Housekeeper (per diem)

Trinity Health Corporation•Springfield, MA

47d

About The Position

Located in Springfield's beautiful historic district, Saint Luke's Home is a real home for its residents. The grounds include lovely gardens that the residents help to maintain. Inside, all rooms are private, and residents may decorate them with personal items and furniture, or use furnishings we provide. A spacious activity area and large dining room provide areas for socializing with fellow residents, and a serene chapel offers a quiet space and time for devotion and reflection. With its urban location, Saint Luke's home is within walking distance of libraries, museums, churches, parks and shops - enabling residents to take advantage of the many resources the city has to offer. According to established procedures, performs repetitive cleaning tasks and maintains assigned facility area in an orderly and sanitary condition. In doing so, moves furniture, equipment and supplies in and around facility departments and performs a variety of light housekeeping duties.

Requirements

Work requires the ability to read and understand written instructions and some experience in a long-term care setting preferred.
Work requires the analytical ability to read and understand instructions.
Work requires the ability to understand and respond to simple written or verbal instructions. Occasionally requires contact with residents and or visitors, which involves ordinary courtesy.

Responsibilities

Follows cleaning assignments, fills housekeeping carts with materials and supplies, mixes cleaning solutions and transports same to work areas. Maintains all chemicals in their proper containers with the appropriate labels.
Cleans assigned areas by washing furnishings, tile fixtures and equipment with germicidal cleaning solutions. Cleans, sanitizes and maintains all resident rooms, bathrooms and offices within specific schedules. Sanitizes and polishes sinks, tubes, toilets, brass, mirrors and the like.
Removes soiled bed linens from residents rooms, makes beds with fresh linens in prescribed manner if so assigned. Upon discharge of residents, strips, cleans, sanitizes and makes beds, and cleans other furniture if so assigned.
Sweeps and mops all floor areas. Vacuums carpets using light vacuum, spot cleans carpets using appropriate solutions and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly manner after cleaning assigned areas. Disposes of trash by emptying wastebaskets and bringing trash to the dumpster.
Brings resident or facility laundry to laundry room and launders properly if so assigned. Returns clean laundry to resident's room or to laundry storage areas.
Visually inspects area upon completion of cleaning to ensure appropriate levels of cleanliness and neatness have been achieved. Customer satisfaction and a focus on quality improvement are evident in all aspects of work.
Cleans and performs routine maintenance on sanitation equipment and notifies supervisor of equipment needing further repair. Returns unused supplies to utility room, cleans cart and equipment.
Follows all safety and infection control procedures according to Federal, State and Facility policies. Ensures that all tasks are performed to assure resident and personal safety and protection of co-workers and (facility) property
Demonstrates, promotes, and integrates the mission of the Sisters of Providence Health System and its core values in daily work activities.
Promotes and participates in educational programs, both formally and informally to include outside educational programs. Annually attends all required educational programs including (but not limited to) at least one session each year of the following: fire safety, infection control, disaster response, hazard communication, resident rights/abuse, blood borne pathogens, corporate compliance and annual PPD requirements.