OVERVIEW:
Assist in the general cleaning of all common areas and resident rooms. Cleaning duties include: vacuuming, sweeping and dusting; sanitizing floors and rooms; and discarding and removal of waste/trash. You may also be asked to assist with laundry including resident's personal items, linens and bedding.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Must be experienced at cleaning with a keen eye for details
- Maintains a high level of cleanliness & safety throughout designated areas
- Ensure that all equipment is clean and in working condition at all times
- Removal of trash & soiled linens
- Keeping the resident’s environment clean at all times
- Cleaning, mopping and vacuuming floors, dusting furniture, emptying trash, clean and disinfect
showers and bathrooms
- Assist with laundry when needed
- Reports equipment/cleaning product needs and or malfunctions to supervisor
- Follows infection control and universal precautions policies and procedures to ensure that a
sanitary environment is maintained at all times.
- Follow proper reporting, isolation and handwashing procedures/techniques
- Assist in setting up dining room, activity room, and living room as necessary
- Keep all housekeeping equipment, storage areas, janitor’s closets, and housekeeping carts clean
and uncluttered, and free of any hazardous equipment and supplies
- Report all accidents/ incidents to the Administrator on the day of occurrence, along with
important resident observations
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum a high school diploma or equivalent
- 1 or more years’ experience in housekeeping duties in a long-term health care setting
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- This job operates in a health care setting. This role requires regular walking to various locations
around the care center.
- Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease and infection from patients and specimens in
working environment.
- May experience traumatic situations, including psychiatric, and deceased patients.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit;
use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb
stairs; talk or hear.
- The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up 50 pounds
TRAVEL:
- There is no travel expected for this position
