Housekeeping Aide

Hopkins Nursing and Rehabilitation Center•Woodburn, KY

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Hopkins Center is seeking a Housekeeping Aide to support its residential care facility in maintaining a clean, safe environment and a high quality of life for residents. The role is part-time and scheduled for day shifts on Saturdays and Sundays, with 8-hour shifts. The facility emphasizes teamwork and a mission of providing high-quality care while fostering family, friends, and community support. The aide cleans resident rooms and common areas, including furnishings, fixtures, bathrooms, windows, carpets, floors, walls, and ceilings. The position also involves maintaining safe work areas, handling waste, following infection-control and fire-safety procedures, storing supplies and equipment properly, reporting maintenance issues and lost-and-found items, and placing caution signs before cleaning tasks.

Requirements

A high school diploma or GED is preferred.

Responsibilities

Report defective, burned-out, or broken resident call lights and lighting fixtures to the supervisor immediately.
Clean furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating and cooling units, and other areas in resident rooms and facility common areas.
Clean and sanitize bathrooms and polish fixtures.
Clean windows, drapes, privacy curtains, and mirrors in resident rooms and other facility areas.
Vacuum, deodorize, and disinfect carpets.
Sweep, dust, mop, strip, wax, buff, and disinfect floors.
Wash, wipe, dust, spot-clean, disinfect, and deodorize walls and ceilings.
Keep work areas free of hazardous conditions, spills, supplies, and equipment.
Dispose of waste and trash in proper containers and re-line receptacles with plastic liners.
Comply with infection-control and universal-precaution practices and follow fire-safety policies and procedures.
Keep assigned areas clean and properly store equipment, tools, and supplies during work periods and before leaving for breaks, meals, or the end of the workday.
Turn in or report lost-and-found items to the supervisor.
Set up appropriate caution and safety signs before performing housekeeping tasks.