Housekeeper

EHG; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern Health Group is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to maintain clean, safe environments across our facilities. You’ll take pride in cleaning guest spaces to help keep our guests happy and healthy, with integrity and meticulous attention to detail.

This role emphasizes friendly service, strong teamwork with staff, and the ability to adapt to changing demands. Physical tasks include lifting, standing, and routine cleaning, with PPE provided as needed.

Qualifications

• Past cleaning experience preferred.
• Attention to detail is essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, senior management, and Aramark support staff.
• Ability to respond effectively to changing demands.

Responsibilities

• Maintains friendly, efficient, positive customer service demeanor toward customers, clients, and co-workers.
• Maintains all assigned areas and corridors in a clean, sanitary manner, protecting safety and health.
• Inspects and chooses cleaning techniques per guidelines.
• Demonstrates safe use of housekeeping equipment and solutions.
• Disinfects and sterilizes equipment and supplies as needed.
• Follows universal precautions when disposing of trash and bio-hazardous materials.
• Keeps cart stocked with equipment and supplies; ensures chemicals are labeled and equipment working.
• Promotes professional relationships and maintains conduct.
• Helps improve productivity and efficiency of the department.
• Adheres to training commitments and pursues professional growth.

Skills

Past cleaning experience

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Adaptable to changing demands

Job description

Eastern Health Group is a family of skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers. We are resident-centered and quality-focused! Our workplace culture is all about uplifting people. If you are looking for a healthcare organization where you can bring your best "you" to work, where you can make a difference, and where you can team-up with like-minded co-workers, then we are also looking for you. Join us!

While working here, you will enjoy:

• Employee Engagement Activities
• Positive work environment
• Excellent Training
• Competitive Pay and Benefits

Housekeeper -

Job Description

It’s time for a sweeping change to your career so that you can pursue what matters to you! At Eastern Health Care, making sure we provide clean environments is something in which we take pride and is a skill set that can help take you further in your career.

As a professional Housekeeper on our team, you’ll take pride in cleaning and maintaining the cleanliness of our locations to help keep our guests happy and healthy. Integrity and attention to detail are also two must-have tools that you keep in your cleaning case.

By helping us create clean, safe, and orderly environments for our guests, you’ll pave the way to more opportunities for yourself at Eastern Healthcare!

Job Responsibilities

• Maintains friendly, efficient, positive customer service demeanor toward customers, clients, and co-workers. Is adaptable to customer needs.
• Maintains all assigned ancillary and department areas and corridors in a clean neat and sanitary manner, to protect safety and health of others and in compliance with accurate preventative maintenance procedures as outlined in department policy.
• Inspects and uses judgment in determining which cleaning techniques outlined in orientation guidelines to follow.
• Demonstrates efficient and safe use of housekeeping equipment and solutions as observed by supervisor.
• May disinfect and sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides and sterilizing equipment.
• Diligently employs universal precautions when disposing of trash and bio-hazardous materials.
• Keeps cart properly stocked with equipment and cleaning supplies; ensures all chemicals are accurately labeled, and all equipment is in good working condition.
• Promotes effective interpersonal and interdisciplinary relationships, maintains professional conduct at all times.
• Assists in improving productivity and efficient operations of the department.
• Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and competence by adherence to component and departmental training commitments.

At Eastern, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

• Past cleaning experience preferred
• Attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, senior management, and Aramark support staff
• Ability to respond effectively to changing demands

This role may have physical demands including, but not limited to, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling and/or extended walking and standing. This role may also require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)