Housekeeper II- Full-Time Days

Schedule: Full-time 40 hours. 7:00 am - 3:30 pm Monday - Friday, every other weekend and holiday

This position requires 1-2 years of floor and carpet care experience.

• Performs the following floor and carpet care techniques: carpet bonneting and extracting, spray buffing, burnishing, scrub & recoat, stripping and refinishing.
• Performs the 8 steps cleaning procedures, daily cleaning, discharge cleaning, bed making, wall spotting, toilet cleaning, high and low dusting, O.R. terminal cleaning.
• Cleans up all organic body waste, i.e. blood and body fluids, feces, sputum etc. as instructed by the supervisor or team leader.
• Hangs cubical curtains, shower curtains and window curtains.
• Up on discharge cleaning, disinfect and/or sanitize I.V. poles, pumps and other patient equipment.
• Ability to learn and to demonstrate new procedures related to the health care industry.
• Collects solid and contaminated waste.
• Delivers solid waste to the compacting area.
• Inspects equipment daily to maintain it in clean conditions and in good repair.
• Maintains good public relations with all patients, facility and staff personnel.

Grade: 105

About Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171- bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.

At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.

• High school education or equivalent.
• Must have at least 1 to 2 years of experience in floor and carpet care.
• Must have ability to understand and converse in English at a level which allows safe, efficient performance of the job.
• Be able to lift 25-50 pounds. Requires manual dexterity and ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Performs basic and heavier cleaning functions in assigned areas following established schedules and using prescribed methods.
• Performs all environmental services tasks demonstrating services orientation to fellow employees, staff and patients.
• Competent in using the proper chemicals for the proper tasks.
• Ability to perform cleaning of emergency spills when observed and/or up on request.

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.