Health Center Housekeeper

Description

The Health Center Housekeeper performs scheduled housekeeping duties in the United Presbyterian Home's 54-bed nursing facility with the purpose of providing a clean, safe & welcoming home-like environment for our residents.  The ideal candidate will be able to follow directions, work as a team with all departments and work within state and federal regulations the UP Home is required to follow.

General Functions:

• Performs daily cleaning duties of resident rooms, restrooms and general areas including vacuuming and mopping.
• Comes to work as scheduled and consistently demonstrates dependability and punctuality, following attendance policies.
• Reports for work with clean and neat personal appearance, consistently presenting a professional image.
• Maintains confidentiality of resident, employee and facility information.
• Accepts assigned duties, instructions, or correction in a cooperative manner, voicing concerns or disagreement in a professional manner through established chain of command.
• Assumes accountability for compliance with Federal, State and other regulations.
• Observes safety hazards and emergency situations, and reports to appropriate person or takes corrective action according to establish procedures, works safely without danger to self or others.
• Participates in in-service training programs and completes assignments and return demonstrations as required.
• Assume accountability for using, maintaining and storing facility property according to established policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Job Functions:

• Performs general cleaning tasks such as dusting, sweeping, window washing, vacuuming carpets, cleaning upholstery, cleaning light fixtures, and cleaning bathroom fixtures.
• Performs floor care such as dust-mopping, wet-mopping, spot-mopping and buffing.
• Empties trash containers, replaces liners as appropriate and disposes of trash in proper receptacles, observing infectious and biohazard waste disposal procedures as appropriate.
• Fills soap dispensers and paper towel dispensers.  Dispenses tissue and other supplies to resident rooms and general use areas.          
• Practices infection control and other preventive and protective safety procedures as instructed.
• Uses equipment according to instructions and while observing proper precautions; reports any equipment issues to their supervisor 
• Reports repair needs to supervisor or maintenance department as appropriate.                                                                 
• Other housekeeping or support services or projects as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

• Functional literacy in written and spoken English.
• Ability to routinely engage in physical activities while cleaning/straightening resident rooms and common areas, retrieving items from on floors, closets or under beds, cleaning dining chairs and other furnishings/equipment.
• Lifts/pushes/pulls housekeeping carts, mop buckets, dumps mop buckets, pours from containers of chemicals.  
• Follows guidelines to safely lift/move equipment, climb on step stools or service ladders, lifting and carrying as described above.   
• Engages in stooping, kneeling and/or crouching several times each work shift while cleaning floors and under furniture, retrieving dropped items, replenishing supplies and chemicals. 
• Recognizes and knows how to respond to operational sounds of equipment and auditory signals or alarms, wanderer monitoring system signal.               
• Routinely observes for odors relevant to maintaining a clean, pleasant environment.       
• Ability to act professionally at all times with respect and dignity for residents, staff and family members.