Description

Basic Function: Housekeeping is responsible for maintaining a clean environment.

Essential Functions:

1. Always wear gloves when cleaning a room, whether or not contact with blood or body fluids is a possibility.
2. Daily cleaning should always include the floor, bathroom and patient contact areas.
3. Clean blood spills with the approved disinfectant with a clean disposable cloth/rag. The cloth used to clean body fluid spills must be bagged and sent to the laundry.
4. Gowns/masks/gloves may be required when working with biohazardous material or communicable diseases. The mop and mop water will be changed after cleaning that room. Staff will leave instructions for housekeeping staff when a room has been used.
5. Biohazard Waste is placed in red bags and in approved containers.

A. Biohazard Waste is defined as human blood and blood products, discarded product and materials containing free flowing blood or free flowing blood components. Medical sharps, discarded needles, syringes, contaminated articles that may penetrate the skin, pathological and microbiological waste.

1. Follow manufacturer guidelines for dilution and use of cleaning products.
2. Wash privacy curtains in exam rooms at least once a month or more if visibly soiled.
3. Mop Water: Change water after mopping 2-3 rooms or sooner if water is visibly dirty. Mop the lobby last.
4. Mop heads should be washed daily via laundry service.
5. Mop Heads: When finished mopping body fluids, blood, etc. discard the germicidal solution and change the mop head. The mop cannot be used for other areas until the mop head has been run through the laundry service.
6. Carpeted areas are vacuumed daily or more if needed and baseboards are dusted.
7. Wipe down patient registration counter and check out area and phones with cleaning solution daily.
8. Wipe down all door knobs and light switches daily.
9. Removal of all trash daily.
10. Dust all furniture using furniture polish weekly.
11. Dust silk plants/pictures weekly.
12. Reports and validates hazardous chemicals in use.
13. Complies with CHC Standards of Conduct, Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance.

Secondary Functions:

1. Understands role in Disaster Plan and that safety is a condition of employment.

2. Uses PPE as appropriate.

3. Follows CHC’s policies and procedures.

4. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Ability to perform each essential function duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

2. Basic computer knowledge.

3. Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times in all situations and follow the laws and intent of the most current HIPAA laws and regulations and Canyonlands’ security and privacy policies.

4. Ability to read, write and speak English.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Prior housekeeping experience.
2. Bi-lingual (English/Spanish/Navajo) language skills.