Housekeeper

Position Title:	Housekeeper	Job Location:
Program/Department:	Facilities	Travel:	None
Reports To:	Facilities & Fleet Manager	FLSA Class:	Non-Exempt
Position Status:	Full Time	Hours/Week:	40

 

Position Summary

The housekeeper is responsible for maintaining a clean and sanitary environment in multiple properties, the resident rooms, common areas, kitchen, and facility grounds.

 

Relationships and Contacts

 

Within the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with peers, immediate supervisor, and leadership throughout the organization.

 

Outside the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with clients and families, clinical providers, referral partners and vendors, as needed.

Position Responsibilities

 

Essential Responsibilities

1. Disposes of trash, vacuums, sweeps, mops, disinfects, polishes areas as assigned.
2. Cleans resident rooms upon discharge and ensures cleanliness upon admission of a new resident.
3. Monitors the availability of current cleaning supplies and notifies supervisor of items in need of replacement.
4. Ensures safe disposal and storage of cleaning supplies, out of the reach of residents.
5. Wears protective gloves when handling chemicals or resident laundry.
6. Complies with the facility safety procedures as outlined in the policy and procedure manual.
7. Assumes assigned role in fire drills, evacuation procedures and internal/external disaster plan.
8. Monitors and controls availability of hazards and contraband in resident areas.
9. Follows proper procedures and timely preparation of Incident Reports and notifies additional staff if required.
10. Maintains patient confidentiality in written and spoken word according to HIPAA Standards.
11. Completes laundry of all linens and towels on a daily basis, including folding.
12. Changes light bulbs in all buildings as needed, excluding those over 8 feet in height.
13. Keeps a daily log of rooms cleaned and linens changed.
14. Empties all trash morning and evening before end of shift.
15. Cleans all resident rooms once per week, or more if deemed necessary by supervisor.
16. Cleans all windows inside and out once per month, excluding large lobby glass outside, those over 8 feet of height inside, and all outside windows on the second floor.
17. Cleans stepdown houses weekly and checks daily for trash and tidiness.
18. Picks up all cigarette butts throughout the day.
19. Cleans porch glass on a daily basis.

 

Additional Responsibilities

1. Can be relied upon to be at work as scheduled and is rarely absent from work, notifying the supervisor if absent.
2. Demonstrates an ability to adapt to changes in the facility function, management styles, and facility routines.
3. Reads, understands, and adheres to all company policy statements on ethics, conduct, and conflict of interests.
4. Adheres to facility policies, procedures, rules and regulations, implementing regularly.
5. Other duties as assigned

 

 

Minimum Requirements

 

Education and Experience

• Preferred high school graduate or combined of education and experience.

 

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers/general public, clients and/or vendors
• Tolerant to various noise levels: noise level in the work environment varies – may be very quiet to moderate
• Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building as well as sit or remain stationary for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to talk or hear, sit, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste or smell.
• Ability to move up to 25 pounds

 

 

Skill Competencies

• Knowledge of Hazards and waste guidelines
• Demonstrates a high level of follow through
• PPE when handling chemicals

 

 

 

Renaissance Health Care. provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Renaissance Health Care reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”