Housekeeper II

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Housekeeper II to join our team at the Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center. As a Housekeeper II, you will be responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment for our residents and staff.

• Strip and wax floors using a self-propelled stripping and waxing machine
• Shampoo carpet using an automated, self-propelled carpet shampooer
• Sweep, mop, dust, collect, and remove trash bags and recycling bins
• Interact with residents and assist with moving them and serving their trays
• Make beds, change linens, clean under beds, empty dirty utility and linen carts, and keep linen and utility areas clean
• Fill oxygen canisters and distribute oxygen to nursing units
• Perform resident transportation services using a van with a lift gate
• Perform exterior snow removal and operate a snow thrower/tractor plow
• Perform tests on door alarms
• Move boxes and shipping pallets to storage rooms and move carts of chairs, load/unload carts of chairs, and arrange chairs to set up and break down rooms

• Completion of a High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED)
• Completion of the Housekeeper II in-service program within the first 90 days of hire
• Must possess and maintain in good standing a valid Illinois Driver's License

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Heavy Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than for medium work.

The work environment for this position regularly includes tasks that occur indoors in a temperature-controlled environment, on surfaces such as ceramic tile, vinyl tile, concrete, wood, or commercial carpeting. Employees may occasionally perform functions outdoors on concrete, asphalt, grass, or gravel. The employee may have to function on potentially unstable structures (ladders and/or step stools) on uneven surfaces (outdoors on concrete, asphalt, grass, or gravel) and on surfaces of varying heights such as stairs, steps, ladders, or stepstools. Tasks may require personal protective equipment including latex or vinyl gloves and safety glasses.

DuPage County offers a complete benefit package to full-time employees, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, pension, holidays, vacation, sick leave, deferred compensation plan, tuition reimbursement, pre-paid legal, and credit union. Limited benefits are also offered for eligible part-time positions.