Housekeeping-FT Day Shift

Stonebridge Maryland Heights • Maryland Heights, MO

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About The Position

The Housekeeper Aide provides cleaning services that create a safe, sanitary, comfortable, and homelike environment for residents, staff, and the public. Services are performed in accordance with facility policies and procedures and applicable state and federal laws and regulations, with the goal of enhancing residents’ quality of life.

StoneBridge Senior Living describes its communities as welcoming, family-oriented workplaces where employees support one another and are encouraged to develop skills and grow in their senior care careers.

Requirements

• Friendly attitude and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to express oneself adequately in written and oral communication and communicate effectively in an interdisciplinary care setting with residents, families, and staff members.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a healthcare environment in Environmental Services.

Responsibilities

• Clean assigned resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas daily using methods such as dusting, dry mopping, wet mopping, sanitizing, and scrubbing, in accordance with facility procedures.
• Respect residents’ privacy and preferences concerning room arrangements and personal items, and knock before entering resident rooms or bathrooms.
• Clean walls, ceilings, windows, mirrors, and waxed floors according to department procedures and cleaning schedules.
• Keep housekeeping supplies secured and out of residents’ reach.
• Dispose of trash, waste, biohazardous waste, and materials requiring special handling in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Post signs to identify safety hazards whenever housekeeping activities create environmental hazards.
• Use personal protective equipment when at risk of exposure to blood or potentially hazardous body fluids, and whenever facility policies require it.
• Follow safety instructions for chemical substances, consult labels and Material Safety Data Sheets, keep chemicals and supplies in their original containers, and ask a supervisor for help when unsure about handling techniques.
• Monitor for and report evidence of rodents or pests to a supervisor.
• Communicate with the Maintenance Director in preparation for state inspections, attend survey training, and interact with state surveyors only as instructed by the immediate supervisor.
• Immediately report injuries to self or others to a supervisor.
• Attend assigned in-service education programs and apply the information to job tasks.
• Monitor the workplace for safety and fire hazards and correct or promptly report potential problems to the Director of Environmental Services.
• Participate in fire and disaster drills and carry out assigned duties during emergencies to help ensure resident safety.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, critical illness, accident, and employee assistance program coverage
• 401(k)
• Flexible scheduling
• Holiday pay incentives
• Training and tuition reimbursement
• Bereavement leave
• Employee recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed