Housekeeping Aid Job Description
Housekeeping aid
provides daily direction and leadership to the housekeeping team with the housekeeping manager and in the absence of the housekeeping manager.
Housekeeping Aid Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Responsible for the completion of environmental sanitation activities and direct the work activities of housekeeping aids and leaders
Provide technical support to employee in the proper use of supplies, equipment and time that promotes the effective, efficient delivery of service to the medical center
Conduct comprehensive weekly inspections and ensures employee are instructed to correct deficiencies on a timely basis
Furnish guidance on the sequence of operation and technical guidance prescribed in VA manuals, VA health care policies, Joint Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and other guidelines
Orient new employees
May occasionally require travel to other facilities within the Health Care System to accommodate workload
WORK PRACTICES (Includes Keeping Things Neat, Clean and in Order) - SPECIAL APTITUDE IN HOUSEKEEPING
Maintains floors, walls, doors, baseboard and stairwells by sweeping, dust mopping, damp mopping, scrubbing, stripping, waxing, polishing, vacuuming, spot removing, dusting and washing
Cleans/maintains carpets, draperies, beds, upholstered furniture and fixtures attached to floors, walls and ceilings
Moves furniture and participates in snow removal as needed
Housekeeping Aid Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Housekeeping Aid
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the housekeeping aid job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Collage and Primary Degree in Education, Department of Education, Supervision, Furniture, Medical, Management, Patient Care, Environmental Management, Recreation, Military
Skills for Housekeeping Aid
Desired skills for housekeeping aid include:
Materials
Methods
Tools and equipment used in general institution/hospital housekeeping work
Desired experience for housekeeping aid includes:
Collects and disposes of contaminated waste other than trash
Cleans and makes bed, using prescribed procedures
Remains alert to plumbing and other building service and safety equipment that may need repair, and report information to supervisor(s)
Must pass pre-employment physical examination
Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment dexterity and safety
Loma Linda, CA
Housekeeping Aid Examples
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Housekeeping Aid Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a housekeeping aid. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for housekeeping aid
- Likelihood of Success
- Disinfects and deodorizes lavatories, urinals and toilet bowls
- Utilize heavy industrial equipment to scrub, wax floors
- Adjust, clean, and oil industrial machine and change brushes, rollers, buffers, and other attachment on them
- Empty trash cans and waste baskets and replacing liners
- Use ladders and scaffolds to clean Venetian blinds, and wash ceiling fixtures and room partitions
- Bed Wash
- LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS HOUSEKEEPING AIDE (WG-1)
- Cleans all operating and procedure rooms following surgical procedures and operations
- Performs specialized cleaning using detergent germicides (per manufacturer's specifications) to attain aseptic conditions
Qualifications for housekeeping aid
- Subject to a security background/suitability investigation
- Restricted to veterans with preference
- Danville, IL
- Pre-employment physical exam is required for this position
- Bedford, MA
- Hines, IL
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Housekeeping Aid Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of housekeeping aid. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for housekeeping aid
- Coordinates and maintains adequate levels of surgical linens
- Cleans recovery rooms and all gurneys, carts and equipment, other than surgical apparatus, to maintain aseptic conditions in the transfer of patients
- Moves heavy furniture such as gurneys, beds, tables and other heavy equipment when performing cleaning duties
- Must be able to use, move, and control heavy equipment
- Transport and work from ladders
- Stain removal, floor refinishing, trash collection/removal, wall/window/blind cleaning, light fixture cleaning, interior locker/furniture cleaning, vacuuming, dusting, interior terminal bed cleaning, furniture moving, equipment care and other housekeeping/linen duties as assigned
- Working in areas, which require special housekeeping techniques include, but not limited to Medical and Surgical Intensive Care, Coronary Care, Pulmonary Care, Hemodialysis, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Operating room suites, Recovery Room, Clinical Laboratory, IV Clean Room, compound pharmacy and Supply Processing and Distribution
- Clean light fixtures, washes and replaces venetian blinds, hang drapes, washes windows, walls and ceilings
- Use industrial type powered cleaning equipment and maintains equipment in clean condition
- Cross-trained as back up relief for the Infectious/Hazardous Waste Handler
Qualifications for housekeeping aid
- Must have Veteran Preference
- Other (Letter form the Department Of Veteran Affairs indicating service connected disability rating)
- Subject to pre-employment physical examination
- Johnson City, TN
- Montrose, NY
- Northport, NY
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Housekeeping Aid Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a housekeeping aid. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for housekeeping aid
- Perform bed washing duties to include terminal and interim cleaning of patient unit
- Clean and sanitize restrooms in assigned area
- Vacuum carpet and remove spots from carpet
- Collect and remove trash and refuse from assigned areas
- Clean windows and brass as needed
- Cleans floors daily, by dry mopping and washing using appropriate supplies and equipment to maintain the appearance and cleanliness of the areas
- Cleans/disinfects patient bathing and living areas daily to maintain a clean, sanitary area
- Removes trash from the premises for general collection, recycling, or incineration on a daily basis, disinfecting receptacles as needed
- Washes walls, windows (inside), in offices, rest rooms and corridors with appropriate housekeeping supplies to ensure a clean, healthy, and sanitized environment for the general work area as needed
- Sweeps
Qualifications for housekeeping aid
- Batavia, NY
- Murfreesboro, TN
- Roseburg, OR
- Must have Veteran's Preference
- Grand Junction, CO 1 vacancy
- Sheridan, WY 5 vacancies
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Housekeeping Aid Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of housekeeping aid. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for housekeeping aid
- Arranges and prepares conference rooms, patient care units and other designated areas as needed
- Veterans' Preference documentation such as DD-214 or equivalent, SF-15 and VA Disability letter, as appropriate
- Current and Former Federal Employees MUST submit a copy of their Notice of Personnel Action SF-50
- Syracuse, NY 1 vacancy
- Ability to read, write, speak, and comprehend English to communicate effectively with a diverse group of employees, supervisors and visitors
- Skilled in the ability to follow oral and written instructions/directions
Qualifications for housekeeping aid
- Manchester, NH 1 vacancy
- Martinez, CA 1 vacancy
- A current resume or any other written format may be submitted provided it contains all of the information in the USAJobs resume format
- Declaration for Federal Employment" (OF-306) signed and dated, available at www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of0306.pdf
- Unofficial college transcripts for education used to qualify
- Murfreesboro, TN 6 vacancies