Housekeeper ~ Pasadena

MorningStar Careers•Pasadena, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

MorningStar Senior Living is hiring a Housekeeper for a senior living community in Pasadena. The Housekeeping Team helps maintain a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive home for residents, while treating residents and their personal property with respect and maintaining the confidentiality of resident-care information. Housekeepers may learn about residents’ life stories as they clean their homes and shared spaces. The role performs assigned cleaning tasks according to established procedures and schedules, follows infection-control and fire-safety practices, and uses cleaning equipment and supplies safely. It also includes reporting hazards, equipment issues, accidents, and incidents; maintaining supplies and orderly work areas; and assisting with heavy equipment or supplies as directed. The position is full-time, pays $21.00 per hour, and is scheduled Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Requirements

Demonstrate the stated core values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, and Respect.
Ability to read, write, and speak English and follow written and oral instructions, including instructions for mixing cleaning compounds and using cleaning products.
Ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, and visitors and work harmoniously with personnel.
Ability to use supplies properly, maintain equipment, and keep housekeeping areas safe, clean, and comfortable.
Willingness and ability to seek new methods and principles and incorporate them into housekeeping practices.
Meet Health Department standards.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED preferred.
One year of experience in a health care facility preferred.

Responsibilities

Complete assigned housekeeping tasks according to daily work assignments, established procedures, and schedules.
Maintain assigned areas in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive condition.
Follow infection-control, safety, and fire-safety procedures when cleaning and using equipment or supplies.
Clean and polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, and room heating and cooling units in resident rooms and recreational areas.
Clean, wash, sanitize, and polish bathroom fixtures; clean windows and mirrors in resident rooms, shared areas, bathrooms, and entrances and exits.
Clean floors by sweeping, dusting, mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, and disinfecting as needed.
Vacuum, shampoo, deodorize, and disinfect carpets; clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, and deodorizing.
Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators; dispose of waste in appropriate containers and reline receptacles.
Report hazardous conditions, equipment problems, burned-out lights, and accidents or incidents to the supervisor.
Keep work areas free of hazardous objects and store equipment, tools, and supplies properly, including before breaks and at the end of the workday.
Maintain an adequate inventory of housekeeping supplies.
Perform terminal cleaning when a resident is discharged or transferred, as instructed.
Assist with lifting heavy equipment and supplies as directed or requested.
Maintain confidentiality of resident-care information, honor residents’ personal property, and turn found articles in to the supervisor.
Attend departmental and staff meetings.