Housekeeping Tech-Evs Full Time Days

Benefits

• Annual Employee Merit Increase and Incentive Bonus
• $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
• $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
• $6,000 Student Loan Repayment ($3,000 part-time)
• Paid time off and Holiday pay
• $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)

Description

**This is a full-time position at 40 hours per week located at Lake Forest Hospital. This position is on the day shift and includes a weekend rotation. **

The Housekeeping Tech reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities:

• Interacts with clinical areas regarding patient needs, discharges and admissions to ensure continuity of service.
• Cleans patient rooms, surgical areas, ancillary service areas, offices and waiting areas according to established policy, using the hospital approved cleaning chemicals and disinfectants.
• Vacuums carpeted surfaces, dust and damp mops hard surface floors.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Monitors the inventory of supplies such as paper towels, soap, toilet paper & hand sanitizer throughout hospital, replenishes as needed.
• Responds to needs such as the moving, placing and storage of furniture, supplies and equipment.
• Evaluates and monitors the interior of the hospital for areas or items needing repair (i.e., floor tiles, carpet, paint, furniture) and reporting items to the appropriate department for repair.
• Uses the Epic, Rauland, and Interactive Voice Response programs to receive and indicate the status of discharge and operating rooms being cleaned.
• Maintains all cleaning equipment and supplies according to prescribed standards.
• Washes walls, blinds, lights and similar surface areas and hangs cubicles and shower curtains.
• Handles and disposes of waste to include; general, recycling, medical waste, sharps, hazardous, pharmaceutical & special.
• Provides for meeting set-ups and audio/visual equipment for the hospital's and community's many educational programs and other activities.
• Terminally cleans patient rooms at discharge and performs duties to make the room ready for next patient.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment such as floor scrubbers, carpet extractors, upholstery cleaners, vacuums and burnishers.
• Responds to emergency request to include; the cleanup of spills, blood and body fluids.
• Performs periodic and deep cleaning on all types of floor surfaces to include; hard floor scrubbing, burnishing, refinishing, and carpet cleaning.
• Cleans equipment and storage areas; ensures work areas and equipment are left in a neat and organized condition.
• Performs between case/patient cleaning in the operating rooms and emergency rooms.

AA/EOE.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to understand basic oral work instructions and communicate basic job-related problems in English.

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.