Job Details
Job Location: Pleasant View Home - Inman, KS, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Schedule: Monday-Thursday, 8am-12pm.
Position Duties
Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily schedules, such as:
- Clean furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units in resident rooms, recreational areas, dining room, nurses stations, break room and other areas of the physical facility.
- Clean bathrooms: wash, sanitize and polish fixtures. Remove water marks. Empty trash cans. Fill dispensers for toilet paper, paper towels, soap, hand sanitizers.
- Clean windows, drapes, privacy curtains and mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms and entrance and exit ways.
- Clean carpets: vacuum, deodorize and disinfect.
- Clean Floors: sweep, dust, damp/wet mop.
- Clean walls and ceilings: wash, wipe, dust, spot clean, disinfect, deodorize.
- Discard waste and trash into proper containers and re-line receptacles with plastic liner.
- Keep work areas free of hazardous conditions, spills, excess carts, baskets, supplies, and equipment.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications: Skills and Abilities Required
The following skills are needed to perform the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation. A Housekeeper should have the ability to:
- Read, write and speak the English language.
- Make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agency personnel and the general public.
- Be a minimum of (18) years of age.
- Follow oral and written instructions.
- Maintain the care and use of supplies, equipment, and appearance of work areas.
- Have patience, tact, cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as be willing to interact with residents based on the maturity level at which they are currently functioning.
- Be willing to incorporate new methods and principles into existing practices.
Physical and Environmental Conditions and Requirements
This position routinely requires a moderate amount of strength and agility, and the use of equipment and chemicals to successfully complete work assignments.
- Housekeepers are required to lift at least 20 pounds, with or without accommodation.
- Housekeepers are exposed to, and trained to work in, an environment with infectious materials, odors, hazardous chemicals, and other situations associated with health care.
- Housekeepers should have the ability to work in an environment conducive to caring for residents, with or without reasonable accommodation, and without posing a direct threat to self or others.