Project Housekeeper

Masonicare Corp•Wallingford, CT

27d•$17 - $23•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Housekeeper performs general and project cleaning tasks to maintain resident areas, offices, corridors, and public areas, supporting environmental safety, cleanliness, functionality, and ambiance. The role follows a schedule defining the frequency and timing of tasks, leads cleaning crews or assigned projects, and performs regular housekeeping duties when not assigned project work. The position is per diem at Masonicare at Ashlar Village, a senior living community in Wallingford, Connecticut, and requires weekend availability. The role includes waste handling, floor and carpet care, cleaning vacant units, completing work orders, moving furniture and equipment, and setting up spaces for meetings and activities. The Project Housekeeper communicates respectfully with residents and patients, follows safety, environmental, infection-control, and universal-precaution standards, and helps maintain a healthy, clean, and safe environment. Care and services should reflect person-centered principles, including dignity, respect, compassion, coordinated support, and personalized care.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent education.
On-the-job training.
Valid driver's license.
Ability to read the daily schedule and follow instructions.
Ability to work in teams.
Interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills.
Weekend availability.

Responsibilities

Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assessment and improvement programs, and safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Follow a schedule defining task frequency and timing; lead cleaning crews or assigned projects; perform housekeeper duties when project work is not assigned.
Empty trash, biomedical waste, and recyclables; transport them to the central collection site and then to the compactor or recycling dock; operate the compactor and package biomedical waste.
Strip and refinish floors, extract carpets, and dry- and wet-mop floors.
Complete work orders in a timely manner.
Move, remove, and relocate furniture, furnishings, and equipment as directed; set up for meetings, activities, and special programs.
Complete initial cleanings of vacant units.
Communicate effectively and tactfully with adult and older adult residents and patients, recognizing their age, culture, needs, abilities, and physical condition.
Attend department and Ashlar Village meetings and in-service programs.
Understand and follow universal precautions applicable to the department.
Perform duties in a manner demonstrating safety, respect, care, and concern for residents, patients, clients, and staff; report concerns about residents to clinical staff; maintain a healthy, clean, and safe environment at Ashlar Village.
Operate vacuum cleaners and some mechanical floor and carpet machinery.
Wash window draperies, walls, vents, and other surfaces as assigned.
Perform other duties as required.
Provide person-centered care and services that demonstrate dignity, respect, compassion, coordinated care, support and treatment, and personalized care.