Housekeeping Aide
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Fairview Health Services
MN
Summary
The Housekeeping Aide performs cleaning and sanitation duties to maintain a clean and orderly environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Responsibilities include handling biohazardous waste, managing linens, maintaining equipment, and responding to emergency codes.
Job Description
Job Overview
Fairview is looking to hire a Housekeeping Aide to join our team at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, MN. This is a day-shift position working 32 hours per bi-weekly pay period. The Housekeeping Aide performs cleaning duties to help maintain a clean, sanitary, orderly, and welcoming environment for our patients, visitors, and staff.
Schedule:
- Week 1:
Wednesday: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Saturday: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sunday: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. - Week 2:
Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Responsibilities
- Performs cleaning assignments per department procedures and protocols
- Uses proper chemical dilution rations
- Follows infection control practices and procedures
- Follows proper procedure for assigned area
- Completes assignments in a timely manner
- Uses proper equipment and supplies for task
- Replenishes supplies
- Properly handles soiled and clean linens in assigned areas
- Properly handles and disposes of biohazardous and non-biohazardous waste
- Uses good body mechanics
- Uses safe work practices i.e. floor signs, use of gloves, follow hazard signs/symbols
- Remains flexible to change assignments as needed
- Contributes process improvement ideas/suggestions
- Properly documents work assignments
- Demonstrates proper emergency and security response
- Takes immediate action as required to assist with emergency codes
- Unlocks and secures access to building as directed
- Cleans emergency spills as needed
- Demonstrates proper use and care of equipment
- Uses proper equipment for assignment/task
- Properly cares for equipment and acts for preventive maintenance
- Reports malfunctioning equipment
- Uses safety precautions
- Customer Service
- Uses appropriate verbal and nonverbal greetings
- Demonstrates a willing and helpful attitude
- Demonstrates respect for customer’s need for privacy
- Performs activities in a respectful, courteous, and responsive manner
- Transports furniture and equipment as requested
- Reports mechanical failures or negative conditions to appropriate supervisor
- Interpersonal Relations with Healthcare Team
- Offers and values constructive criticism
- Resolves issues in a respectful manner
- Uses first party communication
- Demonstrates respect for others
Preferred Qualifications
- High School diploma or GED
- Previous Housekeeping/Environmental Service experience
Benefit Overview
Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link foradditional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract
Compensation Disclaimer
An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.
EEO Statement
EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status
Fairview Health Services is Minnesota’s choice for healthcare. We’re an industry-leading, award-winning, nonprofit offering a full network of healthcare services. Our broad network is designed to be ready for our patients’ every need, while delivering quality care with compassion.
Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.
We’re built on a tradition of compassionate care. This is our home, and our patients are our neighbors. We’re here to heal, we’re here for you.
We are part of M Health Fairview, an expanded academic health system that represents a collaboration among the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. The partnership combines the university’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine.
Together, we’re expanding access to world-class, patient-centered care through our 10 hospitals, 60 primary care clinics, specialty clinics, pharmacies, home care, hospice, and medical transportation service.
Fairview also operates the Ebenezer senior living communities and offers Employer Solutions such as EAP and pharmacy benefit management.
Search for jobs and apply at https://www.fairview.org/careers.
Founded
1917
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Minneapolis, MN
Fairview Health Services is Minnesota’s choice for healthcare. We’re an industry-leading, award-winning, nonprofit offering a full network of healthcare services. Our broad network is designed to be ready for our patients’ every need, while delivering quality care with compassion.
Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.
We’re built on a tradition of compassionate care. This is our home, and our patients are our neighbors. We’re here to heal, we’re here for you.
We are part of M Health Fairview, an expanded academic health system that represents a collaboration among the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. The partnership combines the university’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine.
Together, we’re expanding access to world-class, patient-centered care through our 10 hospitals, 60 primary care clinics, specialty clinics, pharmacies, home care, hospice, and medical transportation service.
Fairview also operates the Ebenezer senior living communities and offers Employer Solutions such as EAP and pharmacy benefit management.
Search for jobs and apply at https://www.fairview.org/careers.
Founded
1917
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Minneapolis, MN