Housekeeper for Assisted Living Community Per Diem

HallKeen Assisted Living Communities • Revere, MA

12d

About The Position

The Housekeeper maintains a clean and safe environment for residents and staff in an assisted living community. The role performs cleaning duties in resident apartments, interior and exterior common areas, and amenities, as well as laundry duties. The position is per diem, non-exempt, and categorized as a Service Worker in the Maintenance department; it reports to the Director of Maintenance.

The Housekeeper uses cleaning equipment and supplies safely, maintains cleaning and laundry areas, disposes of waste, and reports maintenance concerns and changes in residents’ health or living status. The role also requires protecting resident confidentiality, following safety and security procedures, and providing courteous, cooperative service. Duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• Able to operate cleaning equipment, including a mangle, iron, washer and dryer, brooms, mops, and vacuums.
• Able to work various schedules and shifts as needed.
• Able to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
• Able to print and speak simple sentences in English.
• Able to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with tens and hundreds; able to perform these operations using U.S. currency and units of weight, volume, and distance.
• Able to apply common-sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions and deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Must complete a criminal background check for unlicensed employees in compliance with state regulation.
• Must provide, at hire and annually thereafter, medical certification from a licensed healthcare provider confirming freedom from communicable disease, including TB, in compliance with state regulation.
• Able to demonstrate service delivery, address service failures, and prioritize customer needs.
• Able to communicate warmly and helpfully while building credibility and rapport.
• Able to work cooperatively with a group to achieve goals and objectives.
• Able to be tactful, maintain confidences, foster an ethical work environment, and handle situations honestly.
• Able to remain open to new information, change focus as demands change, transition effectively between tasks, and adapt to varying customer needs.
• Arrives on time and maintains minimal absence and tardiness.
• Maintains a neat, clean appearance in accordance with the dress code.
• Observes safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in work performed.
• Physically able to move at least 50 pounds without assistance.
• Physically able to bend, reach, and work in small areas; push and pull equipment and furnishings; and stand for long periods.

Responsibilities

• Clean public areas and residents’ apartments, including bathrooms, kitchens, patios, windows, floors, furniture, and common areas.
• Wash windows at reasonable heights throughout the community as requested.
• Keep utility and storage rooms clean and orderly.
• Disinfect and sterilize equipment and supplies.
• Use cleaning chemicals and supplies properly and safely.
• Stock the cleaning cart with supplies.
• Empty wastebaskets and transport trash and waste to the disposal area.
• Coordinate with Maintenance to keep trash and dumpster areas clean.
• Complete maintenance work orders for needed repairs.
• Promptly report resident issues or changes in health or living status.
• Promptly report potentially unsafe conditions or maintenance-related issues to the Supervisor.
• Change beds.
• Clean public restrooms and replenish supplies as needed.
• Sweep, scrub, wax, and polish floors; clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies.
• Dust furniture and equipment and polish metalwork.
• Wash walls, woodwork, windows, door panels, and sills.
• Distribute laundered articles and linens.
• Maintain resident laundry areas, including regularly mopping floors and washing walls.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain resident confidentiality and follow safety and security procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed