Duke University Hospital

Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

General Description of the Job Class

Perform a variety of manual duties associated with cleaning, servicing and delivering in assigned areas.

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

Clean and service assigned areas and equipment to include tables, shelves, countertops, refrigerators, stoves and patient care equipment; maintain sufficient stock and supplies in storage areas for proper performance of these duties; report needed items for reorder.

Clean and sterilize bedpans, urinals, emesis basins, instruments, glassware and other items; restock patient rooms with clean supplies and equipment; sweep and spot mop floors in emergency situations.

Pick up, fold and store linen.

Pick up and deliver specimens, charts, clinical records, requisitions and supplies as directed; move furniture on wards as required.

Escort or transport patients to and from hospital wards, laboratories, clinics and other areas.

Answer phone and record and relay requests for unit services.

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education

Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions generally acquired through a partial high school education.

Experience

N/A

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

N/A

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Heavy lifting and the ability to transport stretcher and wheelchair patients to various hospital locations is also required.

STERILE TECHNIQUE

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.