KC- Housekeeper (Full-Time) Mon-Fri 8a-4:30p)

McCrite Plaza•Kansas City, MO

About The Position

The Housekeeper / Laundry position provides cleaning and laundry services to help ensure the facility is clean and sanitized. Duties include cleaning rooms and halls, making beds, changing linens, washing and distributing garments and linens, replenishing housekeeping supplies, and maintaining clean, stocked storage areas and carts. The role works in residents’ rooms and involves interaction with residents, family members, staff, visitors, and volunteers. The employee must follow facility infection-control, safety, privacy, and other applicable policies and procedures, and perform related duties as directed by the Housekeeping Supervisor.

Requirements

Must be at least 16 years of age for a full-time position.
Must be free of communicable diseases.
Ability to understand, observe, and enforce infection-control procedures related to facility services.
Ability to observe facility safety policies and procedures and recognize potential physical, chemical, and electrical hazards, taking immediate corrective action as appropriate.
Ability to understand and enforce the Exposure Control Plan; the position risks occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other infectious material.
Ability to safeguard residents’ health information privacy.
Ability to speak and read English and follow oral and written directions.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, residents, and staff.
Ability to perform other related duties as directed by administration.
Ability to sit, stand, bend, stoop, stretch, crawl, crouch, kneel, balance, finger, grasp, push, pull, reach, and walk.
Ability to lift and carry weights in the 35-to-50-pound range and move objects between positions, including horizontally.
Ability to exert sustained force to draw, drag, or tug objects.
Must be able to work in residents’ rooms and handle and transport cleaning equipment and supplies.
Must be able to interact with residents, family members, and staff under varying conditions and circumstances and remain alert to resident safety.
Subject to exposure to infectious diseases and conditions, including Hepatitis B viruses.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a similar working environment is preferred but not required.
Poised, professional demeanor and positive attitude; resourcefulness, initiative, and adaptability to changing workplace requirements and needs.

Responsibilities

Observe facility waste-disposal procedures, empty wastebaskets, and transport trash to disposal areas.
Use housekeeping equipment properly and report malfunctioning equipment, safety hazards, emergency situations, and areas in poor repair to the supervisor.
Keep storage areas and wheeled carts stocked, clean, and tidy, and store chemicals according to applicable regulations.
Transport linens, towels, toiletries, and cleaning supplies using wheeled carts.
Replenish soap, toilet paper, paper towels, and other housekeeping supplies; make necessary linen changes.
Prevent the spread of infection through proper handling, storage, washing, and transportation of garments and linens.
Operate washers, dryers, and the automated laundry solution dispensing system; select appropriate water temperatures and wash cycles, handle detergents and other solutions as directed, transfer laundry, and clean machine filters.
Sort laundry; hang, fold, and stack garments and linens; distribute clothes to residents’ rooms accurately.
Return clean linen to linen closets and mobile racks, maintain adequate supplies, and report garments or linens in poor repair to social services.
Work cooperatively with residents, families, volunteers, visitors, and staff.
Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
Use computers and software to record, store, and analyze resident information, and operate copy, fax, and printer machines.
Attend staff meetings, in-service classes, and committee meetings as assigned or required.
Perform other related duties as directed by the Housekeeping Supervisor or administration.
Remain alert to resident safety and follow infection-control, safety, exposure-control, and privacy requirements.