Senior Living Housekeeper – Clean, Safe, & Caring

Avamere Skilled Advisors, LLC d/b/a Avamere Living; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Avamere Living is seeking a Housekeeper to maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary environment in a long-term care facility at Hillsboro, OR. You will perform tasks ranging from dusting and mopping to terminal cleaning when residents are discharged.

The role requires physical ability to stand and walk for extended periods, and a strong commitment to infection control and teamwork with staff across shifts.

Qualifications

• Experience with cleaning methods and equipment.
• Ability to maintain a high level of cleanliness and sanitation.
• Ability to stand, walk, and perform repetitive tasks for extended periods.
• Ability to communicate with staff and follow instructions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members.
• 18 years or older.
• Prefer experience working in housekeeping in a medical facility.
• Maintain tactful composure and confidentiality with residents, family members, staff and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day housekeeping functions as assigned.
• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc., in resident rooms, recreational areas, etc., daily as instructed.
• Clean, wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures. Assure that watermarks are removed from fixtures.
• Clean windows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance/exit ways.
• Clean floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.
• Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
• Remove dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
• Perform terminal cleaning procedures, as instructed, when a resident is discharged and/or transferred to another room/area. Clean vacant rooms as assigned.
• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacle with plastic liner.
• Assure that work/assignment areas 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.
• Assure that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner.
• Assure that established infection control and universal precautions practices are maintained when performing housekeeping procedures.
• Coordinate routine/terminal isolation procedures with nursing care; a thorough cleaning and disinfection process after residents leave an isolation room, to eliminate pathogens and prevent the spread of infections.
• Report all hazardous conditions or equipment to your supervisor.
• Follow established fire safety policies and procedures.
• Dispose of refuse daily in accordance with our established sanitation procedures.
• Keep work/assigned areas free of hazardous objects such as protruding mop/broom handles, unnecessary equipment, supplies, etc.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Stamina

Attention to detail

Job description

Avamere Living is seeking a Housekeeper to maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary environment in a long-term care facility at Hillsboro, OR. You will perform tasks ranging from dusting and mopping to terminal cleaning when residents are discharged.

The role requires physical ability to stand and walk for extended periods, and a strong commitment to infection control and teamwork with staff across shifts.