hospital property from area to area or building to building.
• Strips unit upon discharge, terminally clean patient room and prepares for admission. .
• Perform all in between case cleaning in the OR’s and terminally clean all OR’s
• Return all keys and pagers.