Housekeeper Laundry Aide

Beechwood Post-Acute and Transitional Care; New London (CT); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Beechwood Post-Acute and Transitional Care in New London, CT is seeking a reliable Housekeeping Laundry Aide to maintain cleanliness and a welcoming environment for residents and staff.

You will perform resident laundry, clean all areas, manage supplies, and assist with moving equipment while upholding health code standards. A positive attitude and dependable teamwork are essential for daily operations.

Qualifications

• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Ability to visually assess facility conditions.
• Ability to move, lift, push, and pull to manage loads (up to 50 lbs).
• Independent with flexible, reliable work ethic and good interaction with residents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide clean and safe environments for residents, families and staff.
• Clean all common areas and nursing stations per standards.
• Clean resident rooms and bathrooms.
• Perform floor care (sweeping and mopping).
• Assist with moving furniture and equipment as needed.
• Unload deliveries and stock supplies; monitor and replenish cleaning supplies.
• Perform light maintenance tasks and report safety issues.
• Wash and handle resident laundry and distribute clean items.
• Keep walls and surfaces clean and disinfected.

Skills

Customer service

Cleaning

Laundry handling

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Laundry equipment

Job description

We are seeking areliable Housekeeping Laundry Aide to join the Beechwood team.

The Housekeeping Laundry Aide will beresponsible for maintaining the cleanliness and appearance of the facility and doing the resident laundry. In addition, assisting with moving furniture and equipment, and ensuring a safe and welcoming environment in compliance with the public health code.

Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent customer services to residents, family and staff.

• Cleans all common areas according to standards and practices including nursing stations, elevators, halls, landings, stairs, resident activity areas, lobbies, and offices as scheduled or requested by the supervisor.

• Thoroughly cleans all assigned resident rooms and bathrooms.

• Floor care, including sweeping and mopping.

• Assist with moving furniture and equipment as needed.

• Empty trash receptacles and dispose of waste properly

• Unload deliveries and stock supplies.

• Monitor and replenish cleaning supplies

• Perform light maintenances tasks.

• Report broken equipment or safety issues to supervisor.

• Vacuum all exposed areas completely, including edges.

• Washes inside of windows as needed.

• Assist with cleaning wheelchairs and equipment.

Laundry Services

• Perform day-to-day laundry functions as assigned.

• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.

• Perform assigned tasks in accordance with established laundry procedures.

• Collect linen, garments, etc., and place in appropriate containers or assigned areas.

• Wash soiled laundry, linen, garments, etc., in accordance with established procedures.

• Fold, stack, hang, and distribute clean laundry, linen, garments, etc., to residents daily and/or as instructed.

• Clean floors, including damp/wet mopping.

• Keep walls clean by washing, wiping, spot cleaning, disinfecting.

• Remove dirt dust, grease, film, etc., from equipment or floor surfaces, using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.

• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacle with plastic liner.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations and to take appropriate action.

• Ability to visually assess all aspects of facility.

• Ability to distinguish smells and temperatures and to hear and respond to pages.

• Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.

• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 50 lbs

• Ability to walk, reach, bend, lift, grasp, pull, stretch, stoop and have fine hand coordination.

• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in a hospital or long-term care facility preferred but we will train the right candidate.

• A high school diploma or GED is preferred.

• Understands the practices surrounding the proper handling of biohazardous waste.

Equal Opportunity Employer.