Housekeeper

Bland County Nursing & Rehab Center•Bastian, VA

19d

About The Position

The Housekeeper reports to and receives supervision from the Housekeeping Supervisor, when applicable, or the Director of Environmental Services. The role performs general cleaning tasks in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and established policies and procedures. The goal is to enhance residents’ quality of life by maintaining a clean, safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment. This is a full-time position with weekday and weekend scheduling, day shifts, and 8-hour shifts. The Housekeeper may need to work outside normal work hours, including nights, holidays, and weekends, as facility and position demands require.

Requirements

1–5 years of housekeeping experience.
Knowledge of and ability to operate floor cleaners, buffers, vacuums, and related equipment.
Knowledge of various cleaning agents and/or chemicals.
Ability to use various cleaning hand tools and supplies.
Ability to understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions.
Ability to work with strong cleaning and disinfecting solutions.
Ability to learn routine tasks quickly.
Ability to perform repetitive manual tasks requiring agility and manual dexterity.
Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 30 pounds to a height of 2.5 feet, and to push, pull, move, and/or carry that weight at least 50 feet.
Ability to stand and walk for long periods.
Ability to reach, stoop, kneel, bend, lift, and move intermittently throughout the workday and facility.
Must be free of diseases that may be transmitted while performing job responsibilities during the stage of communicability.
Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people within the facility.

Responsibilities

Perform a variety of general cleaning tasks.
Dust furniture, woodwork, and equipment, and dust mop floors.
Polish and clean fixtures in rooms and bathrooms.
Wet mop rooms, halls, and other areas.
Clean vents, fan fixtures, window tops, doorframes, and other high areas.
Gather and dispose of trash and waste materials using specified bags or containers.
Buff, strip, wax, and polish floors.
Move furniture and other heavy objects as required.
Perform terminal cleaning procedures in resident rooms and prepare rooms for new occupants; follow isolation procedures in isolation rooms.
Clean and disinfect fixtures, floors, mirrors, windows, doors, and walls.
Perform other duties as assigned.