Housekeeper Ii - Kankakee, United States - Riverside Medical Center

Riverside Medical Center
Riverside Medical Center
Verified Company
Kankakee, United States

4 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Mark Lane

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Description

We Are Hiring:

At Riverside, everyday brings new and exciting challenges.

You can expect an interesting environment where you're part of making sure our organization is running optimally and safely, helping keep the community healthy.

We provide the kind of paid training and opportunities that long-term careers are built on and we recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference.

You will be able to succeed in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as a team. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us


FTE:

Shift:
Days


Location:

RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER

Summary:

The Housekeeper II maintains the interior in a safe, neat environment and sanitary condition for our patients, their families, staff, physicians, and management.

Responds to requests that are within housekeeper's responsibility or notifies appropriate personnel to perform request.


Experience/Education Requirements:


  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred

License or Certification Requirements:

None


Responsibilities:


  • Assists housekeepers and performs all Housekeeper I's duties.
  • Assists with special setups, construction projects, etc.
  • Collects, transports and disposes of regular trash and boxes.
  • Collects, transports and properly prepares infectious waste, sterilizes and documents activities.
  • Moves furniture and miscellaneous items from one location to another, including setups.
  • Performs daily dust and wet mopping, buffing hard surface floor, and vacuuming carpeted floors.
  • Performs scrubbing or stripping and refinishing hard surface floors.
  • Performs shampooing or extracting of carpet and upholstery.
  • Responsible for care and cleaning of equipment and storage area.
  • Responsible for maintaining pagers, coding and decoding of alarms and keys.
  • Stores surplus furniture neatly in proper location. Washes walls, ceilings, doors, windows, blinds, vents and lights.

Education:

Essential:

  • HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients.

We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times.

Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety.

We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.

Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois.

Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth.

Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.


Other information:
**Exposure/Sensory Requirements:

Exposure to:


Chemicals:
Refer to MSDS Sheets


Video Display Terminals:
None

Blood and Body Fluids:
Occasional exposure to blood and body fluids during cleaning procedures.

TB or Airborne Pathogens:
Occasional exposure to TB or airborne pathogens during cleaning procedures.


Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch

):

Speech:
Required to communicate with supervisor and patients.

Vision:
Ability to see soiled carpet, digital pager messages, assignments, etc.

Smell:
Ability to detect foul odors, helpful to note presence of electrical/fire safety.

Hearing:
Ability to hear alarms, voice pager messages.

Touch:
Ability to feel heat or cold with hands.

**Activity/Lifting Requirements:

Average Hours per Week:40


Shift:
Varies


Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:

Sit: 0
%

Twist: 6%

Stand: 33%

Crawl: 1%

Walk: 33%

Kneel: 5%

Lift: 6%

Drive: 0
%

Squat: 10%

Climb: 2%

Bend: 5%

Reach above shoulders: 5%


The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:

Up to 10 lbs:
Continuously


Up to 20 lbs:
Frequently


Up to 35 lbs:
Occasionally


Up to 60 lbs:
Occasonally

Up to 75 lbs:
Not Required

Up to 100 lbs:
Not Required

Over 100 lbs:
Not Required


Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements

(Example:

the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.)
:

Putting away supplies, sometimes overhead.

Mops and brooms - carried 10', knee high; vacuums - carried 1', ankle high; chairs (35#) carried 10', waist high.


Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:

Sit: 0

Twist: 18

Stand: 130

Crawl: 0

Walk: 155

Kneel: 15

Lift: 22

Drive: 0

Squat: 20

Climb: 9

Bend: 30

Reach above shoulders: 10

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