Housekeeping Assistant

AdamsPlace • Cookeville, TN

3d

About The Position

NHC Cookeville is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant to work days. The role involves interacting tactfully and effectively with patients, families, fellow employees, and visitors. The successful applicant will clean patient bathrooms and rooms, empty garbage cans, clean hallways, walls, furniture, and equipment, follow established cleaning schedules, and perform other duties as assigned. The position requires standing for 7–8 hours a day, lifting heavy objects, and working with standard cleaning chemicals.

NHC Cookeville is part of National HealthCare Corporation, which provides extended-care services intended to support the well-being and independence of patients of all ages through an interdisciplinary approach combining compassionate care with cost-effective healthcare services.

Requirements

• Be able to read and understand Standard English.
• Be flexible, be a team player, and have a positive attitude.
• Enjoy working with geriatric and other healthcare patients.
• Be able to stand for 7–8 hours a day.
• Be able to lift heavy objects.
• Be able to work with standard cleaning chemicals.

Responsibilities

• Clean patient bathrooms.
• Empty garbage cans.
• Clean patient rooms, hallways, walls, furniture, and equipment.
• Follow established cleaning schedules.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Deal tactfully and effectively with patients, families, fellow employees, and visitors.

Benefits

• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Uniforms.
• 401(k) with generous company match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed