Job Description:

Position Highlights:

• Position: Housekeeper Supervisor
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Full Time
• Hours: 3pm to 11:30pm including weekends

Benefits:

• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, and Vision options, including Domestic Partner Coverage
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking at designated locations
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities

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JOB SUMMARY

Cleans and maintains assigned areas; moves furniture, equipment and supplies, in and around Facility Departments; maintains and cares for facility grounds; processes medical waste; and performs a variety of Environmental Services duties to maintain the facility in a clean, orderly and safe condition.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

* Demonstrates a commitment to the mission of Swedish Covenant Hospital and

demonstrates a service orientation and adheres to all responsibilities and

standards of the Hospital.

1. Sets up meeting rooms and delivers and operates audio/visual equipment according to weekly meeting schedule.

2. Operates and maintains in working order housekeeping, equipment including vacuums, automatic floor machines.

3. Directs work flow in absence of Supervisor.

4. Assists Supervisor in training employees.

5. Performs daily and terminal cleaning. Replenishes supplies. Reports necessary repairs of all patient care and ancillary areas (including patient rooms, washrooms, exam rooms, lobbies, offices, etc.) to ensure a safe, sanitary, and attractive environment for patients, staff and visitors.

6. Collects, transports, processes and disposes of all types of regular, hazardous and medical waste throughout the facility following established policies and procedures to assure that all waste disposals is performed in compliance with all regulatory agencies in order to ensure a safe and sanitary environment.

7. Extracts and spin-cleans carpets. Washes walls, ceilings, lights, spray buffs, scrubs and refinishes hard/tile floors. Shampoo upholstered furniture and performs other project cleaning on all surfaces in order to maintain the quality of cleanliness within the facility.

QUALIFICATION/BASIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• High School Graduate or equivalent
• Must have computer and organizational skills
• One to two years institutional housekeeping and/or grounds keeping
• Able to utilize proper body mechanics in order to safely carry out above tasks
• Ability to operate all types of housekeeping and grounds keeping equipment
• Experience using floor finishing equipment
• Basic communication skills and leadership potential

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONTACTS

• Hospital employees
• Department Supervisors
• Managers
• Other key persons

ENVIRONMENT

• Physical effort: On feet major portions of day
• Much pushing, pulling, bending, stretching and squatting
• Some climbing
• Considerable lifting (40-50 lbs and up to 300 lbs with assistance)
• Considerable walking
• Work hazards: frequent exposure to cleaning chemicals
• May be exposed to blood/body fluids and airborne diseases when handling medical waste and/or cleaning patient areas.

ACCESS TO PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION

Computer system access is assigned based on managers access level request and on the minimum necessary as described in this job description. Approval for level of access is given by the system administrator or manager of the department that has ownership of system/module. See Computer System Access controls policy.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel to classified.

Overall Qualifications: