Housekeeping

Housekeeping

General Purpose:

Clean resident rooms and other interior and exterior facility areas under the supervision of the Environmental Services Supervisor. Assist in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.

Essential Job Functions:

This facility expects their employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive:

• Assist in maintaining a facility that is neat in appearance and odor free at all times.
• Follow a regular schedule of all daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and annual cleaning requirements.
• Clean (including vacuuming, wiping, mopping, polishing, etc.) rooms, offices, and common areas; polish and straighten items; confirm residents’ rooms are safe, comfortable, and maintained in an attractive manner and residents’ personal items are safeguarded.
• Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services when performing routine cleaning assignments in resident living and/or recreational areas.
• Dispose of refuse daily in accordance with facility established sanitation procedures.
• Clean up spills, soiled areas, and other conditions as observed or directed.
• Follow an uninterrupted work schedule when Supervisor is not available.
• Follow special cleaning schedule such as windows, walls, curtains, stripping floors, washing beds, etc.
• Maintain a cleaning cart fully equipped with needed supplies.
• Assist with transferring resident and belongings, (bed, furniture, etc.) from one room to another.
• Extensive cleaning of the resident’s room upon discharge or death of a resident.
• Report any damage of walls, floors, furniture, equipment etc. to the supervisor.
• Pick up cleaning supplies for next day’s work at the end of the shift.
• Follow cleaning schedules as outlined in Housekeeping Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain work area free of hazardous conditions, i.e., spills, excessive supplies, equipment, etc.
• Maintain work and storage areas in a clean, neat, sanitary and safe condition. Properly clean and store all equipment and supplies.
• Attend in-service education programs in order to meet facility educational requirements.
• Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill and Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records/information.
• Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse.
• Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility.
• Others as directed by the supervisor or administrator.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Willingness to perform a variety of simple repetitive tasks, many of which will involve unpleasant conditions.
• Practical knowledge of day-to-day cleaning in a nursing facility.
• Organized and detailed in work performance.
• Good communication skills with excellent self-discipline and patience.
• Genuine caring for and interest in elderly and disabled people in a nursing facility.
• Comply with the Residents’ Rights and Facility Policies and Procedures.
• Perform work tasks within the physical demand requirements as outlined below.
• Perform Essential Duties as outlined above.