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Elderwood lists this Housekeeping Aide (Pediatrics) opportunity in philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Housekeeping Aide
Salary:
$16 - 23 hr
Help Create a Safe, Healing Environment for Children
At Pediatric Specialty Care (PSC), every employee plays an important role in helping medically fragile children receive the exceptional care they deserve. Our Housekeeping team is more than a support service—they are essential partners in creating a clean, safe, and comforting environment where children can heal, grow, and thrive.
If you take pride in your work, enjoy being part of a collaborative team, and want to make a meaningful difference every day, we'd love to meet you.
As a Housekeeping Aide, your work directly contributes to the health, safety, and well-being of our residents, families, and staff. Every room you clean and every space you maintain helps create an environment where children can receive the highest quality care.
Housekeeping / Environmental Services Responsibilities:
Maintain a clean, sanitary, and welcoming environment throughout the facility.
Reduce the risk of infection through proper cleaning, sanitization, and disinfection practices.
Support our clinical care teams by maintaining patient rooms, common areas, and other designated facility spaces.
Perform routine and scheduled floor cleaning and maintenance, including mopping, scrubbing, stripping, waxing, and buffing, to ensure floors remain clean, safe, and properly maintained.
Operate floor care equipment and utilize appropriate cleaning products in accordance with manufacturer guidelines, facility policies, and safety procedures.
Create a comforting, home-like atmosphere for children and their families.
Help ensure compliance with healthcare cleanliness, infection prevention, and environmental safety standards.
At PSC, your work truly matters.
We're seeking someone who:
Takes pride in delivering quality work and paying attention to detail
Is dependable, punctual, and committed to excellence
Enjoys working as part of a supportive healthcare team
Understands the important role environmental services play in patient care
Treats every resident room and shared space with professionalism, respect, and compassion
Why You'll Love Working at Pediatric Specialty Care:
Make a meaningful impact in the lives of medically fragile children
Become part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to compassionate pediatric care
Work alongside a supportive and collaborative interdisciplinary team
Enjoy a positive, respectful workplace culture where every role is valued
Competitive pay and benefits for eligible employees
Opportunities to grow your career within a leading pediatric healthcare organization
Join a Team That Makes a Difference
At Pediatric Specialty Care, healing happens because every team member contributes. Whether you're providing direct care or creating a clean and welcoming environment, your work has a lasting impact on the children and families we serve.
Join Pediatric Specialty Care—where every role matters, every contribution is valued, and every clean space helps a child thrive.
Housekeeping Aide - What You'll Do:
Cleaning and maintaining individual resident rooms, restrooms, and common areas
Performing terminal cleaning following room transfers, discharges, or transitions
Sanitizing high-touch surfaces daily to support infection control
Wet and dry mopping floors and using proper safety signage
Cleaning furniture, fixtures, mirrors, walls, baseboards, stairwells, elevators (if applicable), and windows
Maintaining clean and soiled utility rooms
Restocking housekeeping carts and maintaining organized supply areas
Responding to emergency housekeeping needs when accidents occur
Submitting maintenance requests as needed
Interacting respectfully and compassionately with children, families, staff, and visitors
Protecting confidentiality and respecting privacy at all times
From Up to Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED
Must be 21 years or older
Position related experience preferred
Ability to perform assigned tasks to a high degree of excellence, and cleanliness required
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 50 (fifty) pounds to a minimum height of 4 (four) feet and be able to push, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 2 (two) feet
Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination
Respect for residents' privacy and rights for respect and dignity necessary
This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.
EOE Statement
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
Worksite address
philadelphia, PA, 19129, US
Who can apply
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