Housekeeping Staff

Skilled Nursing Professionals•Decaturville, TN

About The Position

Housekeeping Staff at Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services while completing routine cleaning assignments in resident living and recreational areas. The role includes cleaning resident rooms, bathrooms, common areas, hallways, stairways, elevators, and vacant rooms; disinfecting surfaces and handling infectious waste according to established infection-control procedures; and keeping work areas, equipment, tools, and supplies clean and properly stored. The position works throughout the facility and involves frequent interaction with residents, personnel, visitors, and government representatives. Work may be interrupted or rescheduled as needed. Staff are expected to respect residents’ rights and privacy, including knocking before entering rooms, and to attend continuing education programs. The role may involve work outside normal hours, weekends and holidays, emergency call-backs, or shifts other than the one initially assigned. The job also involves exposure to potential workplace hazards, including falls, burns, odors, dust, disinfectants, tobacco smoke, infectious waste, diseases, and hazardous chemicals.

Responsibilities

Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services when performing routine cleaning assignments in resident living and recreational areas.
Perform assigned day-to-day housekeeping functions.
Empty and sanitize ash trays, disposing of their contents into 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, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance and exit ways.
Clean floors by sweeping, dusting, mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, and disinfecting, using appropriate caution and safety signs.
Clean carpets by vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, and deodorizing.
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 replace trash receptacle liners.
Clean vacant rooms as assigned.
Keep work and assignment 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 according to established infection-control procedures.
Respect and maintain residents’ rights, including fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, and civil rights.
Knock before entering residents’ rooms.
Communicate with housekeeping personnel and other department personnel.
Attend and participate in continuing educational programs.
Perform other assigned duties and work in other positions or shifts as needed.