Housekeeping - Housekeeper - Full Time

Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM (includes holidays).

About the role

The Housekeeper helps create a joyful and vibrant community by maintaining a beautiful environment, keeping the community tidy, clean, sanitary, and pleasing to the senses.

Responsibilities

• Supports dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment for residents.
• Performs the day-to-day housekeeping functions as assigned.
• Ensures that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner.
• Follows established safety precautions when performing tasks and when using equipment and supplies.
• Follows established Infection Control practices when performing housekeeping procedures.
• Operates and maintains all housekeeping/laundry equipment (e.g., commercial washer/dryer, buffing machines).
• Works safely and recognizes potentially dangerous situations.
• Attends and participates in required meetings and trainings.
• Stays current on system-assigned tasks and duties.
• Performs other tasks/duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Pass a criminal background and fingerprint check.
• Compassion and a special interest in working with the senior population.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and overtime.
• Ability to relate positively and communicate appropriately with residents, families, community members, volunteers, and other employees.
• Meets all mandatory health requirements by State regulations.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Maintains current food handler’s card.

Physical demands

• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stand and walk.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; lifting 25–40 pounds constantly.
• Frequent reaching below shoulder height.
• Occasional kneeling, stooping, and squatting.
• Stand six out of eight hours.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation program based on relevant years of experience and education/certification requirements.
• Shift differential for night-shift employees.
• Bonus and shift-coverage bonus offered as needed.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Savings and spending accounts to set money aside tax-free for health care and dependent care expenses (HSA includes employer contribution).
• Sick time accrues at 0.025 hours for every hour worked, available for use after 90 days.
• Paid time off accrual eligibility at 12 months, starting at 0.0326 hours PTO accrued for every hour worked.
• Floating holiday: 0.04 hours accrued for every hour worked, up to 56 hours annually, eligible upon hire.
• Holiday pay at 1.5× normal hourly rate for work on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas.
• Up to 3 days bereavement leave.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) after 12 months and 1,000 hours worked, semi-annual enrollment, with annual employer discretionary contribution.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Cascadia Assistance Fund to provide financial help with hardships or continuing education.