Housekeeping Full Time

Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center; Fairview (NC); On-site; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center is looking for a dependable housekeeper to maintain a clean and sanitary environment for residents. The role requires thoroughness and attention to detail, coordinating tasks within a specific time frame.

The position involves cleaning resident rooms, bathrooms, dining areas, and corridors, restocking supplies, and promptly reporting equipment issues. Adherence to safety and infection-control procedures is expected.

Qualifications

• Education: Less than high school or up to one‑month related experience preferred.
• Language: Read, write and understand English.

Responsibilities

• Clean all assigned areas including resident rooms, bathrooms, common areas, hallways, nursing stations, dining rooms, public bathrooms and offices.
• Wipe railings daily and mop/dust mop assigned areas, move furniture as needed.
• Dust furniture and equipment; wash walls, ceilings and woodwork as needed.
• Empty wastebaskets and transport trash to disposal area; restock supplies in rooms.

Education

Less than high school / up to one month of related experience

Job description

Housekeeping Job Description

Reports to: Environmental Service Director

Summary

Provide a clean and sanitary environment for the residents. They must be thorough in their work and pay attention to details. May need to coordinate skills to perform numerous duties within a specific time‑frame.

Equipment Used

Mop, broom/dust mop, vacuum cleaner, housekeeping cart.

Environment

Inside: 90% Outside: 10%

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Clean all assigned areas including but not limited to resident rooms, bathrooms, common areas, hallways, nursing stations, handrails, dining rooms, public bathrooms, and offices as assigned.
• Wipe all railings in your assigned area each day and dust mop and mop all assigned areas daily, moving furniture away from walls as needed.
• Dust furniture and equipment.
• Wash walls, ceilings, and woodwork as needed.
• Clean the inside of resident room windows, door panels, sills, and mirrors.
• Empty wastebaskets, transport trash and waste to disposal area.
• Restock soap, toilet paper, paper towels, and other housekeeping supplies in rooms.
• Clean sinks and toilets.
• Periodically remove privacy curtains and curtains for cleaning.
• Clean in dining rooms after meals, wipe tables, sweep, and mop.
• Stock housekeeping cart at the end of the day, keeping the cart in a clean orderly fashion with chemicals locked inside the cart.
• Attend all required in‑service training programs for housekeeping employees.
• Accept assigned duties in a cooperative manner.
• Come to work as scheduled and demonstrate dependability and punctuality.
• Identify and report any equipment malfunction or areas in poor repair to supervisor.
• Follow established safety precautions when using cleaning chemicals and use as directed.
• Adhere to Flesher’s policies and procedures, employee handbook, resident’s rights, OSHA, State and Federal safety standard precautions, i.e. infection control, PPE’s, and isolation rooms.

Qualifications

Education: Less than high school education, or up to one‑month related experience or training preferred.

Language Skills: Be able to read, write and understand the English language. Be able to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information one‑on‑one to residents or residents’ families and other employees of the organization.

Physical Demands

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision and peripheral vision.

Work Environment

Work surfaces include carpeting, tile, and linoleum. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.

Summary of Occupational Exposures

Bloodborne Pathogens: Tasks and procedures performed by the employee involve risks classified by CDC as Category II (activity performed without blood exposure, but exposure may occur in emergency) and Category III (task/activity does not entail predictable or unpredictable exposure to blood). This position typically does not involve Category I exposure risk; however, if the employee is trained in first aid, some emergency procedures may entail Category I exposure risk. Refer to the Exposure Control Plan for additional information. The employee will be exposed to inside environmental conditions, outside environmental conditions, chemical hazards, respiratory and skin hazards due to chemical use.