Health Center Housekeeper

Job Details:
Level: Entry;

Job Location:

United Presbyterian Home - Washington, IA 52353;
Position Type:
Full Time;
Travel Percentage:
None;
Job Shift: Day.

• Performs daily cleaning duties of resident rooms, restrooms and general areas including vacuuming and mopping.
• Comes to work as scheduled and consistently demonstrates dependability and punctuality, following attendance policies.
• Reports for work with clean and neat personal appearance, consistently presenting a professional image.
• Maintains confidentiality of resident, employee and facility information.
• Accepts assigned duties, instructions, or correction in a cooperative manner, voicing concerns or disagreement in a professional manner through established chain of command.
• Assumes accountability for compliance with Federal, State and other regulations.
• Observes safety hazards and emergency situations, and reports to appropriate person or takes corrective action according to established procedures, works safely without danger to self or others.
• Participates in in-service training programs and completes assignments and return demonstrations as required.
• Assume accountability for using, maintaining and storing facility property according to established policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• Performs general cleaning tasks such as dusting, sweeping, window washing, vacuuming carpets, cleaning upholstery, cleaning light fixtures, and cleaning bathroom fixtures.
• Performs floor care such as dust-mopping, wet-mopping, spot‑mopping and buffing.
• Empties trash containers, replaces liners as appropriate and disposes of trash in proper receptacles, observing infectious and biohazard waste disposal procedures as appropriate.
• Fills soap dispensers and paper towel dispensers; dispenses tissue and other supplies to resident rooms and general use areas.
• Practices infection control and other preventive and protective safety procedures as instructed.
• Uses equipment according to instructions while observing proper precautions; reports any equipment issues to their supervisor.
• Reports repair needs to supervisor or maintenance department as appropriate.
• Other housekeeping or support services or projects as assigned by supervisor.

• Functional literacy in written and spoken English.
• Ability to routinely engage in physical activities while cleaning/straightening resident rooms and common areas, retrieving items from on floors, closets or under beds, cleaning dining chairs and other furnishings/equipment.
• Lifts/pushes/pulls housekeeping carts, mop buckets, dumps mop buckets, pours from containers of chemicals.
• Follows guidelines to safely lift/move equipment, climb on step stools or service ladders, lifting and carrying as described above.
• Engages in stooping, kneeling and/or crouching several times each work shift while cleaning floors and under furniture, retrieving dropped items, replenishing supplies and chemicals.
• Recognizes and knows how to respond to operational sounds of equipment and auditory signals or alarms, wanderer monitoring system signal.
• Routinely observes for odors relevant to maintaining a clean, pleasant environment.
• Ability to act professionally at all times with respect and dignity for residents, staff and family members.