Housekeeping Associate

Essential Activities And Tasks

• Dusts furniture, tables, window ledges, lights, beds, high pipes, and other dusting.
• Empties and cleans waste cans and replaces liners in waste cans if present.
• Cleans and polishes tables, fixtures, furnishings, and woodwork.
• Cleans, washes, and disinfects bathroom sinks, toilets, tubs, showers, and floors, and polishes chrome bathroom fixtures.
• Cleans windows and mirrors in bathrooms, entrance/exit ways, patio doors, etc.
• Cleans all floors and baseboards by disinfecting, sweeping, dust mopping, wet mopping, waxing, buffing, etc.
• Vacuums carpets and carpeted stairways.
• Cleans walls and ceilings by wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, etc.
• Ensures that work area are clean (i.e. cart, car, and/or closet for supplies) and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc. are in proper working order.
• Ensures that an adequate supply of housekeeping and cleaning supplies are maintained.

Quality, Compliance, and Risk Management

• Ensures that established quality assurance, infection control, and universal precaution practices are maintained when performing housekeeping procedures.
• Reports any damage or repairs to facilities, supplies, or equipment needing done to the supervisor.
• Willingly and consistently shares observations and insights of departmental operations that may improve quality and efficiencies of department.
• Attends all-employee and departmental meetings and in-service training as scheduled or as directed.

Customer Relations and Service Delivery

• Listens and responds to resident, patient, and staff member needs.
• Honors resident and patient personal and property rights when performing housekeeping duties.

Administration and Reporting

• Maintains current and accurate records through use of computers and/or other documentation in accordance with company standards and federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.

Qualifications

• Tenth grade education required.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One year of housekeeping experience preferred.
• On-the-job training provided.
• Knowledge of cleaning and general housekeeping methods and equipment preferred.
• Knowledge with care of various types of floors and the respective appropriate cleaning materials and equipment to use preferred.

Other Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Sitting - Up to 1 hour/day
• Standing - Up to 8 hours/day
• Walking - Up to 8 hours/day
• Lifting, transferring, pushing or pulling residents/patients or equipment/supplies - Up to 50 pounds
• Driving - Up to 3 hours/day
• Work weekends, evenings, and holidays - Required as scheduled
• Subject to residents/patients with various disease processes - Occasional
• Subject to falls, burns, odors, and cuts - Work day
• Risk Category for Exposure to Bloodborne Diseases - I