Housekeeper - Avamere at Chestnut Lane / Gresham, OR

Avamere • Gresham, OR

8d • Onsite

About The Position

A Housekeeper at Avamere at Chestnut Lane maintains a clean, safe, and sanitary environment for residents and staff in an independent living, assisted living, or memory care facility. Duties include cleaning resident rooms, common areas, restaurants, and administrative offices; maintaining floors, carpets, walls, ceilings, windows, mirrors, and bathroom fixtures; and completing terminal cleaning when residents are discharged or transferred. The role also includes collecting, sorting, washing, and handling resident linens and clothing according to sanitation protocols, maintaining laundry equipment and work areas, and disposing of refuse safely. The facility serves a Deaf and DeafBlind community; the ideal candidate is proficient in ASL or willing to learn.

Requirements

• Experience with various 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.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Maintain tactful composure and confidentiality with residents, family members, staff, and visitors.
• Genuine desire to improve seniors’ quality of life.
• Create and uphold an atmosphere of warmth, patience, enthusiasm, and calm cheerfulness.

Nice To Haves

• Prefer experience working in housekeeping in a medical facility.
• Proficiency in ASL or willingness to learn ASL.

Responsibilities

• Perform assigned day-to-day housekeeping duties according to work assignments.
• Clean and polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, and room heating and cooling units.
• Clean, wash, sanitize, and polish bathroom fixtures, removing watermarks.
• Clean windows and mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrances and exits.
• Clean floors by sweeping, dusting, mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, and disinfecting.
• Clean carpets by vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot-cleaning, disinfecting, and deodorizing.
• Remove dirt, dust, grease, and film from surfaces using appropriate cleaning and disinfecting solutions.
• Perform terminal cleaning when residents are discharged or transferred, and clean vacant rooms as assigned.
• Collect and sort soiled linens and personal clothing, identifying items requiring stain treatment or delicate handling.
• Operate commercial washers and dryers according to sanitation and thermal disinfection protocols; measure and dispense laundry products properly.
• Label or tag memory care residents’ clothing to prevent loss, and promptly change and launder items that become soiled or wet.
• Keep the laundry area clean, organized, and free of hazards; clean machine filters, drums, and surrounding surfaces, and report malfunctioning equipment.
• Dispose of waste in appropriate containers and reline trash receptacles.
• Keep work areas clean and safe, and store equipment, tools, and supplies properly, including before breaks and at the end of the workday.
• Follow infection-control, universal-precaution, and isolation-cleaning procedures in coordination with nursing care.
• Report hazardous conditions or equipment to a supervisor and follow fire-safety policies and procedures.
• Keep assigned areas free of hazardous objects and dispose of refuse daily according to sanitation procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, with low individual and family deductibles; benefits eligible at 30 or more hours per week.
• 401(k) retirement plan with discretionary employer match.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Premium pay for holidays worked, conditions apply.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including free confidential support for mental health, stress, family needs, and work/life balance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options, and Commuter Expense Reimbursement Account (CERA).
• Voluntary and supplemental insurance options, including life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, whole life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services.
• 5% ASL proficiency bonus upon testing evaluation.
• Perfect attendance bonus per pay period: $100 for a full-time employee.

What This Job Offers

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