Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as a Housekeeping Assistant III PRN at our Hyde Park medical campus. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.
In this role the Housekeeping Assistant III PRN, under the direction of the Manager or his/her designee, performs duties related to custodial care and maintenance of facilities and equipment in designated areas of the hospital. Housekeeping Assistants work various shifts for 8 hours per day. There are typically 7-8 Housekeeping Assistants per floor during the day, with a smaller staff at the weekends. For in-patient rooms, they are responsible for cleaning 12 patient rooms per day, with an average of 48 minutes per room.
Position Details:
- Shift: Day, Evening, or Night
- Work Hours: Varies
- Hours per Week: Per Diem
- Building: Varies
- Job Duties: Housekeeping Assistant III PRN
- CBA Code: Non-Union
Essential Job Functions:
- While moving between rooms or work areas, Housekeepers will simultaneously push or pull a cart with garbage containers (6lbs of p/p force with a 30” handle) and pulls or pushes a cleaning cart (two types, one requiring 9lbs p/p force, 42” handle, and the other requiring 15lbs of p/p force with handle at 36”.
- Cleans, Vacuums, & Dusts – perform 10 step general cleaning procedures.
- Cleans High Touch Surfaces – areas to be wiped down include, but are not limited to doorknobs, light switches, electrical outlets, faucets, and sinks.
- Restock Supplies – restock paper and plastic supplies (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.) and soap in restrooms.
- Cleans Patient Care Items – clean patient items as requested including, but not limited to IV poles, IV pumps, and blood pressure cuffs.
- Cleans Refrigerators – cleans inside and outside of refrigerators and ice machines.
- Trash Disposal –
- Trash is collected two times per shift in patient rooms and common areas.
- Trash bags (<5lbs) are removed from garbage receptacles and placed into garbage containers on wheeled cart at 38” height.
- The garbage cart has two containers with handles at 30” height and requires a 6lb push/pull force.
- Linens are removed from a linen hamper in patient bathrooms at 31” height.
- The linen bags weigh between 9lbs and 19lbs and are placed in a linen cart from 8” height to 47” height.
- The linen cart has a handle at 36” and requires a 16lb push/pull force to transport.
- The linen cart is transported (up to 100ft) to laundry chute at 23” to 48” height.
- The linen bags (up to 19lbs) are taken from the cart (from 8” to 47”) and loaded into chute.
- Curtains & Blinds – Removes soiled cubicle curtains, blinds, etc. & hangs new ones.
- Performs other duties assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- High School Graduate or GED equivalent from an accredited body
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to lift 50lbs & bend to floor and reach above head to perform duties requiring continuous physical effort
- Ability to complete assigned tasks without direct supervision
