Housekeeper

20 HOURS PER WEEK

PART-TIME HOURLY

SATURDAY - TUESDAY

8AM - 1:30PM

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Efficiently and effectively clean resident apartments, including but not limited to taking out garbage, sweeping, vacuuming, and/or mopping, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, changing linens, and sorting, washing, and putting away laundry.

• Assist with resident transfer to another room if needed while apartment is being cleaned.

• Efficiently and effectively clean restrooms and other common areas of the community.

• Ensures chemicals are marked appropriately and locked away when not in use.

• Lead Housekeeper leads and guides other housekeepers and is responsible for quality control.

• Practice basic infection control with linens, hand washing, and in all other aspects of delivery of resident care.

• Attend mandatory meetings as scheduled by Executive Director.

• Maintain confidentiality of resident, community, employee, and company information.

• Maintain working knowledge of fire and disaster plans and responsibilities under emergency conditions.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Must satisfy all state health, licensure/certification, and background requirements.

Education/Experience: Must have a high school diploma or equivalent. At least one year of housekeeping experience strongly preferred. Assisted living or long-term care facility experience preferred.

Certificates and Licenses: No certifications or licenses are required.

Communication Skills: Receive and carry out verbal or written instruction.

Communicate effectively in person, over the phone, or via email with customers and co-workers.

Physical Demands

Constantly stands and frequently walks about assigned areas of the community, handling and moving objects such as cleaning tools and supplies, household items, and furniture weighing up to 50 pounds. Must frequently twist and rotate head, neck, and torso, reach high or low with arms and hands and constantly use manual dexterity, as well as bend, twist, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb step ladders and/or stairs. Must be able to visually assess cleanliness of assigned areas and detect audible alarms, bells, and signals related to safety.

Work Environment

This position is most frequently situated inside of a climate-controlled assisted living community, with a low to moderate noise level. Housekeepers perform repetitive motions in the course of their work. In certain circumstances, a staff member may be exposed to communicable diseases and infections, other biological hazards, and various drugs and chemicals. Due to these potential hazardous exposures, you may be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in addition to universal precautions. PPE could include, but is not limited to, gloves, gowns, masks, respirators, and goggles.