Housekeeping and Laundry Technician

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains facilities standards for cleanliness, sanitation, appearance and conditions of equipment and facility by complying with established procedures.
• Undergo training.
• Understand the ECHRS policy on work shifts, resident's possessions and privacy.
• Provide basic housekeeping duties including dusting, sweeping and mopping, changing and arranging the towels, restocking toilet supplies, vacuuming, dusting and deep cleaning the room after residents leave.
• Report, label and return any residents property found in the rooms while rendering service
• Report cases of property damage in commercial spaces to supervisor.
• Work with a team of housekeepers on each shift.
• Clean, disinfect and store all equipment at the end of the shift.
• Maintain a positive relationship with employees and residents.
• Monitor and report on the inventory of cleaning supplies.
• Respond to calls for housekeeping problems, such as spills.
• Collect and remove trash and debris.
• Assist with laundry management, including washing, drying, ironing and sorting linen.
• Report, turn in and log all lost and found items.
• Clean upholstered furniture.
• Perform detailed deep cleans when required.
• Cleans and sanitizes resident rooms and other areas throughout the day.
• Sweep, mop, wax and strip all facility floors.
• Performs terminal cleaning in resident rooms when discharged or transferred. Prepares room for new resident.

Working Conditions

• Nursing home setting.
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. when needed.
• Prolonged standing or walking.
• Bends, lifts, carries, pushes and pulls various equipment or supplies throughout the work day.
• Extended, evening, unusual or mandated working hours when required (for example, waxing floors during down times).