We are looking for a Housekeeper I to join our team!

Schedule: Weekdays: 5 P.M. to 1 A.M./3 P.M. - 11 P.M., Weekends/Holidays 

Hours per week: 37.5 hours

Benefits: Yes, RAMC offers a competitive benefits package.

• Position Summary:
  • The Housekeeper I performs a wide range of housekeeping duties to maintain a safe, neat and clean environment.
• Job Relationships:
  • Reports to Director of Environmental Services and Assistant Director of Housekeeping. Also collaborates with other coworkers, departments, and staff at RAMC/RASLC.
• Primary Customer Served:
  • No direct patient care.
• Education and Training Required:
• Experience:
  • Prior housekeeping experience helpful.
• Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Good verbal/written communication skills.
  • Ability to apply common sense to carry out detailed and involved written or oral instructions.
  • Ability to be a team player.
  • Ability to plan, organize and develop priorities.
  • Ability to work self-supervised.
• Physical Requirements:
  • Physical Demands:
    • Continuously walks to perform tasks.
    • Frequently stands to perform tasks.
    • Frequently requires lifting up to 25 pounds.
    • Occasionally requires lifting up to 50 pounds.
    • Continuously requires pushing up to 10 pounds when moving carts and other equipment.
    • Frequently requires pushing up to 25 pounds when pushing trash cart and other equipment.
    • Frequently requires carrying up to 10 pounds when carrying housekeeping supplies.
    • Occasionally requires climbing stairs/ladders/ramps to replace cubicle curtains.
    • Frequently requires bending below knee and to knee, kneeling, crouching and squatting to clean beds and baseboards, twisting, and reaching overhead for light fixtures.
    • Occasionally requires handling objects and using tasting and smelling.
  • Sight:
    • Frequent use of far and near vision and perception of colors.
  • Cognition/Communication:
    • Frequently required to communicate with other staff, volunteers, patients, and visitors using ordinary hearing skills, comprehensive speech, and occasional use of simple reading, writing and math skills.
  • Environmental Conditions:
    • Frequently works indoors.
    • Occasionally work around fumes and odors.
  • Potential Hazards:
    • OSHA Blood Borne/TB Classification Class II– Occupational exposure to blood and Other Potentially Infectious Materials (OPIMs) is reasonably expected to occurin routine performance of duties.
    • Continuously exposed to needles/syringes/sharps, waste handling (general trash) and red infectious waste.
    • Frequently exposed to toxic/caustic chemical hazards & hazardous waste.
  • Psychological, Situational, Functional Factors:
    • Continuously use flexibility to perform job function, interpersonal skills sufficient to work closely with others.
    • Continuously use speed, consistency, and accuracy.
    • Occasionally work alone effectively under stressful situations