Housekeeping Assistant

Heartwood•Crosby, MN

1d•$18 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

Heartwood, a senior living facility located in Crosby, MN is urgently seeking a Housekeeper! At Heartwood, find purpose and passion in your work with a team of like-minded people focused on enriching the lives and touching the hearts of older adults. If you enjoy contributing to a team focused on caring for others and making a difference in someone's life, join the Heartwood team.

Requirements

Flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, coworkers, family members, visitors, and the general public.
Ability to take direction, prioritize duties, and organize work with others.
Demonstrated compatibility with Heartwood's mission and operating philosophies.
Demonstrated ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language to communicate with all customers.

Responsibilities

Maintaining and assuring uncompromising levels of cleanliness in work areas, buildings and grounds.
Maintaining an attractive and comfortable home in an environment consistent with regulations and established policies and procedures.
Cleaning resident rooms and common areas.
Respecting resident time and property; treating them with courtesy and respecting their personal belongings.
Maintaining effective communication systems with all customers and co-workers.
Cleaning designated areas such as resident living spaces, common areas, and other areas as assigned.
General cleaning, floor care, washing, sanitizing, polishing furniture/fixtures, waste removal, stocking supplies, cleaning windows, collecting laundry from resident rooms and designated areas, sorting, distributing linens, and resident personal clothing per assigned schedule, ironing articles as required, inspecting laundry and linen, informing supervisor of replacement needs for communication with residents/families.
Ensuring that housekeeping and laundry supplies are replenished in work areas.
Ensuring that equipment, tools, and supplies are cleaned and properly stored at the end of each shift.
Actively participating in Heartwood activities, meetings and processes.
Collaborating with other staff to promote the overall cleanliness of the building and the residents’ total well-being.
Assisting in the orientation of new team members as assigned.
Assisting fellow team members with the completion of their work when assigned or needed.
Following established policies, procedures and practices.
Completing job responsibilities efficiently and effectively.
Pacing work according to a schedule in order to complete tasks in a timely manner.
Providing proper documentation of work per established procedures.
Using and supporting the quality process to meet customer needs.
Applying the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform all job functions.
Being knowledgeable of chemicals and equipment and how to use them safely.
Maintaining knowledge of organization and industry policies and practices.
Demonstrating good stewardship of available resources (supplies, utilities, time).
Assisting with tracking, receiving, and monitoring of equipment and supplies.
Demonstrating positive energy; accepting responsibility; demonstrating consistency between words and actions, keeping commitments; demonstrating high standards of honesty, integrity, trust and respect for others.
Taking initiative; using imagination and creativity in problem solving; broadening perspective beyond your own environment; recommending solutions; handling challenges, changes and job pressures competently and positively; demonstrating patience, flexibility and adaptability.
Organizing and executing responsibilities using established priorities; managing time appropriately - working efficiently; maintaining regular and punctual attendance at work; demonstrating self-improvement and desire to learn and grow.
Displaying an attitude of caring, encouragement and service in interactions with others; anticipating and respecting the needs, feelings and abilities of others; relating well with others; actively participating in team efforts; accepting responsibility for and dealing with conflict and disagreement in a collaborative manner; seeking win/win solutions; helping others do their best; valuing differences in opinions, talents and background of others.
Communicating openly and directly with others.
Using proactive and positive language; using active listening skills; providing constructive feedback; conveying information accurately and timely.