Responsible to perform all aspects of cleaning the community common areas and resident rooms or apartments ensuring a pleasing home-like environment for residents, associates and visitors.
Essential Functions:
- Cleans all Common Areas including the lobby, guest restrooms and hallways.
- Vacuums all carpeted areas and upholstered furniture
- Dusts all furniture, hanging pictures and fixtures
- Sanitizes handrails
- Cleans glass surfaces
- Cleans doors, doorways and walls
- Cleans and disinfects common areas and restrooms
- Mops or vacuums common areas
- Cleans and disinfects soiled utility bins
- Cleans and organizes laundry areas and storage closets
- Ensure that the housekeeping cart and other supplies and equipment are in a safe area as to prevent any injuries to residents, associates, or visitors
- Ensure that hazardous cleaning products are properly stored and labeled
- Cleans resident’s rooms or apartments by vacuuming, dusting and disinfecting bathroom
- Launders resident’s linens, towels, sheets, and other items according to schedule and as needed
- Ensures residents’ personal clothing remain separate at all times and are returned promptly to the residents’ room or apartment once laundered
- Properly dispose of soiled clothing or linens in accordance with infection control standards
- Be constantly alert to wipe up any water or liquid on the floors to prevent slips and falls by residents, associates or visitors
- Establishes and maintains good relationships with residents and family members
- Practices proper body mechanics when lifting and following safety guidelines
- Follows company guidelines for uniforms and name badges
- Uses company provided equipment properly as intended
Non-Essential Functions:
- Leads by example exhibiting the CORE Values through servant leadership
- Must possess a passion to work with and around senior citizens
- Attends required community meetings and participates Life Enrichment activities when able
- Completes all required courses in adherence with HRA University
- Is prompt and able to perform the required duties of the position on a regular, predictable basis
- Becomes familiar and understands how to report a missing person using the Safe Return program or equivalent
- All associates are responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for all community residents
Qualifications/Skills/Educational Requirements:
- Must have a high school education
- Minimum one-year experience in a senior community or healthcare environment preferred
- Knowledge of OSHA Standards and safety procedures preferred
- Understand the steps for fire evacuation
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
