Housekeeper

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.•Roanoke, VA

4h•$13 - $15•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper cleans and maintains public spaces and residents’ apartments in a residential care community, helping present the community positively to residents and guests. Duties include routine and deep cleaning, sanitizing, handling cleaning supplies safely, respecting residents’ privacy and preferences, and logging cleaning activities as required. The role also involves friendly interaction with residents, communicating health concerns to management, attending training, and responding to emergencies according to established protocols. This is a part-time position of around 20 hours per week. Previous experience in a facility or hospital setting is required for consideration; memory care experience is a plus.

Requirements

Previous experience in a facility or hospital setting is required for consideration.
Ability to follow written or verbal instructions and complete basic, repetitive, well-defined duties.
Ability to complete cleaning tasks in a timely, effective, and efficient manner.
Ability to respect residents’ privacy and refrain from discussing their personal situations or health problems with other residents.
Willingness and ability to communicate with residents with varying levels of functioning and personalities.
Ability to make routine decisions using detailed guidelines and to report problems to a supervisor when appropriate.
Ability to perform the listed physical activities, including standing, walking, sitting, handling or feeling with the hands and fingers, reaching, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking, and hearing.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Availability for occasional weekend, evening, or night work if needed for shift coverage, and on-call work as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience with memory care, including working with people living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) preferred.
Prior housekeeping or cleaning experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Clean, polish, and sanitize gathering and public spaces, including lobbies, halls, stairwells, activity rooms, dining rooms, and elevators.
Clean residents’ apartments weekly or as needed, including bathroom fixtures and floors, kitchen surfaces and appliances, vacuuming, and dusting.
Sweep, dust, mop, strip, wax, buff, and disinfect floors; set up and remove caution and safety signs appropriately.
Vacuum, shampoo, deodorize, and disinfect carpets.
Remove dirt, dust, grease, and film from surfaces using appropriate cleaning and disinfecting solutions.
Handle hazardous cleaning supplies according to procedures and ensure supplies are labeled accurately.
Clean public restrooms, including washing, sanitizing, and polishing fixtures and removing water marks.
Conduct deep cleaning of apartments, furniture, window treatments, and designated community areas according to assigned timeframes.
Respect residents’ belongings and privacy; remove and return bed linens for cleaning and make beds with clean linens according to resident preferences.
Log cleaning activities as required by procedures.
Interact with residents and guests in a friendly, courteous manner, provide assistance and directions, and give residents meaningful attention.
Communicate concerns about residents’ health to management as appropriate.
Attend and participate in scheduled or directed in-service classes and on-the-job training.
Respond to resident emergencies by contacting appropriate internal or external parties according to protocol.
Assist with disaster management activities and evacuations when needed.
Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible part-time and full-time associates.
401(k).
Associate assistance program.
Employee discounts.
Referral program.
Early access to earned wages for hourly associates outside California.
Optional voluntary benefits, including identity theft protection and pet insurance.
Full-time eligible associates may receive paid time off and paid holidays.
Full-time eligible associates may receive company-provided life insurance, adoption benefits, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, optional life and dependent life insurance, optional accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance, a legal plan, and tuition reimbursement.
Qualified associates who have been with Brookdale for at least a year may receive an advance of naturalization application fees, up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding.