Housekeeping Worker

**Title**: Housekeeping Worker

**State Role Title**: 79071

**Hiring Range**: $31,200

**Pay Band**: 1

**Agency**: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

**Location**:Western State Hospital

**Recruitment Type**: General Public - G

**Job Duties**

Western State Hospital is looking for a full time housekeeping worker to provide a safe, sanitary, and attractive environment for patients, staff, and visitors at Western State Hospital and the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents (CCCA). We are looking for 2nd shift coverage, which is 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. with rotating weekends.

This position is eligible for Shift differential of:

- $1.21hr for 2nd shift Weekday
- $1.54/hr for 3rd shift Weekday
- $1.10hr for First shift Weekend/First Shift Weekday Holiday
- $1/94/hr Second Shift Weekend/Second Shift Weekday Holiday
- $2.37/hr Third Shift Weekend/Third Shift Weekday Holiday

This position is eligible for:

- paid time off
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- life insurance

**Minimum Qualifications**
- general knowledge in cleaning bathrooms, bedrooms, dayrooms, floor finishing, and cleaning/operating housekeeping equipment
- general skills in cleaning bathrooms, bedrooms, dayrooms, floor finishing, and cleaning/operating housekeeping equipment
- ability to read, write, perform basic math calculations, lift heavy objects, prolong standing, walking on various surfaces, climb ladders, work on knees, and work in various conditions

**Additional Considerations**
- high school graduate or equivalent
- experience in housekeeping
- valid Operator's License
- bilingual
- veteran

**Special Instructions**

The successful applicant must pass a criminal background investigation, drug screening test and employment reference check. The applicant must have the ability to perform at the level of physical demands noted on the Employee Work Profile and the verified ability to perform the essential functions of the position.

DBHDS is a healthcare organization and must comply with the federal CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care staff Vaccination Regulation which requires all employees to be vaccinated or receive an exemption. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated, proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. New staff who are not vaccinated for any reason or choose not to disclose their vaccination status, will need to request a medical or religious accommodation. If you have questions, please contact the Office of Human Resources.

**Contact Information**

Name: Samantha Leep

Phone: 540-332-8306

Note**: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Pay: From $31,200.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Rotating weekends

Shift availability:

- Night Shift (preferred)
- Day Shift (preferred)

Work Location: In person