Memory Care - Housekeeper - Full Time

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.
• Maintains high standards of cleanliness.
• 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

• A 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.
• Maintains a clean, neat, comfortable, and safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.
• Meets all mandatory health requirements by State regulations.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Maintains a current food handler’s card.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 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.
• Frequently required to reach below shoulder height.
• Occasionally required to kneel, stoop, and squat.
• Stand six out of eight hours.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation Program – Actual pay rate will be calculated based on relevant years of experience and education/certification requirements.
• Shift differential for night shift employees.
• Bonus and shift coverage bonus offered as needed.
• Health Care – Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• Savings and Spending accounts to set money aside tax-free for health care and dependent care expenses. HSA account includes employer contribution.
• Paid Time Off:
  • 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 to be taken on the days most important to you, eligible upon hire.
  • Time worked on the following holidays is paid at 1.5 times your normal hourly pay: 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.
• Retirement Plans – Traditional and Roth 401(k) after 12 months and 1000 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.