Bio Medical Waste Handler/Housekeeper Specialist Duke University Hospital

Company: Duke Health
Location: Durham
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Location: Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

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General Summary:

Performs routine manual housekeeping work cleaning areas within a DUHS entity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Empty trash.
• Clean, mop, scrub, sweep or vacuum floors, stairways, and halls.
• Clean, wash, dust, or polish hardware, brass, furniture, mirrors, bedside lighting fixtures, vents, radiators, and exteriors of cabinets and equipment.
• Clean patient rooms and/or offices thoroughly by mopping floors, washing furniture, scrubbing plastic cushions, frames and cleaning and washing bathroom fixtures and walls.
• Clean drinking fountains, ice-making machines and sand urns; clean blinds with damp cloth or vacuum.
• Report repairs needed to supervisors including broken or cracked window panes, leaky faucets, toilets, loose tiles, broken blinds and damaged furniture.
• Follow all universal precautions, blood borne pathogen procedures and use personal protective equipment as needed while cleaning patient care areas.
• May dust mop, wax and buff floors and shampoos carpets.
• May be required to perform 'Seven Step' cleaning of all surgical areas, wall cleaning, machine scrubbing of floors (no finish) and related tasks with particular attention to specialized needs in the surgical area.
• Perform related duties as assigned. Knowlege, Skills, and Abilities
  • For Bio Medicial Waste Handler position must have valid NC Drivers License (Required) Minimum Qualifications Education
    
    Work requires the ability to understand and follow instructions generally acquired through a partial high school education.
    
    Experience
    None required. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE Ability to perform physical tasks, including mopping, vacuuming, etc. is also required.
    
    Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
    
    Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
    
    Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
    
    

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