Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Rotating Shift
Description:
Come join the Building Services team at Mercy Medical Center, part of Trinity Health Of New England! We are a member of the nationwide Trinity Health family, bringing compassionate care to our communities.
Position Purpose:
Supervises, coordinates, and organizes activities of assigned colleagues engaged in cleaning and sanitizing hospital facilities. Tours assigned hospital areas to observe cleaning crews in action and ensures all instructions and safety rules are followed.
What you will do:
- Coordinates the work of assigned colleagues engaged in various tasks such as sweeping, mopping, and finishing floors, washing beds, relocating furniture, removing rubbish, and so forth in order to maintain Hospital in a clean, safe and orderly condition.
- Provides input into development of departmental policies, procedures and budgets, and assists in administering the same.
- Orients, trains, evaluates the performance of, and, when necessary, recommends discipline and discharge of assigned colleagues.
- Prepares work schedules in order to provide adequate coverage at all times. Establishes work priorities and, with Lead Housekeepers, determines work assignments. Changes schedules and reassigns colleagues in response to workload demands or staffing shortages.
- Monitors work quality on a regular basis through use of inspection reports in order to ensure work of assigned colleagues meets Hospital, governmental and regulatory agency standards. Issues corrective instructions and conducts follow-up inspections to ensure compliance, as necessary.
- Oversees receipt and distribution of housekeeping supplies. Ensures appropriate inventory of housekeeping materials, supplies and equipment is maintained, and requisitions replacement items as needed.
- Assists Manager in evaluating physical condition of facilities and furnishings in assigned areas, and recommends necessary repairs, painting, or replacements.
- Requires working in a normal office environment where there are relatively few physical discomforts due to dust, dirt, noise, and the like as well as works within the hospital in various departments that may require some precaution.
- Requires working with equipment and/or performing procedures where carelessness could result in minor cuts, bruises, or muscle pulls.
- Requires some walking up and down stairs, and hallways, bending, stooping, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Work requires a high school level of educational development and one (1) to two (2) years of previous and progressively more responsible work-related experience plus three (3) to six (6) months of on-the-job training and orientation. Prior supervisory experience preferred.
- No certification, registration, or licensure required.
- Work requires the analytical ability necessary to resolve the day‑to‑day problems related to the supervision of colleagues. Requires independent judgment to respond to emergencies and to prioritize service requests.
- Work requires the ability to assign, distribute and follow up on the work of other colleagues within the unit; provide input into the performance appraisals of assigned colleagues; and enforce unit work rules and policies.
Position Highlights and Benefits
- Full-Time 40 Hours- Day Shift
- Our Mission and Core Values
- Career growth and advancement potential
- Award-winning Patient Access Department
Ministry/Facility Information
Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.
