Housekeeping/Porter (Nursing Home)

Rolling Hills Healthcare Center; Lebanon (NJ); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolling Hills Healthcare Center in Lebanon, NJ is seeking a dedicated Housekeeping/Porter for both full-time and part-time shifts. This role supports quality housekeeping services, follows schedules, and performs daily tasks to maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for residents and staff.

The position involves routine floor care, carpet cleaning, waste disposal, and maintaining storage and equipment in good condition. On-site work with flexible shifts is available.

Responsibilities

• Maintains delivery of quality housekeeping services.
• Follows the assigned housekeeping schedule and instructions.
• Performs daily tasks according to work assignments.
• Cleans floors, including sweeping, mopping, waxing, and disinfecting.
• Cleans carpets and upholstery as assigned.
• Cleans walls and ceilings and removes dirt and debris.
• Replaces cubicle curtains and manages waste disposal.
• Ensures areas and equipment are stored safely after use.
• Discards infectious waste properly.
• Performs unscheduled housekeeping tasks as directed.

Job description

Rolling Hills Healthcare Center in Lebanon, NJ is looking for a FT & PT Housekeeping/Porter to join our team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains the delivery of quality housekeeping services.
• Receives and follows housekeeping schedule/instructions as assigned.
• Performs specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• Cleans floors to include sweeping, dusting damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc. NOTE: Ensures that appropriate caution/safety signs are properly set up prior to performing such duties.
• Cleans carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Cleans walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
• Removes dirt, dust grease, film, etc. from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
• Replaces cubicle curtains as assigned
• Discards waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacle with plastic liner.
• Ensures that work/assignment areas including resident, non-resident, areas, porter closets, and housekeeping storage rooms are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc. are properly stored at all times, as well as before leaving such areas for breaks, mealtimes, and end of the workday. (e)
• Discards infectious wastes/sharps containers into appropriate containers.
• Performs unscheduled Housekeeping/Laundry tasks as directed

Maintain equipment and housekeeping supplies:

• Ensures Housekeeping supplies have been replenished in work areas as necessary
• Keeps immediate supervisor informed of supply needs.
• Ensures that the facility and its equipment is properly maintained for resident safety, comfort and convenience.
• Reports equipment malfunctions or breakdowns to supervisor as soon as possible.
• Follows established safety precautions when performing tasks and when using equipment and supplies
• Assists others in lifting heavy equipment, supplies, etc., as directed or requested.