Housekeeping Supervisor

·         Ensure the cleanliness and maintenance of the hospital (Patient rooms and Public areas).

·         Responsible for the smooth functioning of the housekeeping / Attendant department.

·         Inspect rooms and other areas to ensure cleaning standards have been met.

·         Perform informal & formal workplace inspection including staff observation.

·         Identify and implement process improvement and quality improvement initiatives.

·         Ensuring the provision of safe, pleasant and infection free environment to the patient.

·         Reinforce and demonstrate a positive ‘health and safety’ attitude and working climate and hold information session with staff on health & safety issues.

·         Supervising the work allocation given to the Housekeepers & Attendants of respective contractors.

·         To check the Occupancy status, work allocation, attendance register.

·         Preparing the duty-chart of the Housekeepers/ Attendants and getting it approved by the Head of the Department.

·         To check and control overtime of contractual staffs.

·         Ensure proper grooming of the Housekeeper / Attendant staff; ensuring that they are in proper uniform and having their I-card and name plates.

·         Cooperating with the L&D staff to organize training of new recruits and on the job training for staff posted in the patient areas.

·         Ensure that a maintenance programme for any equipment and machinery in the workplace is carried out.

·         Coordinating with the nursing and patient services department for the performance of Attendants and Housekeepers.

·         Ensure the preparation of the patient kit and its timely supply at each floor in the nursing station pantry.

·         Maintaining the register and enter the counting of the linens in the register

·         Forwarding the linens received from the Patient Kit to the laundry

·         Ensure that the patient room is ready prior to the admission of new patient

·         Ensure that the necessary cleaning materials and agents are available for washing /cleaning of all the areas of the hospital.

·         Ensuring maximum utilization of cleaning material and cost control of the same.

·         Ensure that the biomedical waste are segregated by the housekeeper into properly coded bags

·         Ensuring that the biomedical garbage bags are weighed properly and forwarded for degradation

·         Any other work assigned by the management from time to time.

May be exposed to waste, infectious waste, diseases conditions, etc.

Stretched standing working hours

·         Leadership skills

·         Communications skills

·         Time-management skills

·         Decision making skill

·         Computer skills

·         A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills