Housekeeping
Company: Summit LTC
Location: La Grange
Posted on: August 1, 2022
Job Description:
Description: POSITION SUMMARY
We are looking for a Housekeeper to become a part of our facility's
compassionate care-giving team. The successful candidate will be
responsible for performing the day-to-day activities of the
Housekeeping department in accordance with current Federal, State
and local standards, guidelines and regulations governing the
facility, and as may be instructed by the Housekeeping Supervisor,
to ensure that the facility is maintained in a clean, safe, and
comfortable manner. We're looking for a highly competent and
well-organized professional who values safety, security and patient
wellness above all else. We focus on providing the best care
possible while ensuring patient satisfaction in every interaction.
The Housekeeper is responsible for making sure those values are
reflected at all times.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other
duties may be assigned.
- Perform the day-to-day housekeeping functions as assigned.
- Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work
assignments.
- Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing service
when performing routine cleaning assignments in patient living
and/or recreational areas.
- Perform assigned tasks in accordance with established
housekeeping procedures.
- Ensure that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean,
safe, comfortable and attractive manner.
- Follow established safety precautions when performing tasks and
when using equipment and supplies.
- Ensure that established Infection Control practices are
maintained when performing housekeeping procedures.
- Coordinate routine/terminal isolation procedures with nursing
service.
- Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room
heating/cooling units, etc., in resident rooms, recreational areas,
etc., daily as instructed.
- Clean, wash, sanitize, and/or polish bathroom fixtures. Ensure
that water marks are removed from fixtures.
- Clean windows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas,
bathrooms, and entrance/exit ways.
- Clean floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping,
stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc. (NOTE: Ensure that
appropriate CAUTION/SAFETY signs are properly set up PRIOR to
performing such duties.)
- Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing,
and disinfecting.
- Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot
cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
- Remove dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using
proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
- Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators.
- Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash
receptacle with plastic liner.
- Report all hazardous conditions or equipment to the
Housekeeping Supervisor.
- Ensure that equipment is cleaned and properly stored at the end
of the shift.
- Keep supervisor informed of supply needs.
- Report burned out light bulbs, exit lights, overhead lights,
fluorescent lights, room call lights, etc., to your supervisor as
soon as practical.
- Clean vacant rooms as assigned.
- Ensure that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as
practical.
- Follow established Fire Safety Policies and Procedures.
- Assist others in lifting heavy equipment, supplies, etc., as
directed or requested.
- Dispose of refuse daily in accordance with our established
sanitation procedures.
- Ensure that an adequate supply of housekeeping supplies is
maintained in utility/janitorial closets to perform daily
tasks.
- Ensure that work/assignment areas are clean and that equipment,
tools, supplies, etc., are properly stored at all times, as well as
before leaving such areas for breaks, meal times, and end of the
work day.
- Report all accidents/incidents to the supervisor NO MATTER HOW
MINOR THEY MAY BE. (NOTE: Such occurrences must be reported on the
shift in which they occur.)
- Maintain the CONFIDENTIALITY of patient/resident care
information.
- Honor the patients'/residents' personal and property
rights.
- Clean work/supply carts, equipment, etc., as
necessary/directed.
- Turn in all found articles to the supervisor.
- Perform terminal cleaning procedures, as instructed, when a
patient/resident is discharged, and/or transferred to another
room/area.
- Keep work/assignment areas free of hazardous objects, such as
protruding mop/broom handles, unnecessary equipment, supplies,
etc.
- Participates in the overall quality assessment and improvement
program activities.
- Participate and assist in department studies and projects as
directed.
- Attend departmental and staff meetings as directed.
- File complaints/grievances with the supervisor.
- Attend and participate in in-service educational classes,
on-the-job training programs, etc., as scheduled/directed.
- Perform other duties that may become necessary/appropriate to
ensure that the facility is maintained in a clean, safe and
comfortable manner.
- Must maintain the care and use of supplies, equipment, etc.,
and maintain the appearance of housekeeping areas in a safe, clean
and comfortable manner. PM21
Requirements: QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or relevant qualification preferred.
- None required. On-the-job training provided.
- Previous cleaning and/or customer service experience of at
least six months preferred.
- Any combination of experience and training which provides the
required skills, knowledge and abilities.
- Must be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age.
- Must be able to read, write and speak the English language.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short
correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out
instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to communicate orally and in written form effectively
with all levels of employees, patients, families, and vendors.
- Excellent problem solving/analysis/judgment skills and high
level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Builds and maintains cooperative working relationships
- Must possess willingness to work harmoniously with professional
and non-professional personnel.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with
clients, supervisors, County employees, elected officials, law
enforcement, other agencies, and the public.
- Resourceful, dependable and accountable
- Able to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends,
and holidays. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/ WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those
that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
Physical Requirements:
- Work requires physical activity including extended periods of
walking and standing with occasional climbing, reaching, carrying,
balancing, kneeling, crouching and bending.
- Must have the ability to frequently lift and/or carry
equipment, files, and other materials weighing up to 50 pounds as
well as push/pull up to 50 pounds of force with grip strength of 65
pounds.
- Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents during
emergency situations.
- Must be able to continuously perform simple manipulative
dexterity. Occasionally perform difficult manipulative tasks.
- Must be able to detect the smell of smoke, spoiled food, soiled
linen, etc.
- The employee must be able to continuously hear normal sounds
and voice patterns with some background noise. Must have adequate
verbal instructions. Must be able to hear audible emergency
signals, alarms, call, light indicators and to be able to answer
the phone.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Must be
able to continuously notice a change in the resident (breathing,
color, skin breakdown, etc.).
- Visual abilities, correctable to normal ranges, include close,
distance and color vision, depth perception, and the ability to
adjust focus. The work environment characteristics described here
are representative of those employee encounters while performing
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
Work Environment:
- Work is performed indoors in a health care facility.
- Work is performed during assigned shift; however, hours will
occasionally include varied days, hours, holidays, weekends, and
overtime as needed.
- Subject to frequent interruptions and may need to reschedule
cleaning activities.
- Is subject to falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc.,
throughout the work day, as well as reactions from dust,
disinfectants, etc.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate,
but can occasionally be loud.
- Incumbents in this position may be exposed to
infectious/communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, and
potential risk of injury from distraught individuals...... click
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