Housekeeper, PT

Come work with an award winning team! Thanks to the readers of The Daily Freeman-Journal, VDMC was named Best Place to Work in 2023 and 2024. Van Diest Medical Center has also been recognized as a 2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program recognizes outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®. This marks the second year for VDMC’s inclusion on the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals.  VDMC is one of only 12 hospitals in the state of Iowa to achieve this designation.  Nationwide, there are 1,366 critical access hospitals. Additionally, Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) has also been named a 2024 Top Workplaces INDUSTRY winner. Top Workplaces Industry awards celebrate organizations that have built people-first workplace cultures within their sector. The award marks them as an employer of choice for those seeking employment in the industry. Details about how Van Diest Medical Center builds a great workplace culture are available at https://topworkplaces.com/company/van-diest-medical-center/

Responsible for cleaning and servicing the internal premises to maintain the hospital in a sanitary, attractive and orderly condition, in an assigned location and / or an assigned time period. 

Essential functions:

• Maintains Confidentiality of all hospital matters.
• Completes all required Competencies.
• Selects cleaning materials and supplies and prepares solutions according to procedure.  Loads service cart and transports to work area.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical i.e. vacuums, mops, floor sweeper.
• Cleans assigned areas by washing/wiping furniture, fixtures, and equipment with a germicidal cleaning solution.
• Cleans assigned areas by wiping down all glass surfaces, and by washing wall, doors, vents, TV’s and windows with the appropriate cleaning solution.
• Dry and wet mops hard surface floors, vacuums carpets, spot cleans carpets using appropriate solutions, and arranges furniture, equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning.
• Cleans all equipment and notifies manager of equipment needing repair.  Reports all safety hazards to manager.
• Cleans operating rooms using proper disinfecting solutions and as per departmental procedures.
• Collects all general and infectious waste as established by the Infection Control Committee. Transports all waste to appropriate areas for disposal.
• Moves furniture inside the hospital for purposed of cleaning behind or underneath.
• Collects soiled linens from and distributes clean linen to all assigned areas of the hospital.
• Follows all Infection Control, Safety, and General Hospital Policies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Day shift, 26 hours per week. Wage commensurate with experience. 

Excellent benefits including Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS) benefits.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Must be able to meet the physical requirements as outlined in the Job requirements document.

Previous housekeeping experience preferred. Housekeeper works closely with patients, families, peers, managers, and other hospital team members.

To apply: https://www.vandiestmc.org/employment/housekeeper-pt