Housekeeper

Elegance Senior Living•Delray Beach, FL

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper is responsible for performing basic apartment cleaning services for residents, including dusting, vacuuming, changing linens, and making beds, while respecting residents' privacy. The role also involves maintaining cleanliness in all common areas of the building, such as entries, reception, corridors, bathrooms, activity rooms, and the dining room, ensuring these areas are presentable for visitors and residents seven days a week. Key duties include various floor and carpet cleaning tasks, sanitizing public restrooms, and handling hazardous cleaning supplies safely. The Housekeeper interacts with residents in a friendly manner, communicates health concerns to management, attends training, responds to emergencies, and assists with disaster management. The position requires adherence to safety standards and compliance with all relevant local, state, federal, and licensing regulations, including HIPAA, OSHA, and labor laws. Teamwork and a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors are also expected.

Requirements

Ability to handle hazardous cleaning supplies according to proper procedures and ensure accurate labeling.
Knowledge of and ability to comply with all local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations associated with the licensure of the building, including HIPAA, OSHA, and labor laws.
Commitment to working in a safe manner and reporting unsafe actions to the Executive Director.
Adherence to Safety Committee Standards.
Ability to follow procedures for treatment, investigation, and return to work for workplace injuries and communicate with a supervisor.
Ability to foster teamwork, show initiative, and have a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Ability to develop basic knowledge of the organization.

Responsibilities

Visit assigned residences to perform basic apartment cleaning of bathroom fixtures and floors.
Perform dusting, vacuuming, sheet and linen changing, bed making, and bathroom cleaning including toilets, sinks, showers, mirrors, and floors.
Avoid disturbing residents’ belongings and respect privacy.
Remove linens from bed for cleaning and return to resident.
Make beds with clean linens according to resident’s preferences.
Log cleaning activities as required by procedures.
Change residents’ bedding and linens each week as part of their monthly rent.
Change bedding and linens more frequently for an additional fee if requested by residents.
Keep linen inventory at a level to accommodate weekly changes and schedules to allow for washing, drying, and folding of linens to meet community demand.
Interact with residents in a friendly manner, providing meaningful attention.
Communicate concerns with resident’s health to management as appropriate.
Maintain a clean building in all common areas, including main entry, alternative entries, reception area, corridors, bathrooms, activity rooms, and the dining room.
Perform vacuuming carpets, dusting, washing windows, straightening furniture and coffee service in common areas.
Ensure all common areas are appropriate for visitors and residents 7 days a week.
Clean floors including sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.
Properly set up appropriate caution and safety signs to ensure safety of residents and visitors and ensure their removal as appropriate.
Clean carpets including vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
Clean public restrooms including washing, sanitizing, and/or polishing bathroom fixtures.
Ensure water marks are removed from fixtures.
Remove dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
Handle hazardous cleaning supplies according to proper procedures and ensure accurate labeling.
Attend and participate in in-service educational classes, on-the-job training programs, etc., as scheduled or directed.
Respond appropriately to resident emergencies by calling or contacting appropriate internal and external parties, according to established protocol.
Assist with disaster management efforts and activities during evacuations (i.e. fires, hurricanes, etc.).
Maintain compliance with all local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations associated with the licensure of the building, including HIPAA, OSHA, and labor laws.
Immediately discuss any issues raised by any regulator with the management company.
Work in a safe manner and ensure unsafe actions are brought to the attention of the Executive Director.
Comply with Safety Committee Standards.
Follow all procedures for treatment, investigation, and return to work should workplace injuries occur.
Communicate with supervisor as noted in the Employee Handbook regarding workplace injuries.
Foster teamwork with co-workers, show initiative in overcoming obstacles, take actions which assist others beyond job responsibilities, and have a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Develop basic knowledge of the organization in order to answer basic questions.
Perform other duties as assigned or needed.