Housekeeping Staff

Ensign Services • Turlock, CA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Housekeeping Staff perform daily housekeeping services throughout the nursing and rehabilitation facility, coordinating routine cleaning with nursing services and responding to changing resident-care needs. Duties include cleaning resident rooms and shared areas, furnishings, fixtures, bathrooms, windows, floors, carpets, walls, hallways, stairways, and elevators; handling trash and infectious waste appropriately; and carrying out isolation cleaning in accordance with infection-control procedures. Staff must keep work areas and equipment clean and properly stored, respect residents’ rights and privacy, knock before entering rooms, and perform other assigned duties.

The position works throughout the facility and involves frequent movement, interruptions, contact with residents, families, visitors, personnel, and government representatives, and possible exposure to infectious waste, diseases, hazardous chemicals, dust, disinfectants, and other workplace hazards. The role may require shifts other than the one initially assigned, work beyond normal hours, weekends and holidays, and emergency call-back. The posting specifies an on-call schedule and availability on weekends.

Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Must be able to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies and personnel, and the general public.
• Must maintain housekeeping supplies and equipment and the appearance of housekeeping areas.
• Must be willing to work harmoniously with other personnel and handle residents according to their current maturity level.
• Must be able to follow written and oral instructions for mixing cleaning compounds, liquids, and disinfecting solutions.
• Must be available to work weekends.
• Must be available for an on-call schedule.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate routine housekeeping services with nursing services in resident living and recreational areas.
• Perform assigned day-to-day housekeeping functions.
• Empty and sanitize ash trays, disposing of contents in appropriate metal containers with self-closing covers.
• Clean and polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, and room heating and cooling units.
• Clean, wash, sanitize, and polish bathroom fixtures, removing water marks.
• Clean windows and mirrors in resident rooms, shared areas, bathrooms, and entrance and exit ways.
• Sweep, dust, mop, strip, wax, buff, and disinfect floors, setting up appropriate safety signs beforehand.
• Vacuum, shampoo, deodorize, and disinfect carpets.
• Wash, wipe, dust, spot-clean, disinfect, and deodorize walls and ceilings.
• Remove dirt, dust, grease, and film from surfaces using appropriate cleaning and disinfecting solutions.
• Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators.
• Dispose of waste and trash in proper containers and reline receptacles with plastic liners.
• Clean vacant rooms as assigned.
• Keep work areas clean and store equipment, tools, and supplies properly, including before breaks, meals, and the end of the workday.
• Perform isolation cleaning and dispose of infectious waste in appropriate containers in accordance with established procedures.
• Maintain residents’ rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, and civil rights.
• Knock before entering a resident’s room.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Attend and participate in continuing educational programs.
• Perform regular inspections of resident rooms and units for sanitation, order, safety, and proper completion of assigned duties.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with match
• DailyPay
• Career advancement opportunities
• Scholarship opportunities
• Employee discounts on entertainment events, hotels, movies, theme parks, cell phones, and more

What This Job Offers

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