Housekeeper

MI_TSLC Trinity Continuing Care Services; United States; On-site; USD 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Luke’s Home, part of Trinity Health Corp., located in Springfield, seeks a full-time housekeeping aide to maintain sanitary and orderly resident areas. Responsibilities include cleaning resident rooms, bathrooms, and offices; moving furniture; handling laundry; and following safety and infection control procedures.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, ability to read and follow written instructions, and a cooperative approach to a mission-driven health system that values dignity and

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand written instructions.
• Analytical ability to read and understand instructions.
• Ability to respond to simple written or verbal instructions; interact with residents.

Responsibilities

• Follows cleaning assignments and prepares carts with materials and supplies.
• Cleans assigned areas using germicidal solutions and maintains rooms, bathrooms and offices.
• Removes soiled linens and makes beds with fresh linens.
• Sweeps, mops, vacuums, and arranges furniture after cleaning.
• Brings resident or facility laundry to the laundry room and launders as assigned.
• Inspects area upon completion for cleanliness and quality; focuses on customer satisfaction.
• Cleans and performs routine maintenance on sanitation equipment; reports needed repairs.
• Follows safety and infection control procedures to ensure safety of residents and coworkers.
• Promotes the mission and core values of the health system in daily work.
• Attends required training sessions on safety, infection control, disaster response, and compliance annually.

Skills

Reading instructions

Analytical ability

Basic communication

Job description

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Day Shift Description: Compensation: $17.31- $19.50 per hour, depending on verification of experience and qualifications. Schedule: Sunday-Thursday: 7:30am-1:30pm Located in Springfield’s beautiful historic district, Saint Luke’s Home is a real home for its residents. The grounds include lovely gardens that the residents help to maintain. Inside, all rooms are private, and residents may decorate them with personal items and furniture, or use furnishings we provide. A spacious activity area and large dining room provide areas for socializing with fellow residents, and a serene chapel offers a quiet space and time for devotion and reflection. With its urban location, Saint Luke’s home is within walking distance of libraries, museums, churches, parks and shops – enabling residents to take advantage of the many resources the city has to offer. According to established procedures, performs repetitive cleaning tasks and maintains assigned facility area in an orderly and sanitary condition. In doing so, moves furniture, equipment and supplies in and around facility departments and performs a variety of light housekeeping duties.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• 1. Follows cleaning assignments, fills housekeeping carts with materials and supplies, mixes cleaning solutions and transports same to work areas. Maintains all chemicals in their proper containers with the appropriate labels.
• 2. Cleans assigned areas by washing furnishings, tile fixtures and equipment with germicidal cleaning solutions. Cleans, sanitizes and maintains all resident rooms, bathrooms and offices within specific schedules. Sanitizes and polishes sinks, tubes, toilets, brass, mirrors and the like.
• 3. Removes soiled bed linens from residents rooms, makes beds with fresh linens in prescribed manner if so assigned. Upon discharge of residents, strips, cleans, sanitizes and makes beds, and cleans other furniture if so assigned.
• 4. Sweeps and mops all floor areas. Vacuums carpets using light vacuum, spot cleans carpets using appropriate solutions and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly manner after cleaning assigned areas. Disposes of trash by emptying wastebaskets and bringing trash to the dumpster.
• 5. Brings resident or facility laundry to laundry room and launders properly if so assigned. Returns clean laundry to resident’s room or to laundry storage areas.
• 6. Visually inspects area upon completion of cleaning to ensure appropriate levels of cleanliness and neatness have been achieved. Customer satisfaction and a focus on quality improvement are evident in all aspects of work.
• 7. Cleans and performs routine maintenance on sanitation equipment and notifies supervisor of equipment needing further repair. Returns unused supplies to utility room, cleans cart and equipment.
• 8. Follows all safety and infection control procedures according to Federal, State and Facility policies. Ensures that all tasks are performed to assure resident and personal safety and protection of co-workers and (facility) property
• 9. Demonstrates, promotes, and integrates the mission of the Sisters of Providence Health System and its core values in daily work activities.
• 10. Promotes and participates in educational programs, both formally and informally to include outside educational programs. Annually attends all required educational programs including (but not limited to) at least one session each year of the following: fire safety, infection control, disaster response, hazard communication, resident rights/abuse, blood borne pathogens, corporate compliance and annual PPD requirements.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 1. Work requires the ability to read and understand written instructions and some experience in a long-term care setting preferred.
• 2. Work requires the analytical ability to read and understand instructions.
• 3. Work requires the ability to understand and respond to simple written or verbal instructions. Occasionally requires contact with residents and or visitors, which involves ordinary courtesy.

Our Commitment Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. Together, we’re 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, our system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, in fiscal year 2023, we invested $1.5 billion in our communities through charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit http://www.trinity-health.org. You can also follow Trinity Health on LinkedIn.