Health Care Agency VCMC/SP Hospital Housekeeper I - Ventura County, CA

Under direction, maintains cleanliness of assigned areas within the hospital and/or other healthcare facilities; performs related duties as required.

We are seeking a reliable, trustworthy, and honest individual to join our housekeeping team. The ideal candidate will have some prior housekeeping experience and demonstrate a positive attitude towards peers, medical staff, and the general public. The candidate will have compassion and empathy towards vulnerable patients and be capable of learning and performing routine cleaning task in patient rooms, nursing units, offices, waiting areas, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, and corridors, and other assigned area(s) within the hospital and/or other healthcare facilities.

This classification is distinguished from the Custodian series by its specialization in healthcare facilities with respect to maintenance of cleanliness and sanitary standards.
 
DEPARTMENT/AGENCY:  Health Care Agency - Ventura County Medical Center & Santa Paula Hospital

Payroll Title: Housekeeper I

WORK SHIFT: Various shifts including weekends and holidays.  
(Morning: 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Evening Shift: 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm , Night shift:  11:00 pm to 7:00 am)

WHAT WE OFFER
The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package that includes:

• A general salary increase of 3.5% effective December 22, 2024.
• Merit Increases – New employees are eligible for an initial 5% merit increase within the pay range upon completion of at least 1,040 hours (approximately 6 months) assuming work meets satisfactory standards.  Subsequent merit increases within the pay range will be upon completion of each additional 2,080 hours (approximately one year) from the initial merit increase. 
• Evening/Night Shift Differential: Up to 10% above their current base salary.
• Uniform: Employees receive 5 sets pants/shirts at no cost to the employee.
• Educational Incentive - An educational incentive of 2.5% for completion of an associate's degree, 3.5% for completion of a bachelor's degree, OR 5% for completion of a graduate degree.  
• Veteran's Points - This is an entry-level classification, and Veteran's Points may apply to eligible applicants. 
• Bilingual Incentive - Based on agency need, proficiency levels by exam are $.69 per hour (Level I), $1.00 per hour (Level II), or $1.32 per hour (Level III). 
• Vacation Accrual -New regular, full-time employees shall accrue approximately 14 days of vacation a year for the first 10,400 hours or 5 years of service; vacation accruals increase at 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 20 years of service topping out at 26 days a year and 400 hours of vacation hours banked. 
• Vacation Leave Redemption - After 14,560 hours of continuous County service an employee may elect to "cash in" or redeem up to 80 hours of vacation accrued in the same year after using 80 hours of vacation in the preceding 12 months. 
• Sick Leave - Full time regular employees accrue 3.08 hours of sick leave per bi-weekly pay period with an advance at hire of 40.04 hours which will be balanced at the completion of 13 bi-weekly pay periods. 
• Deferred Compensation - Eligible to participate in the County's 401(k) Shared Savings Plan and/or the Section 457 Plan. This position is eligible for up to a 3.00% match on your 401(k) contributions. 
• Health Plans - Full time employees are given a flexible credit allowance of up to $21,450 annually to offset the purchase of medical, dental, and/or vision insurance for you and your dependents.
  • Employee only - $502 per biweekly pay period
  • Employee plus one dependent - $730 per biweekly pay period 
  • Employee plus family - $905 per biweekly pay period  
• Flexible Spending Accounts - Pre-tax benefit towards eligible medical, dental and vision care and/or dependent care expenses.
• Pension Plan - Participation in the County's defined pension plan, which has reciprocity with CalPERS.
• Holidays - 12 paid days per year which, includes a scheduled floating holiday.
• Additional Benefits - Tuition Reimbursement, Disability Plans, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Wellness Program.

Health Care Agency Housekeeper I is represented by the Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) and is eligible for overtime compensation.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixed-term), Intermittent, and Extra Help vacancies for the Health Care Agency.  There are currently two (2) Regular vacancies and two (2) Temporary vacancies at the Ventura County Medical Center/Santa Paula Hospital, various shifts.  
 
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
OPENING DATE:  May 22, 2024
CLOSING DATE: Continuous and may close at any time; therefore, the schedule for the remainder of the process will depend upon when we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications to meet business needs.

First Application Review: June 5, 2024 and on a scheduled basis thereafter