Lafayette Hospital + Clinics (LH+C) – Housekeeper PM Shift

Job Title: Housekeeper
Reports to: Housekeeping Manager
Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Position Qualifications:
• Experience cleaning, performing laundry duties
• Ability to perform general cleaning of hospital and clinics
• Ability to follow Universal Precautions and Isolation Policies and Procedures
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, departmental staff, and visitors
• Ability to make appropriate decisions with respect to duties assigned
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Ability to be flexible in shifts worked or assigned – including weekends and holidays
• Ability to follow and knowledge of Safety Sanitation practices
• Ability to follow and knowledge of Infection Control Practices
• Valid Driver’s License required

Responsibilities:
• General Cleaning of all areas of the hospital/clinics including patient care and non-patient care areas
• Waste Disposal, Dusting and Cleaning including vacuuming, cleaning of floors, walls, furniture, equipment, and any other cleaning as assigned or needed.
• Storage and rotation of supplies
• Working varied shifts and weekends
• Cleaning includes rotation and travel to offsite locations

Typical Physical Demands:
• Full range of body motion and dexterity to allow for the significant handling, transferring, pushing/pulling, and lifting of materials and equipment
• Ability to lift, carry, push or pull up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift, carry, push or pull over 50 pounds
• Independent mobility
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
• Hand-Eye Coordination, finger dexterity, odor, color, and texture perception and discrimination, functional visual ability and depth perception, functional sound perception and discrimination, and functional verbal speech ability.
• Frequent bending, twisting, balancing, and reaching at or above and below shoulder level, as well as occasional kneeling and climbing
• Ability to wear gloves and other protective equipment and know the appropriate time they should be worn
• Ability to flex schedule to work irregular hours as assigned

Working Conditions:
• Exposure to disagreeable orders, communicable diseases, and bodily fluids
• Exposure to chemical compounds of medications and treatments
• Exposure to chemicals such as disinfectants, cleaners, soaps, and other agents
• Exposure to latex, plastic, and other materials used for personal protective equipment
• Exposure to noise and distractions
• Exposure to unpredictable behaviors

Employee Responsibility in an Emergency:
As an employee of Lafayette Hospital + Clinics, you are expected to respond to emergencies involving the safety of patients, other employees, visitors and the facility. This includes the ability to assist with a possible evacuation of facility if that has been deemed necessary.

Management Statement:
This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. The employee will also perform other reasonable job related duties as assigned by the supervisor and/or other management personnel. Management reserves the right to change job responsibilities, duties and hours as needs prevail. This document is for management communication only and not intended to imply a written or implied contract of employment.

https://www.lafayettecountywi.org/hr/job-opening/lhc-full-time-housekeeper-pm-shift

Deadline Note: 11:59PM