Housekeeper ~ Avondale

MorningStar Careers•Avondale, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

MorningStar Senior Living is hiring a Housekeeper for its senior living community in Avondale. The role has a high emphasis on laundry, with other housekeeping duties as needed. The Housekeeping Team maintains a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive home for residents by following assigned work schedules, established procedures, infection-control practices, and safety precautions. The position is scheduled Tuesday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and pays $16.00 to $17.00 per hour. The Housekeeper cleans resident rooms and shared areas, including furnishings, bathrooms, windows, floors, carpets, walls, hallways, stairways, and elevators. The role also includes handling waste, maintaining supplies and equipment, performing terminal cleaning after resident discharges or transfers, reporting hazards and incidents, respecting residents’ privacy and property, and attending staff and departmental meetings. MorningStar describes its culture as rooted in care, servant leadership, and improving residents’ lives. Team members scheduled to work 24 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits; their families are also eligible.

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 products.
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 and willingness to seek and incorporate new housekeeping methods and principles.
Follow Health Department standards.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Perform assigned tasks according to daily work assignments and established housekeeping procedures.
Maintain assigned work areas in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive condition.
Follow infection-control practices and safety precautions when performing housekeeping tasks 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.
Wash, wipe, dust, spot-clean, disinfect, and deodorize walls and ceilings as needed.
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 replace trash-can liners.
Report hazardous conditions, equipment problems, accidents, and incidents to a supervisor.
Store equipment, tools, and supplies properly and keep work areas clean, including before breaks, meals, and the end of the workday.
Maintain an adequate inventory of housekeeping supplies.
Report burned-out light bulbs and other specified lighting or room-call-light problems to a supervisor.
Perform terminal cleaning when instructed after a resident is discharged or transferred.
Follow housekeeping work and cleaning schedules and established fire-safety policies and procedures.
Assist with lifting heavy equipment and supplies when directed or requested.
Maintain confidentiality of resident-care information and respect residents’ personal property.
Turn in found articles to a supervisor.
Attend departmental and staff meetings.
Keep work areas free of hazardous objects and unnecessary equipment or supplies.
Perform laundry work, which is a major emphasis of the position.