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. The ability to read, write, speak, and understand verbal communication at a basic level. Prefer