Job Details
**Housekeeper**
**Department:** Environmental **Location:** Jacksonville, FL
**Lakeside Nursing & Rehabilitation Center**
**Housekeeper Full time must be able to work weekends**
**New competitive pay! Starting at $10.50 per hour**
**We have an excellent benefits package!**
**Condition of Employment and/or Continued Employment**
It is the policy of the Company to maintain a drug-free workplace as a condition of employment and/or continued employment. All employees and job applicants must abide by the terms of this policy.
**Essential Functions**
* Check the room for food articles and remove unauthorized items (report and turn in items found)
* Clean areas from the cleaning list
* Clean equipment
* Clean floors
* Clean vacant rooms
* Clean walls/ceilings
* Clean windows/mirrors
* Clean, wash, sanitize, or polish bathroom fixtures
* Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, heating/cooling units
* Discard waste/trash
* Maintain dry floors.
* Maintain floors safe and clear of obstructions (residents' belongings, supplies/equipment, etc.)
* Maintain/use chemicals safely
* Mop floors
* Perform housekeeping
* Perform terminal cleaning upon resident discharge
* Prepare the room for a new resident
* Remove dust, dirt, wax, grease, etc., from equipment/surfaces
* Report hazardous conditions/equipment to supervisor
* Report spills
* Sweep/dust floors
* Conduct positive public relations for the facility
* Maintain residents' privacy
* Make resident comfortable
* Treat residents fairly, with kindness, dignity, and respect
* Understand residents' needs
* Clean, disinfect, and store equipment
* Operate/utilize carts
* Operate/utilize cleaning chemicals
* Operate/utilize masks, goggles, gloves, gowns
* Operate/utilize mops
* Operate/utilize vacuum cleaners
* Report defective equipment to supervisor
* Request supplies as appropriate
* Select and operate appropriate equipment
* Select and utilize appropriate supplies
* Store tools/equipment/supplies
* Use equipment and supplies efficiently and in a cost-effective manner
* Render immediate resident assistance
* Answer resident call lights
* Maintain work area free of hazardous conditions, spills, etc.
* Participate in the safety program
* Place caution/safety signs where cleaning
* Properly use and dispose of personal protective equipment
* Report accidents/incidents to supervisor
* Report hazardous conditions/equipment to supervisor
* Report safety violations
* Understand and follow safety procedures
* Assist new employees with policies, procedures, and work practices
* Cooperate with other employees to ensure nursing services meet residents' needs
* Create and maintain a calm, competent, environment
* Create and maintain a warm, positive, atmosphere of resident care and interest
* Maintain a positive work climate
* Perform assigned tasks in accordance with policies, procedures, and work schedules
* Turn found items in to a supervisor
* Understand and apply the Employee Handbook
* Understand and comply with the Code of Conduct
* Understand and follow instructions
* Understand and follow procedures