Housekeeper Laundry Aide

Beechwood Post-Acute and Transitional Care; New London (CT); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Beechwood Post-Acute and Transitional Care in New London, CT seeks a dedicated environmental services associate to maintain clean, safe spaces for residents, families, and staff. You will clean common areas, rooms, and laundry functions in a respectful senior-care setting.

You will work independently, manage light maintenance tasks, and ensure supplies are stocked while upholding infection control and safety standards. Equal opportunity employer and team-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations and take appropriate action.
• Must function independently and 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 visually assess all aspects of facility.
• Ability to walk, reach, bend, lift, grasp, pull, stretch, stoop and have fine hand coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer services to residents, family and staff.
• Clean all common areas per standards including nursing stations, elevators, halls, lobbies, and offices.
• Thoroughly 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.
• Report broken equipment or safety issues to supervisor.
• Vacuum all exposed areas including edges.
• Washes inside of windows as needed.
• Assist with cleaning wheelchairs and equipment.
• Perform day-to-day laundry functions as assigned.
• Perform tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• Collect linen and place in appropriate containers.

Skills

Calm under pressure

Independent worker

Lifting up to 50 lbs

Attention to detail

Walk/reach/bend/lift

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

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.