Part Time Housekeeper - Addiction Recovery

Wooded Glen Recovery Center; Henryville (IN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Summit Healthcare Mgmt in Henryville, Indiana seeks a part-time Housekeeper to maintain a clean, safe patient-care environment. Responsibilities include cleaning rooms and common areas, laundering linens, and ensuring infection control practices are followed.

The role requires high school diploma or equivalent and prior housekeeping experience in healthcare settings is preferred. Onsite work with standard facility hours and a focus on safety and sanitation.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience in housekeeping in healthcare or clinical settings preferred.
• Basic reading, writing and spoken English to follow instructions.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning and custodial tasks to keep the facility sanitary and orderly.
• Operates washers, dryers and laundry as directed.
• Maintains inventory and stores cleaning supplies appropriately.
• Adheres to infection control standards and universal precautions.
• Prepares rooms for meetings and facility events.

Skills

Attention to detail

Safety awareness

English literacy

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Part Time Housekeeper - Addiction Recovery | Summit Healthcare Mgmt | Henryville, Indiana

About the Job

The Housekeeper is responsible for keeping a clean and healthy client care environment by maintaining assigned areas in a clean, safe, sanitary and orderly manner. Advises supervisor on environmental services equipment needs and repairs. Ensures that infectious waste and confidential disposal contractors perform as scheduled.

Roles and Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Performs specific cleaning and custodial tasks in the general upkeep, sanitation and cleanliness of the facility. Conducts daily cleaning of the facility including, but not limited to sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, polishing of fixtures, general straightening, and cleaning of bathrooms.
• Cleans facility rooms, baths, laboratories, offices and halls. Utilizes buffers, scrubbers, sweepers and carpet cleaning equipment as necessary.
• Washes bed frames, brushes mattresses and remakes beds after discharge of clients, when applicable.
• Keeps utility and storage rooms in neat and orderly conditions.
• Operates commercial washers and dryers. Launders soiled linens as directed.
• Attends to infection control standards, transports soiled linen to storage area and distributes laundered articles and items.
• Sweeps, scrubs, waxes and polishes floors. Work is performed with careful attention to slips/fall risks during and after cleaning floors.
• Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture and draperies. Dusts furniture and equipment.
• Washes walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, door panels and sills.
• Empties wastebaskets, transports trash and waste to disposal area.
• Disinfects rooms, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and supplies, using appropriate processes and germicides for cleaning equipment.
• Conducts daily check of cleaning cart to determine inventory of supplies. Maintains adequate cleaning supplies for department/unit use.
• Conducts daily check of linen supply closet to determine inventory of supplies.
• Properly cleans and stores all equipment and supplies after each shift.
• Practices standard/universal precautions and environmental safety guidelines, including instructions upon SDS (Safety Data Sheets) for materials encountered during task completion.
• Prepares rooms for meetings and arranges decorations and furniture for facility functions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
• Previous experience in housekeeping in a commercial, clinical, or healthcare environment preferred.
• Basic reading, writing, speaking skills and understand English sufficient to provide and receive instructions/directions required.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS

• CPR and de-escalation certification may be required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

WORK LOCATION

This position is onsite at the facility and is not a remote position.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why Summit Healthcare Mgmt?

Summit Healthcare Mgmt offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Summit Healthcare Mgmt is an EOE.

Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.