Housekeeper

Elegance•Delray Beach, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper is responsible for performing basic apartment cleaning for residents, including bathroom fixtures, floors, dusting, vacuuming, sheet and linen changing, and bed making, while respecting resident privacy and belongings. The role also involves maintaining cleanliness in all common areas of the building, such as main entries, reception, corridors, bathrooms, activity rooms, and the dining room, ensuring they are appropriate for visitors and residents seven days a week. Key tasks include cleaning various floor types (sweeping, mopping, waxing, buffing), carpets (vacuuming, shampooing), and public restrooms, using proper cleaning and disinfecting solutions. The Housekeeper must handle hazardous cleaning supplies safely, attend training, respond to resident emergencies, and assist with disaster management. Compliance with local, state, federal, and licensing regulations, including HIPAA and OSHA, is essential. The position requires working safely, reporting unsafe actions, and fostering teamwork with co-workers, residents, and visitors, while also developing basic organizational knowledge.

Requirements

Ability to perform basic apartment cleaning tasks including dusting, vacuuming, sheet and linen changing, bed making, and bathroom cleaning.
Ability to maintain cleanliness in all common areas of the building.
Proficiency in cleaning various floor types including sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, and disinfecting.
Ability to clean carpets including vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
Ability to clean public restrooms including washing, sanitizing, and polishing fixtures.
Skill in removing dirt, dust, grease, and film from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
Knowledge and ability to handle hazardous cleaning supplies according to proper procedures and ensure accurate labeling.
Ability to properly set up and remove caution and safety signs.
Ability to respond appropriately to resident emergencies according to established protocol.
Ability to assist with disaster management efforts and activities during evacuations.
Knowledge of and ability to maintain compliance with local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations, including HIPAA, OSHA, and labor laws.
Commitment to working in a safe manner and complying with Safety Committee Standards.
Ability to follow procedures for workplace injuries and communicate with supervisors.
Ability to foster teamwork, show initiative, and have a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Basic knowledge of the organization.

Responsibilities

Visits assigned residences to perform basic apartment cleaning of bathroom fixtures and floors. This consists of dusting, vacuuming, sheet and linen changing, bed making, and bathroom cleaning including toilets, sinks, showers, mirrors, and floors.
Avoids disturbing residents’ belongings and respects privacy.
Removes linens from bed for cleaning and returns to resident.
Makes beds with clean linens according to resident’s preferences.
Logs cleaning activities as required by procedures.
Changes residents’ bedding and linens each week as part of their monthly rent. Should the residents request, bedding and linens may be changed more frequently for an additional fee.
Keeps linen inventory at a level to accommodate weekly changes and schedules to allow for washing, drying, and following of linens to meet community demand.
Interacts with residents in a friendly manner, providing meaningful attention.
Communicates concerns with resident’s health to management as appropriate.
Maintains a clean building in all common areas, including main entry, alternative entries, reception area, corridors, bathrooms, activity rooms, and the dining room.
Performs common area cleaning tasks consisting of vacuuming carpets, dusting, washing windows, straightening furniture and coffee service.
Ensures all areas are appropriate for visitors and residents 7 days a week.
Cleans floors including sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.
Properly sets up appropriate caution and safety signs to ensure safety of residents and visitors and ensures their removal as appropriate.
Cleans carpets including vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
Cleans public restrooms including washing, sanitizing, and/or polishing bathroom fixtures.
Ensures water marks are removed from fixtures.
Removes dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
Handles hazardous cleaning supplies according to proper procedures and ensures accurate labeling.
Attends and participates in in-service educational classes, on-the-job training programs, etc., as scheduled or directed.
Responds appropriately to resident emergencies by calling or contacting appropriate internal and external parties, according to established protocol.
Assists with disaster management efforts and activities during evacuations (i.e. fires, hurricanes, etc.).
Maintains compliance with all local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations associated with the licensure of the building. This includes HIPAA, OSHA, and labor laws, etc. that apply to the specific location of the property.
Immediately discusses any issues raised by any regulator with the management company.
Works in a safe manner and ensures unsafe actions are brought to the attention of the Executive Director.
Compliant with Safety Committee Standards.
Follows all procedures for treatment, investigation, and return to work should workplace injuries occur, and communicates with their supervisor as noted in the Employee Handbook.
Fosters teamwork with co-workers, shows initiative in overcoming obstacles, takes actions which assist others beyond job responsibilities, and has a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Develops basic knowledge of the organization in order to answer basic questions.
Performs other duties as assigned or needed.