Housekeeper ~ Las Vegas

MorningStar Careers•Las Vegas, NV

1d•Onsite

About The Position

MorningStar Senior Living is seeking a Housekeeper for its senior living community in Las Vegas. The position emphasizes laundry and may include other housekeeping duties. The Housekeeper helps maintain a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive home for residents while providing considerate service and protecting residents’ privacy and personal property. The role follows daily work assignments, established cleaning procedures, infection-control practices, safety precautions, and Health Department standards. Duties include cleaning resident rooms and shared areas, bathrooms, floors, carpets, walls, windows, hallways, stairways, and elevators; handling waste; maintaining housekeeping supplies and equipment; and performing terminal cleaning when residents are discharged or transferred. The Housekeeper also reports hazards, equipment issues, accidents, and incidents, and attends departmental and staff meetings. This is a full-time position paying $17.50 per hour, scheduled Wednesday through Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Team members scheduled to work 24 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits.

Requirements

Demonstrate the core values of Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, and Respect.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Ability to follow written and oral instructions, including instructions for mixing cleaning compounds and using cleaning liquids.
Ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, and visitors.
Ability to use supplies properly and maintain equipment.
Ability to maintain housekeeping areas in a safe, clean, and comfortable condition.
Ability to work harmoniously with personnel.
Willingness and ability to seek new methods and principles and incorporate them into housekeeping practices.
Follow Health Department standards.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED preferred.
One year of experience in a health care facility preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform assigned housekeeping tasks according to daily assignments and established procedures.
Maintain assigned work areas in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive condition.
Follow infection-control practices and safety precautions when cleaning and using equipment and supplies.
Clean and polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, and room heating and cooling units in resident rooms and recreational areas.
Clean, wash, sanitize, and polish bathroom fixtures.
Clean windows and mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance and exit areas.
Clean floors by sweeping, dusting, mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, and disinfecting as needed.
Vacuum, shampoo, deodorize, and disinfect carpets.
Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, and deodorizing.
Remove dirt, dust, grease, and film from surfaces using appropriate cleaning and disinfecting solutions.
Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators.
Dispose of waste in proper containers and reline trash receptacles.
Report hazardous conditions, faulty equipment, burned-out lights, accidents, and incidents to the supervisor.
Keep work areas clean and store equipment, tools, and supplies properly, including before breaks and at the end of the workday.
Maintain an adequate inventory of housekeeping supplies.
Perform terminal cleaning when instructed after a resident is discharged or transferred.
Follow established work and cleaning schedules and fire-safety policies and procedures.
Assist others with lifting heavy equipment and supplies as directed or requested.
Maintain the confidentiality of resident-care information and honor residents’ personal property.
Turn in found articles to the supervisor.
Attend departmental and staff meetings.
Keep work areas free of hazardous objects and unnecessary equipment or supplies.
Focus on laundry duties, with other housekeeping duties as assigned.