Laundry Aide / Housekeeping

Rest Haven Health; Mississippi; On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Rest Haven Health is seeking a dedicated housekeeping and laundry aide to support daily resident care. You will perform laundry, linen, and garment handling, and distribute clean items to residents.

Responsibilities include washing, ironing, folding, and sanitizing rooms and common areas, cleaning floors and surfaces, and following infection-control procedures. You will also assist with waste disposal and maintain a tidy, safe environment for all residents.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily laundry functions as assigned.
• Sort, collect, weigh soiled laundry and place in appropriate containers.
• Fold, stack, label and distribute clean laundry to residents.
• Keep laundry area clean and sanitary.
• Clean floors, including sweeping, dusting, and mopping as requested.
• Remove dust, dirt, grease, etc. from equipment and/or floor surfaces as necessary.
• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline receptacle with plastic liner.
• Conduct isolation cleaning procedures in accordance with established infection control procedures.

Job description

Includes but not limited to:

• Performday-to-day laundry functions as assigned.
• Performspecific tasks according to daily work assignments.
• Performassigned tasks according to established laundry procedures.
• Collect,sort, count and/or weigh soiled laundry, linen, garments, etc. and placein appropriate containers or assigned areas.
• Separateitems that require special stain removal/treatment.
• Press/irongarments as instructed.
• Fold,count, stack, hang, label and distribute clean laundry to residents dailyor as instructed.
• Duringemergency conditions, assure that clean laundry, linen, garments, etc.,are distributed to designated areas as instructed.
• Cleanfloors, including sweeping, dusting, and mopping as requested.
• Keeplaundry area clean and sanitary.
• Removedust, dirt, grease, etc. from equipment and/or floor surfaces asnecessary.
• Discardwaste/trash into proper containers and reline receptacle with plasticliner.

Performdaily housekeeping tasks as assigned

Performspecific tasks according to daily work assignments

Emptyand sanitize ash trays daily

Clean/polishfurnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc. in residentrooms, recreational areas, etc. daily

Clean,wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures. Ensure that water marks areremoved from fixtures

Cleanwindows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms andentrance/exit ways

Cleanfloors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing,buffing, disinfecting, etc.

Ensurethat appropriate caution/safety signs are properly set up prior to performingduties

Cleancarpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting

Cleanwalls, ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting,deodorizing

Removedirt, dust, grease, film, etc. from general surfaces throughout the facility

Cleanhallways, stairways, and elevators

Discardwaste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacles with plasticliners

Cleanvacant rooms as assigned

Ensurethat work/assignments areas are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies,etc., are properly stored at all times, as well as before leaving such areasfor breaks, meal times, and end of the workday

Performisolation cleaning procedures in accordance with established infection controlprocedures