Housekeeper

Midwest Health•Topeka, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper performs cleaning tasks throughout the Facility, including resident rooms, bathrooms, dining areas, hallways, common areas, and offices. Duties include mopping, vacuuming, scrubbing, sweeping, dusting, polishing, and buffing, as well as other duties assigned by an authorized supervisor. The Housekeeper must follow Facility personnel, safety, and corporate policies; treat residents, families, visitors, and team members respectfully; protect resident and family confidentiality; and report suspected resident abuse or neglect immediately to the Administrator, Director of Nursing, or Charge Nurse on Duty. The role includes cleaning floors, bathrooms, windows, mirrors, mattresses, beds, dining areas, common areas, employee break rooms, visitor restrooms, and handrails. The Housekeeper must follow applicable state and federal regulations concerning bloodborne pathogens, infection control, hazardous materials, and fire safety. Regular attendance and the ability to work beyond normal hours and on weekends or holidays when necessary are required. The employee must be able to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies and perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation. The position requires basic computer skills and the ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. The employee must be able to work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people. Physical demands include lifting and carrying items of varying weights, reaching, pushing and pulling, hand manipulation, and twisting, bending, crawling, squatting, kneeling, crouching, climbing, and balancing. When assisting residents with lifting or carrying objects over 25 pounds, the employee must use a transfer/gait belt or obtain assistance from another employee.

Requirements

Basic computer skills.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
Ability to assist in evacuating residents during emergencies.
Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people.
Ability to see and hear adequately, or use prosthetics that enable these senses to function adequately for the position.
Use a transfer/gait belt or obtain another employee’s assistance when assisting residents with lifting or carrying objects in excess of 25 pounds.
Physical ability to lift and carry weights as specified: lift up to 10 pounds constantly, 11–25 pounds frequently, 26–50 pounds occasionally, and over 50 pounds rarely; carry up to 10 pounds constantly, 11–25 pounds frequently, and 26 pounds or more rarely.
Physical ability to reach above, at, and below shoulder height; push and pull; perform grasping and handling constantly and torquing and fingering frequently; and twist, bend, crawl, squat, kneel, crouch, climb, and balance.
Regular worksite attendance.
If required to operate a motor vehicle for business purposes, successfully complete the requirements in the Company’s Motor Vehicles policy.

Responsibilities

Clean resident rooms, bathrooms, dining areas, hallways, common areas, offices, and other Facility spaces.
Vacuum carpeted resident rooms, halls, and common areas; sweep and mop tile and linoleum floors; strip and wax floors according to schedule.
Empty and clean trashcans and barrels.
Clean bathrooms, including sinks, toilets, grab bars, floors, walls, and showers; clean mirrors and windows.
Dust ceilings, vents, lights, and other high areas regularly.
Move furniture to ensure cleanliness; clean mattresses and beds according to schedule and flip mattresses when needed.
Clean dining areas after meals and special events, as well as common areas, employee break rooms, visitor toilets, sinks, hallways, and handrails.
Comply with Facility personnel, safety, and corporate policies and procedures, and applicable state and federal regulations.
Immediately report witnessed or reported allegations of resident abuse or neglect to the designated Facility personnel.
Treat residents, family members, visitors, and team members with respect and dignity; maintain confidentiality of resident and family information.
Report to work on time and as scheduled; perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Assist in resident evacuation during emergency situations.
Use a transfer/gait belt or obtain another employee’s assistance when assisting residents with lifting or carrying objects in excess of 25 pounds.