Housekeeping

Gateway Gardens; Bethlehem (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateway Gardens in Bethlehem, GA seeks a dedicated Housekeeping team member to maintain clean, safe, and sanitary living environments for residents. Responsibilities include cleaning common areas, resident rooms, and baths, following the established schedule, and ensuring proper storage of equipment and supplies.

The role requires English proficiency, physical stamina, a patient, positive attitude toward the elderly, and compliance with safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must read, write, speak and understand English.
• Must be able to bend, lift, move, and/or assist with items over 25 pounds.
• Must be able to squat, reach, and stretch and tolerate extended walking/standing.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the community is clean, orderly and in an attractive condition.
• Follow the housekeeping schedule established by the Housekeeping Director.
• Clean all common areas in the community.
• Clean resident rooms and bathrooms, including dusting, vacuuming, and making beds as scheduled.
• Familiar with Material Safety Data Sheets for all housekeeping chemicals and cleaning supplies.
• Attend training on an annual basis.
• Adhere to Residents’ Rights rules.
• Ensure that equipment, work and supply carts are cleaned and stored.
• Maintain adequate laundry and linen supplies and advise the Maintenance Director of supply needs.
• Perform other tasks as deemed by management.

Skills

English literacy

Patience

Positive attitude toward elderly

Physical stamina

Job description

Purpose:

To perform the day to day activities of the Housekeeping Department in accordance with current federal, state and local standards, and as may be directed by the Maintenance Director and/or the Executive Director, to ensure that the community is maintained in clean, safe and sanitary manner and to ensure that an adequate supply of linen is on hand at all times to meet the needs of the residents.

Job Functions:

Essential Functions

• Ensure that the community is clean, orderly and in an attractive condition.


• Follow the housekeeping schedule established by the Housekeeping Director.


• Clean all common areas in the community.


• Clean resident rooms and bathrooms, including but not limited to, dusting, vacuuming, and making beds according to schedule.


• Familiar with Material Safety Data Sheets for all housekeeping chemicals and cleaning supplies.


• Attend training on an annual basis.


• And comply with Residents’ Right rules.


• Ensure that equipment, work and supply carts are properly cleaned and stored.


• Ensure that an adequate level of laundry and linen supplies is maintained at all times and advise the Maintenance Director of supply needs.


• Any other tasks, assignments, projects or requests as deemed by management.

Marginal functions

• Attend and participate in orientation, training, in-service educational activities and staff meetings and participate and assist in departmental studies and projects as assigned.


• Ensure that work and cleaning schedules are followed.


• Report all incidents and accidents to the Maintenance Director


• Coordinate daily laundry services with other departments when performing routing laundry assignments.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age, or older.


• Must read, write, speak and understand English.


• Patience, tact, enthusiasm and positive attitude toward the elderly.


• Must have upper body strength adequate to bend, lift, shift, move, and/or assist in moving articles of more than twenty-five pounds.


• Must be able to squat, reach, and stretch without distress. Must be able to tolerate extended periods walking and standing.