Housekeeper

QUALIFICATIONS :

Licensing and certification : No special licensing and certification required.

Education: High school diploma or GED preferred

Experience: One year's experience in a health-care facility preferred

SPECIAL DEMANDS:

Must have a genuine interest in working with geriatrics and have a willing dexterity to perform duties. Stands, walks, turns, stoops, kneels, crouches, reaches, pushes, pulls, and handles in cleaning dusting and scrubbing. Lifts and carries cleaning equipment.

Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks on a continuous basis, and perform takes despite frequent interruptions. As a housekeeper, you must demonstrate the ability to perform task with due consideration for residents in their areas of living. Initiative and judgment involved in maintaining assigned area in clean and orderly condition. You must work under close supervision performing simple, standardized tasks.

JOB KNOWLEDGE :

Read, write, and speak English; follow instructions; deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, and visitors; properly use supplies and maintain equipment; maintain appearance of housekeeping areas in a safe, clean, and comfortable manner; work harmoniously with other personnel; posses ability to seek new methods and principles, and be willing to incorporate them into housekeeping practices; able to follow written and oral instructions concerning the mixture of cleaning compounds, liquids, cleaning instructions, etc.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. Perform assigned day-to-day housekeeping functions.

2. Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments and established housekeeping procedures

3. Assure that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable and attractive manner.

4. Follow established safety precautions when performing tasks and using equipment and supplies.

5. Assure that established infection control practices are maintained when performing housekeeping measures.

6. Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc., in resident rooms and recreational areas daily as instructed.

7. Clean, wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures.

8. Clean windows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance/exit ways.

9. Clean floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.

10. Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.

11. Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.

12. Remove dirt, dust grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.

13. Clean hallways.

14. Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacles with plastic liner.

15. Report all hazardous conditions or equipment.

16. Assure that work/assignment areas are clean and the equipment, tools, supplies, etc., are properly stored at all times, including before leaving such areas for breaks, meal times, and end of the work day.

17. Assure that an adequate inventory of housekeeping supplies is maintained.

18. Report burned-out light bulbs, exit lights, overhead lights, fluorescent lights, room-call lights, etc., to the supervisor or maintenance department.

19. Perform terminal cleaning procedures, as instructed, when a resident is discharged, and/or transferred.

20. Assure that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as practical.

21. Follow established fire-safety policies and procedures.

22. Assist others in lifting heavy equipment, supplies, etc., as directed or requested.

23. Report all accidents/incidents to the supervisor.

24. Maintain the confidentiality of resident-0care information.

25. Honor the resident's personal and property rights.

26. Clean work/supply carts, equipment, etc., as necessary/directed.

27. Turn in all found articles to the supervisor.

28. Attend departmental and staff meetings.

29. Keep/work assignment areas free of hazardous objects, such as protruding mop/broom handles, unnecessary equipment, supplies, etc.

30. Attend and participate in in-service educational classes and on-the-job training programs.

OTHER WORK VARIABLES :

Working hours: Hours as assigned by supervisor. Each shift comes with a half hour lunch break and an occasional night shift for cleaning and waxing hallways. Must be available for work seven days a week

•This description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees will also perform other reasonable job duties as assigned by their supervisor/administrator.

•Management reserves the right to change job responsibilities, duties, and hours as needed.

•This document is for management communications only and not a written or implied contract of employment.

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