Housekeeper ~ West San Jose

MorningStar Careers • San Jose, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

At MorningStar Senior Living, we obsess about culture and seek great hearts who care and want to do work that matters. Our Housekeeping Team takes pride in maintaining a spotless home for our residents, learning their life stories, and feeling good about their hard work and the appreciation from residents. This role involves performing specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments and established housekeeping procedures, ensuring assigned work areas are clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive, and following infection control and safety precautions.

Requirements

• Demonstration of our Core Values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Ability to follow instructions.
• Ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, and visitors.
• Ability to properly use supplies and maintain equipment.
• Ability to maintain appearance of housekeeping areas in a safe, clean, and comfortable manner.
• Ability to work harmoniously with personnel.
• Able to follow written and oral instructions concerning the mixture of cleaning compounds, liquids, cleaning instructions, etc.
• Health Department standards

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• One year experience in a health care facility preferred
• Able to seek new methods and principles, and be willing to incorporate them into housekeeping practices

Responsibilities

• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments and established housekeeping procedures.
• Assure that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner.
• Follow established infection control practices when performing housekeeping measures.
• Follow established safety precautions when performing tasks and using equipment and supplies.
• Clean/polish furnishing, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc, in resident rooms and recreational areas daily as instructed.
• Clean, wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures.
• Clean windows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance/exit ways.
• Clean floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.
• Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Clean walls and ceiling by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
• Remove dirt, dust, grease, film, etc. from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
• Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators.
• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacles with plastic liner.
• Report all hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Assure that work/assignment areas are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc. are properly stored at all times, including before leaving such areas for breaks, meal times, and end of the work day.
• Assure that an adequate inventory or housekeeping supplies are maintained.
• Report burned out light bulbs, exit lights, overhead lights, fluorescents lights, room-call lights, etc., to the supervisor.
• Perform terminal cleaning procedures, as instructed, when a resident is discharged, and/or transferred.
• Assure that work/cleaning procedure schedules are followed.
• Follow established fire-safety policies and procedures.
• Assist others in lifting heavy equipment, supplies, etc., as directed or requested.
• Report all accidents/incidents to the supervisor.
• Maintain the confidentiality of resident-care information.
• Honor the resident’s personal property.
• Turn in all found articles to the supervisor.
• Attend departmental and staff meetings.
• Keep work/assignment areas free of hazardous objects, such as protruding mop/broom handles, unnecessary equipment, extra supplies, etc.

Benefits

• Health Insurance offerings such as medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Other Insurance offerings such as life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance
• 401k plan with matching
• HSA options
• Employee assistance programs
• Paid sick, vacation and birthday!
• Career development programs and opportunity for advancement
• Charitable and philanthropic opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free shift meal!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED