Housekeeper 7a-3:30p

Job Summary

This position is responsible for housekeeping and laundry functions of a given managed community, including apartment and common area cleaning, laundry services, carpet care, and maintaining compliance with all regulatory standards and communicating with immediate supervisor on all pertinent matters of the community.

Essential Functions

• Visits assigned residences to perform basic apartment cleaning of bathroom fixtures and floors, including dusting, vacuuming, sheet and linen changing, bed making, and bathroom cleaning.
• Avoids disturbing residents' belongings and respects privacy. Removes linens from bed for cleaning and returns to resident. Makes beds with clean linens according to resident's preferences. Logs cleaning activities as required by procedures.
• Changes residents' bedding and linens each week as part of their monthly rent. Should the residents request, bedding and linens may be changed more frequently for an additional fee.
• Maintains a clean building in all common areas, including main entry, alternative entries, reception area, corridors, bathrooms, activity rooms, and the dining room, by vacuuming carpets, dusting, washing windows, straightening furniture and coffee service.
• Cleans floors including sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.
• Handles hazardous cleaning supplies according to proper procedures and ensures accurate labeling.
• Attends and participates in in-service educational classes, on-the-job training programs, etc., as scheduled or directed.
• Responds appropriately to resident emergencies by calling or contacting appropriate internal and external parties, according to established protocol. May also assist with disaster management efforts and activities during evacuations (i.e. fires, hurricanes, etc.).
• Maintains compliance with all local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations associated with the licensure of the building, including HIPAA, OSHA, and labor laws, etc. that apply to the specific location of the property.

Additional Skills

• Able to respect the privacy of residents and to refrain from discussing their personnel situations and problems with other residents, particularly as it may relate to their health.
• Able to communicate with residents of various levels of functioning and various types of personalities.
• Able to complete cleaning tasks in a timely, effective and efficient manner.