Floor Care / Housekeeping- Per Diem bei Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic

Description

PURPOSE:

The Floor Care/Environmental Services position consists of floor care job duties that are combined with housekeeper duties.

NATURE & SCOPE:

The Floor Care/Environmental Services position duties will be combined with the night shift Housekeeper Floor Care position duties at the option of Mid-Valley Hospital and providing the worker meets the qualifications of this job description. The position is a night shift position requiring weekend work Monday through Friday 9:00 pm to 5:30 am, or as adjusted due to business need. This position reports directly to the Environmental Services Supervisor the Operations & Risk Manager. Accepts direction and makes requests from the Nurse Supervisor in the absence of the Environmental Services Supervisor Operations & Risk Manager.

ENVIRONMENT:

Mid-Valley Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital/acute care facility located in Okanogan, County. The working environment is generally pleasant and moderately dynamic, fluctuating with patient activity. Occasional outside duties may require working in cold or wet climate conditions. The position requires prolonged standing, walking, stooping and bending. Position may be exposed to dangers of assault and hazards resulting from investigation of alarms and other irregularities when making rounds.

LATITUDE:

The duties and accountabilities of the Floor Care/Environmental Services position are clearly defined in this position description. The individual in this position is given the latitude to perform their job duties in a thorough manner, while remaining within the scope of their authority. The individual in this position is given limited authority to organize the routine of specified tasks, but should bring significant questions or recommendations to the Environmental Services Supervisor or the Operations & Risk Manager.

SUBORDINATE ACTIVITIES:

None. This position does not directly supervise any other position.

CONTACTS:

The Floor Care/Environmental Services position generally has many, widespread contacts including both patients and the staff of many other departments. This position may work closely with others, and must often coordinate work efforts with the staff of other departments. This individual should make every effort to project a professional, positive image of the department and contribute to a pleasant working environment. Interaction with patients, and impact on patient’s welfare is an especially important concern.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

The Floor Care/Environmental Services position requires the minimum of a high school education or equivalent. This position must be able to follow verbal and written instruction, maintain confidentiality and be able to perform work with attention to detail. On the job training will be provided.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

· Quickly assembles necessary cleaning supplies and equipment at the beginning of each shift, and proceeds to work in a timely fashion.

· Thoroughly dust mops and wet mops various hard surface floor areas, either routinely or when needed, to obtain a quality appearance and sanitary condition.

· Thoroughly vacuums various carpeted floor areas, either routinely or when needed, to obtain a quality appearance.

· Routine cleans various support areas of the hospital such as Radiology, Business Offices, Maintenance, Dietary, Utilities, etc. and achieves high quality results.

· Required use and knowledge of the buffing machine to help return hard surface floors to a clean and shiny appearance. Must be able to follow training to avoid injury or damage to furniture or floors.

· May be asked to help train newly hired Housekeepers, or to do some specific retraining if needed in a particular instance.

· Transports used wet and dust mops from janitor's closets to the appropriate laundry room for cleaning.

· Submit work orders promptly and clearly in response to observing anything that needs the attention of the Maintenance Dept.

· May be asked to sweep gravel and sand from the entrances to the hospital or from the loading dock area.

· Occasionally lifts heavy objects in the process of dumping water from a mop bucket, moving case lots of supplies, moving furniture during the cleaning process, throwing trash into the dumpster, loading laundry, etc.

· Cleans the housekeeping cart, equipment, and janitor's closet in a careful manner at the end of each shift; restocks the housekeeping cart with supplies for the next shift.

· Cleans assigned areas by washing furnishings, floors and equipment with special cleaning solutions and disinfectants to prevent spread of disease.

· Responsible for stripping and waxing floors in all rooms and halls. Vents in all rooms and halls removed and cleaned.

· Assists with ensuring security of facilities by checking doors and windows are properly secured while completing cleaning duties.

· Provide staff assistance with patient restraint and intervention in disruptions by patients, visitors, or staff if requested, and only after receiving appropriate training to do so.

· May be requested to provide patient sitting duties.

· Responds quickly and effectively to emergent and non-emergent situations.

· Assists and gives courteous responses to any inquiries made by patients, visitors, or personnel.

· Enforces all hospital policies and procedures as assigned by Housekeeping Coordinator, Operations & Risk Manager, or Administrator.

· Demonstrates an awareness of personal abilities and limitations. Will request assistance in situations that exceed abilities (i.e.: lifting/violent intervention, etc.)

· Consistently demonstrates the ability to recognize, establish and cope with priorities properly.

· Maintains required records, reports, files in an accurate and timely fashion.

· Provide snow removal support where needed throughout hospital grounds including sidewalks.

· Accurately and effectively identifies environmental or other conditions that may affect safety and security needs.

· Consistently reports significant observations to appropriate individuals and communicates concise and accurate information through departmental reporting mechanisms.

· Assists with visitor control after hours.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Greets all patients, visitors, physicians, and other staff members in a courteous, respectful and professional manner at all time. Responds to all patients with empathy and positive interpersonal skills at all times.
• Communicates, cooperates, and performs related duties with other members of the department, physicians, and hospital staff in a courteous and efficient manner to achieve overall hospital goals and objectives.
• Interacts cooperatively with others to contribute and maintain a positive work environment and team building effort.
• Follows the normal chain of command.
• Follows established hospital policies and procedures to preserve the patient's right to privacy and confidentiality.
• Complies with hospital policies and procedures concerning Sick Leave.
• Adheres to departmental dress standards in a professional manner; maintains personal hygiene.
• Plans and organizes work activity to complete scheduled assignments on time.
• Comes to work on time and when scheduled; rarely has need to leave early for personal reasons.
• Completes an acceptable workload and work can be counted on to be accurate, and reliable.
• Takes appropriate amount of time for meal and rest periods in accordance with hospital policy and procedure.
• Responds to supervision in a professional, courteous manner.
• Identifies own educational needs and maintains appropriate skill level through educational opportunities.
• Attends department meetings as requested. Makes suggestions, constructive criticism and personal requests in a non-abrasive manner.
• Completes employee time sheets accurately, timely, and according to established policy and procedure. Insures accuracy of hours presented for payment.
• Attends required in-service education to insure hospital compliance with state/federal licensing regulations.
• Takes an active part in the hospital-wide quality assurance program in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
• Takes and active part in the safety, disaster, and fire protection regulations according to hospital policy and procedure.
• Observe, and take part in keeping the department in compliance with infection control program and practices according to hospital policy and procedure.
• Practices daily cost containment when possible and uses supplies in an appropriate, economical manner.
• Completes other duties as assigned by the Housekeeping Coordinator and or the Director of Support Services.

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

1. Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.

2. Minimum Math ability usually associated with this classification: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure; to perform the four operations with like or common decimal fractions; to compute ratio, rate, and percent; to draw and interpret bar graphs; to perform arithmetic operations involving All-American monetary units.

3. Minimum Language ability usually associated with this classification: Read: Ability to read a variety of novels, magazines, atlases, and encyclopedias; to read safety rules, instructions in the use and maintenance of shop tools and equipment, and methods and procedures in mechanical drawing and layout work.

Read/Write: Ability to read/write reports and essays with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of English speech.

Speak: Ability to speak before audience with poise, voice control, and confidence, using correct English and well-modulated voice.

4. Amount of training, either on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the Reasoning, Math and Language abilities detailed above: May not require, but prefer over 1 year and up to and including 2 years past experience. On-the-job training may be offered.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

5. Degree of Physical Demands (Strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification: Medium Work: Occasional heavy work of moving objects in excess of 100 pounds and lifting and carrying of items weighing 50 pounds or more. Frequent lifting, bending, and carrying of items weighing up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

6. Type of Physical Demands usually associated with the essential functions of this classification: Reaching, Handling, Fingering, and/or Feeling: (Reaching - Extending the hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction). (Handling - Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands (fingering not involved)). (Fingering - Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers primarily (rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling)). (Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of receptors in skin, particularly those of fingertips). Talking and/or Hearing: (Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word). (Hearing - Perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are:

a. Acuity, far - Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.

b. Acuity, near - Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.

c. Depth Perception - Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are.

d. Field of Vision - Area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point.

e. Accommodation - Adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from eye.

f. Color Vision - Ability to identify and distinguish colors.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS-HAZARDS:

7. Environmental Conditions (Physical Surroundings) usually associated with this classification: The Worker is usually Subject to Inside Environmental Conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. On occasion, the position may require limited outside duties that could result working in cold and wet conditions.

8. Environmental Conditions (Hazards) usually associated with this classification: No environmental hazards indicated for this classification.

9. Machines, Tools, Equipment, and Work Aids, which may be representative but not all-inclusive, of those commonly, associated with this type of work. Power Sweeper, High Speed Buffers, Vibrator, Washing Machines, Pumps, Brooms, Brushes, Mops, Scrapers, Shovels, Squeegees, Wringers, Power Blower, scales, Wet or Dry Vacuum Cleaners, Buckets, Cleaning Cloths, Detergents, Filters, Formulas, Hoses, Measuring Containers, Solvents.

WAGE AND COMPENSATION

Wage range $ 18.45 hr. - $ 27.41 hr. – DOE

Plus, the Per Diem rate of an additional 10%

Mid-Valley Hospital also offers Per Diem Employees Sick Leave at an accrual of 1 hour for every 40 hours worked. Per Diem employees can also enroll in a 403(b) deferred compensation plan and/or a 457 deferred compensation plan.