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Hospital Cleaning Staff Performs routine building cleaning under supervision, including but not limited to mopping, dusting, and sweeping, trash removal, window cleaning, disinfecting patient rooms, cleaning laboratories, and interacting with patients in a hospital environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • PRE-OP / PACU / INPATIENT AREAS/ PHARMACY/MED SURGDAILYRemove all trash, linens, and red bags as needed
  • Wipe down sink, countertops, desk, tables, and chairs
  • Mop entire area dailyClean bedside tables daily
  • Detail/clean bathrooms
  • Clean sinks and counters several times a day
  • Clean toilets several times a day
  • Restock toilet tissue and paper towels several times a day
  • Check for overall cleanliness
  • Mop entire bathroom
  • Turn off all lightsTWICE A WEEKClean windows
  • Dust everything in all areasDAILYCheck paper supplies/soaps/bagsENDOSCOPY / PRE-OP ROOMDAILYRemove all trash
  • Mop entire area dailyTurn off all lights
  • Change black rugs once a weekTWICE A WEEKDust equipment, signs, picture framesONCE A WEEKClean all windows/ doorsFRONT LOBBY AREASEATING AREACheck waiting room for cleanliness and straighten magazines several times a day
  • Dust tables, pictures, lights and signs daily
  • Vacuum floor daily
  • Sweep and mop tiled area dailyENTRANCESweep outside entry and pick up trashEmpty and clean ashtrays
  • Empty trashCOFFEE BARRemove trashClean countertop and sink several times a day
  • Mop floorWAITING AREA RESTROOMSCheck paper towels, toilet paper and soap dispensers several times a day and refill as needed
  • Detail clean dailyClean toilets, sinks, and counters
  • Mop floorBUSINESS OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION OFFICEDAILYRemove all trash dailyTurn off all lightsTWICE A WEEKDust chairs, pictures, cabinets, windowsills
  • Dust and wipe down desks and countertopsONCE A WEEKClean Business Office interior windows
  • VacuumLOCKER ROOMSDAILYClean sinks, countertops, and toilets
  • Check toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap
  • Vacuum entire area
  • Mop bathroom floorsTurn off all lights
  • Empty trashEmpty scrubsLOUNGE AND REAR ENTRY AREADAILYRemove all trashClean sinks, countertops, tables
  • Straighten chairs, tables, magazines, counters, etc.
  • Mop kitchen floor and rear entry floorsTurn off all lightsTWICE A WEEKClean rear entry windowsMISCELLANEOUSRemove all trash from building daily
  • Dust/wipe down all phones daily.
  • Place orders for supplies as necessaryEXTERIOR OF FACILITYKeep free of debris
  • Keep dumpster area clean and gates closed
  • Empty trash cans as needed
  • Clean all windows and doors as neededFLOOR CARECleans all floors throughout facility on a regular basis to insure cleanliness and maintenance of floor finishes.
  • Knowledgeable in the use and operation of various types of floor maintenance products.
  • Understands the use and compatibility of various types and brands of floor maintenance products.
  • Vacuums all carpet throughout the facility on a regular basis.
  • Spot cleans carpet as determined though periodic inspection.
  • Assists with managing inventory of floor cleaning supplies.
  • Reports needed repairs and maintenance of floor cleaning equipment.
Core Competencies: Action Orientation - Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, accepts responsibility, establishes standards and responsibilities, creates a results-oriented environment, and follows through on actions. Communications - Communicates well both verbally and in writing. Effectively conveys and shares information and ideas with others. Listens carefully and understands various viewpoints. Presents ideas clearly and concisely and understands relevant detail in presented information. Creativity/Innovation - Generates novel ideas and develops or improves existing and new systems that challenge the status quo, takes risks, and encourages innovation. Critical Judgment - Possesses the ability to define issues and focus on achieving workable solutions. Consistently does the right thing by performing with reliability. Customer Orientation - Listens to customers, builds customer confidence, increases customer satisfaction, ensures commitments are met, sets appropriate customer expectations, and responds to customer needs. Interpersonal Skills - Effectively and productively engages with others and establishes trust, credibility, and confidence with others. Leadership - Motivates, empowers, inspires, collaborates with, and encourages others. Builds consensus when appropriate. Focuses team members on common goals. Teamwork - Knows when and how to attract, develop, reward, and utilize teams to optimize results. Acts to build trust, inspire enthusiasm, encourage others, and help resolve conflicts and develop consensus in creating high-performance teams.
Professional Requirements: Meets dress code standards and adheres to policies. Completes annual education requirements. Maintains regulatory requirements. Maintains patient confidentiality at all times. Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time. Wears identification while on duty, uses computerized punch time system correctly. Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion. Attends annual review and department in-services, as scheduled. Attends staff meetings annually or reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes. Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner. Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities. Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices. Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department. Assists other staff members in performing any duty that enhances the delivery of patient care.
Regulatory Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent.

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