Memory Care - Housekeeper- Full Time

Cascadia Senior Living•Yakima, WA

16d•$17 - $19

About The Position

The Housekeeper helps create a joyful, vibrant community by maintaining a beautiful, tidy, clean, sanitary, safe, comfortable, and attractive environment for residents, staff, and visitors. The role supports residents’ dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment while performing assigned daily housekeeping duties. The Housekeeper follows safety precautions and infection control practices, operates and maintains housekeeping and laundry equipment, participates in required meetings and training, and completes other assigned duties.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Pass a criminal background and fingerprint check.
Compassion and a special interest in working with the senior population.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and overtime, to meet position requirements.
Ability to relate positively and communicate appropriately with residents, families, community members, volunteers, and other employees.
Meet all mandatory health requirements under State regulations.
Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
Maintain a current food handler’s card.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds, regularly lifting 25–40 pounds, frequently reaching below shoulder height, occasionally kneeling, stooping, and squatting, and standing six out of eight hours.

Responsibilities

Support residents’ dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment.
Perform assigned day-to-day housekeeping functions and maintain high standards of cleanliness.
Keep assigned work areas clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive.
Follow established safety precautions when performing tasks and using equipment and supplies.
Follow established infection control practices when performing housekeeping procedures.
Operate and maintain housekeeping and laundry equipment, including commercial washers and dryers and buffing machines.
Work safely and recognize potentially dangerous situations.
Attend and participate in required meetings and training; stay current on assigned system tasks and duties.
Perform other assigned tasks and duties.
Maintain a clean, neat, comfortable, and safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.

Benefits

Competitive compensation based on relevant years of experience and education or certification requirements.
Shift differential for night shift employees.
Bonus.
Shift coverage bonus offered as needed.
Medical, dental, and vision plans.
Savings and spending accounts for tax-free health care and dependent care expenses; HSA includes an employer contribution.
Sick time accrual, available for use after 90 days.
Paid time off accrual eligibility after 12 months.
Floating holiday accrued from hire, up to 56 hours annually.
Holiday pay at 1.5 times normal hourly pay for work on specified holidays.
Up to 3 days of bereavement leave.
Employer-paid life insurance.
Traditional and Roth 401(k) after 12 months and 1,000 hours worked, with semi-annual enrollment and an annual discretionary employer contribution.
Employee Assistance Program.
Cascadia Assistance Fund for financial help with hardships or continuing education.