Housekeeper II
Housekeeper II
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Job Description
Overview
CHI St. Anthony Hospital is a 25 bed licensed for 49 faith-based acute care level four trauma critical access hospital and healthcare campus serving the Pendleton Oregon area for more than 100 years. We are committed to the highest quality of patient care and safety; and to strengthening our community through wellness education. CHI St. Anthony Hospital is designed specifically to ensure that our physicians nurses and healthcare professionals can continue to provide extraordinary care for our patients. The 103000 square foot hospital features 4 operations rooms 11 emergency rooms 30 private patient rooms and the latest medical equipment. St. Anthony Hospital has plenty of room to grow as needed by the community and will continue to provide the safest quality of care possible. St. Anthony Hospital was also named one of the top patient experience hospitals in 2021. CHI St. Anthony is a member ofCommonSpirit Health the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation boasting an integrated network of top quality hospitals with physicians from the most prestigious medical schools and comprehensive outpatient services-all recognized for quality safety and service. To learn more go to
Responsibilities
Job Summary:
Floor Care: Provides basic and specialty cleaning services to all areas of the hospital focusing primarily on the operations of heavy mechanical equipment (e.g. scrubbers buffers polishers extractors wet vacuuming equipment etc.) used in the cleaning and maintenance of hard and soft (i.e. carpet) flooring surfaces including stairwells hallways and public spaces.
Specialty Units: Work includes providing a safe care environment for patients and staff (visitors as appropriate to setting) within a specialty area (surgical services/perioperative suite cath lab endoscopy etc.) achieved by demonstrating the principles of cleaning disinfection and quality assurance toward the reduction of harmful pathogens for the benefit of patients visitors and staff.
Other: Responsibilities may also include work in the Environmental Services Tech I classification.
Essential Functions:
Floor Care:
- Responsible for completing as assigned performs all types of floor care and maintenance throughout the facility including hard surfaces and carpeting.
- Adhere to all organizational safety risk management and infection control standards while promoting a culture of safety.
- Cleans and performs routine maintenance on floor equipment; requesting assistance from plant operations and maintenance as needed.
- Maintains accurate floor care logs and checklists.
- Operates all equipment with care and according to facility and manufacturers safety standards and procedures.
- Participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives including but not limited to initiatives to improve HCAHPS scores as it relates to hospital cleanliness & always quiet
- Performs project work and specialty tasks according to facility needs. Can include tasks such as conference room set up/dismantle according to function sheets and schedules cleaning of stairwells and elevators and hanging of cubicle curtains.
- Recognizes the importance of how their communication is received by patients visitors and other health care workers staff etc.
- Recognizes their role as part of the larger organization and models the mission statement through interaction with patients family visitors and other facility staff.
Specialty Units:
- Responsible for cleaning and disinfection of specialty units & equipment. Areas include but are not limited to Surgical Services Labor Delivery Critical Care Endoscopy MRI Trauma Cath Lab NICU Mental Health and Burn Unit.
- Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of the health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements proper and safe chemical use equipment handling and labor saving products for all items within the specialty environment tasked with servicing.
- Accountable for accurately maintaining all appropriate logs and check lists/sheets current
- Responsible for cleaning and disinfection of equipment and areas of assignment according to procedures policies and manufacturer recommendations.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the cleaning and disinfecting requirements specific to highly sensitive environments.
- Demonstrates understanding of the training and education related to evidence based recommendations in accordance with the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) Association for Professional in Infection Control (APIC) and Association for perioperative Nurses (AORN) CDC The Joint Commission and other regulatory bodies.
Other:
- Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives including but not limited to initiatives to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
- Maintains supplies and equipment by properly stocking and restocking environmental services cart in a neat and orderly fashion
- Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA)
- Follows all environmental and infection prevention practices (i.e. proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and process hand hygiene standard & isolation precautions as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Practices critical thinking skills to include prioritization of duties and immediate needs/requests (Stat cleans)
- Demonstrates personal accountability
- Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved
- Demonstrate knowledge of facility safety requirements.
- Demonstrates the ability to operate and properly maintain all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
- Assists in onboarding new Environmental Services Techs as requested
- Other duties as assigned.
- The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Minimum Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Can distinguish the differences between levels of disinfection and perform low and intermediate level disinfection
- Ability to explain orally or in writing the difference between levels of disinfection and perform immediate level disinfections in areas where required
- Ability to operate necessary equipment/machines
- Effectively uses computers and mobile devices. Respectfully listens to viewpoints and ideas of others. Communicates orally or in writing openly and candidly creates an environment where co-workers and team members reciprocate in kind. Respectfully listen to viewpoints and ideas of others. Ability to work without close supervision
Preferred Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Previous healthcare experience
Employment Type
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