Housekeeper-Residential

Life Care Services•San Diego, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Casa de las Campanas is a senior living and care community in Rancho Bernardo offering upscale, resort-style living. The Housekeeper maintains clean, safe, orderly, and sanitary areas in the facility, including spaces occupied by patients with known infectious diseases. The role includes handling and transporting infectious waste, cleaning interior and exterior windows on a schedule, and inspecting assigned areas to ensure departmental quality standards are met. Employees must be able to pass background and fitness-for-duty checks required by a licensed residential care facility.

Requirements

One year of previous experience in an institutional or health care housekeeping environment is preferred.
Ability to communicate orally and in writing in English at a basic level.
Ability to measure and proportion cleaning chemicals and solvents.
Ability to calculate linen and supplies needed for work assignments.
Ability to work independently without direct supervision.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including pushing and pulling carts and equipment weighing up to 100 lbs and occasionally lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs.
Ability to use necessary cleaning equipment, including carpet-cleaning equipment and wet and dry vacuums.
Ability to pass background checks required for a licensed community, including a fitness-for-duty physical, fingerprinting, and employment-reference checks.
Ability to wear personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves, as required by the CDC.

Nice To Haves

One year of previous experience working in an institutional or health care housekeeping environment.

Responsibilities

Maintain public and common areas of the facility in a safe, orderly, and sanitary condition.
Identify and report repair needs and unsafe conditions, and respond appropriately in emergency situations.
Work in areas occupied by patients with known infectious diseases and handle and transport infectious waste.
Clean interior and exterior windows on a scheduled basis.
Inspect assigned areas routinely to ensure departmental quality standards are achieved and maintained.
Measure and proportion cleaning chemicals and solvents, and calculate the linen and supplies needed for assignments.