Housekeeper

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Housekeeper provides a Clean, Comfortable, Orderly and Satisfactory Environment for Patients, Guardians/Sponsors, Employees and General Public, promoting Standard-Accepted Sanitary Conditions thus Preventing Spread of Infection and Odor. 

 

The Housekeeper operates across the Hospital Sections and can be attached as per the Roster designed and managed by the Housekeeping Manager.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

1. Ensure Strict Adherence to Duty Rosters and Schedules
2. Ensure All Areas of Cleaning are Professionally Cleaned and Serviced
3. Ensure Timely Collection, Gathering and Disposal of Departmental Office Waste
4. Ensure Timely and Proper Documentation of Cleaning Reports
5. Ensure Proper Inventory Management of Allocated Cleaning Materials, Equipment and Apparatus, informing the Housekeeping Manager of Forecasted Re-Supplies
6. Ensure Timely and Proper Stocking of Supplies related to Housekeeping (Sundries, Toiletries, Cleaning Agents, Air Fresheners) to the Offices, Washrooms and Wards
7. Ensure, in collaboration with the Housekeeping and IFC Manager, that Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Spring Cleaning Exercises
8. Maintain and Manage OSHA Standards in Cleanliness, through Implementation of the Housekeeping OSHA Policy
9.  In-charge of all quality activities in relation to this position as per the Hospital Standards.

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

SECONDARY DUTIES:

None listed.

OTHER DUTIES
Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

1. Excellent time management skills
2. Good problem solving and decision-making abilities.
3. Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. 

COMPETENCIES:

1. Integrity - Ability to be tactful, maintain confidences, and foster an ethical work environment; prevent inappropriate behavior by coworkers; give proper credit to others; handle all situations honestly.
2. High Achiever- Able and willing to set goals relevant to his Job description, achieve them and help the team achieve common departmental goals 
3. A high attention to detail.
4. Organizational Skills

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The employee must perform all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually low.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 5 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to:

Frequently use fine finger dexterity , talk and hear, stand , walk, reach with hands and arms
Occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel and crouch