Job Details
Come join our team at St. Anthony Health and Rehabilitation Center! As the Housekeeper you will be able to improve and help the lives of our senior residents each day by providing them with exceptional service and light housekeeping tasks around their homes. This Housekeeping position will work on daily schedules to manage the cleanliness throughout the communities and in the units residents reside in. As a Housekeeper, you will focus on cleaning, improving operational best practices to optimize productivity and serve as a Platinum Service agent inside our community by providing the utmost exceptional service to our residents.
The primary purpose of this position is to perform the daily activities of the Housekeeping Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations governing our facility, and as may be directed by the Executive Director, and/or the Director of Housekeeping, to assure that our facility is maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable manner.
**Housekeeping Functions**
- Perform daily housekeeping functions and tasks as assigned and follow established safety precautions and infection control procedures.
- Ensure that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as practical.
- Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services when performing routine cleaning assignments in resident living and/or recreational areas.
- Ensure that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner.
- Dispose of personal protective equipment in accordance with our established sanitation procedures.
- Ensure that an adequate supply of housekeeping supplies to perform daily tasks is maintained in utility/janitorial closets.
- Assist others in lifting heavy equipment, supplies, etc., as directed or requested.
- Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc., in resident rooms, recreational areas, etc., daily.
- Clean, wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures. Ensure that water marks are removed from fixtures.
- Clean windows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance/exit ways.
**Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
* Must possess the ability to make independent decisions, and follow instructions.
* Must be able to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
* Must be able to work with ill, disabled, elderly people within the facility.
* Must be able to speak, write and understand English in a manner that is sufficient for effective communication with supervisors, employees, residents, and families.
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