Housekeeping Aide

**PURPOSE OF POSITION**:
**Position Summary**:
Under the direction of the Environmental Services Supervisor, ensures a clean, sanitary and safe home-like environment, within an interdisciplinary, resident-focused team, consistent with the policies and philosophy of Brinton Woods.

**_Position Responsibilities:_**
- Participates in the provision of resident focused care in a home-like environment, respecting the individuality and dignity of each resident /family and co-worker by supporting on-going operations of housekeeping services.
- Performs housekeeping duties, preventive cleaning tasks and assigned custodial duties in all areas of facility ensuring the facility environment meets the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of each resident / family.
- Utilizes professional communication to establish a working relationship with resident/ families and co-workers for the purpose of meeting the resident needs, ensuring respect, dignity, individuality of each resident and staff member.
- Adheres to daily, weekly and monthly cleaning check off lists, workplace policies, audit sheets and routines.
- Performs duties including but not limited to: floor maintenance programs, deep cleaning programs, carbonizing, waste management and transportation of clean and soiled linens.
- Participates with multidisciplinary team in formulating, delivering and reporting the resident’s daily personal care needs and individual preferences.
- Delivers effective and efficient services that reflects the promotion of resident/family choice and acknowledges the resident strengths, limitations as well as their need for safety and the safety of other residents/family and staff.
- Ensures daily, the neatness and cleanliness of resident’s living rooms and common areas including but not limited to rooms and equipment including; furniture, clothes closets, mobility devices, tub/ bathrooms and utility rooms.
- Establishes and maintains good team relationships, as well as interdepartmental relationships by assisting members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure the needs of our residents are met.
- Protects own health and health of others by adopting safe work practices, reporting unsafe conditions immediately, and attending all relevant in-services regarding occupational health and safety. Follows all guidelines for employees and employers as legislated under the Federal Occupational Health and Safety Act.

**_Other Duties:_**
- Performs other duties as required.

**MINIUM POSITION QUALIFIC ATIONS**
- High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Good verbal and written communication skills and personal initiative.
- Physically capable of performing all assigned duties within a flexible work schedule required for a 24 hour, 7 day a week operation.
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team environment.
- Demonstrates regular attendance standards in keeping with the attendance policy of Brinton Woods.
- Ability to meet and maintain health requirement standards as per Long-Term Care Legislation.
- Knowledge and experience of housekeeping operations and equipment, a plus.
- Experience in a long-term care setting, a plus.

**SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS**
- Work involves moderately heavy physical activity, including lifting large loads (50 lbs.) considerable walking, standing, stooping, reaching, and pushing carts.