Under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor, performs a variety of cleaning duties for the hospital, clinic, and/or office, including walls, floors, equipment, bath areas, furniture, ceilings, elevators, staircases, windows and blinds, restrooms, vents, light fixtures using universal precautions and appropriate equipment. Responsible to maintain confidential patient information.

• Coordinates with the nursing staff and supervisor to clean occupied rooms first, check empty rooms, and attend to emergency cleaning for spills.

• Cleans patient rooms daily, damp mops or vacuums floors, and spot cleans stains.

• Dusts furniture, ledges, and bed tables and removes debris.

• Empties, washes, and relines wastebaskets.

• Washes walls and windows.

• Uses appropriate chemicals and techniques when washing and cleaning restrooms.

• Washes basins, commodes, tubs, and showers, checking and cleaning mirrors, soap dishes, water pipes and exterior surfaces.

• Dusts ledges, damp mops floors, and washes walls.

• Empties and relines wastebaskets.

• Refills toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers.

• Performs periodic cleaning of high ledges, ceiling and light fixtures, and vents.

• Cleans doors and parts of showers and commodes subject to mineral deposit.

• Dry and damp mops or machine scrubs corridors and elevator landings, according to assigned schedule.

• Sweeps stairwells and washes corridor and landing walls.

• As needed or assigned, bonnet cleans or extracts carpeted areas.

• Checks equipment condition upon sign out and cleans equipment upon return, reporting any needed maintenance or repair.

• Assists in meeting set ups, hanging curtains, picking up trash, hazardous waste, and recyclable trash.

• Washes trash containers in assigned areas.

• Maintains all floors.

• Maintains all carpets.

• Sets up meetings, hangs curtains, and checks the condition of the equipment.

• Attends all required safety training programs and can describe his or her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job-related hazards.

• Responsibly follows the hospital exposure control plans/bloodborne and airborne pathogens.

• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter- and intradepartmentally to facilitate the department’s/unit’s ability to meet its goals and objectives.

• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.

• Continuously displays a “can do” attitude within the department and across departmental lines to contribute to the overall customer service program in place at hospital.