Housekeeper/Laundry Attendant

Purpose of Your Job Position:

The primary purpose of your job position is to perform the day-to-day activities of the Housekeeping Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations governing our facility, and as may be directed by the Administrator, and/or the Director of Housekeeping, to assure that our facility is maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable manner.

Administrative Functions:

• Ensure that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as practical.
• Report all accidents/incidents to your supervisor no matter how minor they may be. (NOTE: such occurrences must be reported on the shift in which they occur.)
• Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services when performing routine cleaning assignments in resident living and/or recreational areas.
• Check the housekeeping binder daily for any notes on rooms that need to be cleaned or issues to be address.
• Once a vacant room has been cleaned, fill out the checklist, report any problems, and change the yellow door tag to a green tag.

Housekeeping Services:

• Perform day-to-day housekeeping functions as assigned.
• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc., in resident room, recreational areas, etc., daily as instructed.
• Clean, wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures. Ensure that watermarks are removed from fixtures.
• Clean windows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance/exit ways.
• Clean floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc. (NOTE: Ensure that appropriate caution/safety signs are properly set up prior to performing such duties.)
• Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
• Remove dirt, dust, grease, film etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
• Clean hallways.
• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacle with plastic liner.
• Clean vacant rooms as assigned.
• Follow any instructions given or checklists created for your department.
• Ensure that work/assignment areas are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc., are properly stored at all times, as well as before leaving such areas for breaks, meal times, and end of the work day.
• Perform isolation cleaning procedures in accordance with established infection control procedures.
• Discard infectious wastes into appropriate containers.

Laundry Attendant:

• Collect, wash, dry, and iron all linens, towels, and clothing.
• Maintain area clean and perform a deep clean every month of the laundry room.

Personnel Functions:

• Attend departmental and staff meetings as directed.
• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• File complaints/grievances with your supervisor.

Experience:

None required. On-the-job training provided.

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $18.50 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Shift:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Work Location: In person