Housekeeping Assistant III Relief Worker

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as a Housekeeping Assistant III Relief Worker 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 Relief Worker provides a clean, safe, attractive environment for patients, visitors, and staff.  Housekeeping Assistant III Relief Workers within the Environmental Services department float throughout the Medical Center’s facilities and fill both scheduled and unscheduled staffing needs. The position may be full or part-time. 

Position Details:

• Shift:Day

• Work Hours: 7am-3:30pm

• Hours per Week:20

• Building: Rotates

• CBA Code: 743 Service & Maintenance

• Grade: 7

Essential Job Functions: 

• Performs 10 step general cleaning procedures.
• Able to work from ladder/scaffolding and or extension platforms.
• Able to wash walls and ceilings.
• Performs floor stripping, refinishing, burnishing and spray buffing.
• Vacuums carpets and performs shampooing with carpet equipment.
• Takes down blinds, curtains, drapes, or cubicles and rehangs them.
• Collects both biohazardous waste and transports it to designated pickup point.
• Collects general waste and recycling material and transports to pick up point or compactor/dock for disposal.
• Operates other floor care equipment and battery-operated machines including riding equipment.
• Performs any or all other duties of lower classification in the same occupations work group as assigned.
• Moves Furniture & Beds.
• Completes all projects related to EVS function.
• Attends and actively participates in department in-services and unit/department meetings.
• Assumes responsibility for knowing and practicing policies and procedures for infection control, fire safety, disaster and general sanitation and safety principles.
• Demonstrates flexibility with additional duties and assignments to achieve the department's and hospital's goals.
• 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 & the ability to bend to floor and reach above head to perform duties requiring continuous physical effort
• Ability to complete assigned tasks without direct supervision
• On the job training is provided
• Ability to work harmoniously with a variety of people
• Must show courtesy & tact, confidentiality, and reasonable speed in performance of duties
• Successfully pass the OSHA Respirator Fit Test