"Housekeeper - Full Time Night Shift"

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Medicine, our Housekeepers are responsible to perform a variety of custodial and housekeeping tasks such as: requisitioning linens and household supplies, the cleaning, care, and upkeep of assigned buildings or areas of large buildings, including patient rooms, administrative work areas, study areas, classrooms, meeting rooms, and laboratories. Qualified candidates should demonstrate excellent intrapersonal skills and time management skills. They should have attention to detail and be able to work with all levels of the organization.

Duties of a Housekeeper may include the following but are not limited to:

• Picks up and removes hazardous articles which may be on floors, furniture, and equipment and places them in designated receptacles or in appropriate places.
• Using mops, brushes, and other cleaning implements, washes floors, corridors, stairwells, walls, partitions, and windows from the inside of buildings.
• Using manual and/or mechanical equipment, vacuums and waxes floors and shampoos carpets.
• Using hand-operated equipment and detergents, scrubs and cleans lavatories.
• Using appropriate equipment, such as ladders, washes light fixtures and replaces light bulbs.
• Polishes wood and metal fixtures and equipment.
• Requisitions and dispenses linens, household supplies, and equipment, maintains appropriate inventories.
• Reports need for building repairs and recommends to superior the repair and replacement of furniture, building fixtures, and household equipment.
• Oversees lower-level cleaning personnel.
• Provides continual training on cleanliness, communication, and customer service skills.

This is a float position that may perform work throughout the facility.

Qualifications

Required:

Applicants must be physically able to perform the tasks of the position and to communicate orally and in writing to exchange information.

Preferred:

Previous experience working in a hospital setting and/or in the hospital industry. Possess excellent intrapersonal skills, time management skills, have attention to detail and be able to work with all levels of the organization.

Special Notes:

Resume/CV should be included with the online application.

Posting Overview:

This position will remain posted until filled or for a maximum of 90 days. An initial review of all applicants will occur two weeks from the posting date. Candidates are advised on the application that for full consideration, applications must be received before the initial review date (which is within two weeks of the posting date).

If within the initial review no candidate was selected to fill the position posted, additional applications will be considered for the posted position; however, the posting will close once a finalist is identified, and at minimal, two weeks after the initial posting date. Please note, that if no candidate were identified and hired within 90 days from initial posting, the posting would close for review, and possibly reposted at a later date.