What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housekeeping/ LTC Exp. Preferred FT Day position at Brookwood Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation...?
Position Purpose: Performs a variety of general laundry and housekeeping/cleaning duties to provide quality laundry service and to maintain the nursing center in a sanitary, attractive, and orderly manner.
Nursing home experience preferred
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred; ability to read and understand directions.
- Previous housekeeping/laundry experience preferred.
Major Duties or Responsibilities:
- Inventories, clothing, and personal items were brought in with new patients and marks with proper identification.
- Maintains equipment used in performing duties; cleans washers and dryers, dryer lint filters, and soap dispensers at the end of near end of shift.
- Washes contaminated lines separately from other linens.
- Press garments: checks condition of clothing, folds linen and returns sufficient amount of clean linen to clean linen room on each unit.
- Picks up soiled linen from units throughout shift. Prepares articles for washing. Dries linens and patients’ clothing using dryer.
- Sort soiled laundry into appropriate loads for washing.
- Follows standard washing procedures.
- Cleans, dusts, washes and disinfects all fixtures, floors and walls, doors and ceilings, as directed.
- Scours and policies water fountains, sinks, mirrors, doors and panels, movable and stationary furnishing, and fixtures.
- Change slipcovers, scarves, doilies etc. when soiled and arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion.
- Vacuums and shampoos carpeting and rugs.
- Maintains order in supply room by cleaning lockers and equipment and arranging supplies.
- Performs any miscellaneous work assignments as may be required.
Long- Term Care - Experience a plus
