What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housekeeper - PT position at Generations Assisted Living?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Efficiently and effectively clean resident apartments, including but not limited to taking out garbage, sweeping, vacuuming, and/or mopping, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, changing linens, and sorting, washing, and putting away laundry.
- Assist with resident transfer to another room if needed while apartment is being cleaned.
- Efficiently and effectively clean restrooms and other common areas of the community.
- Ensures chemicals are marked appropriately and locked away when not in use.
- Lead Housekeeper leads and guides other housekeepers and is responsible for quality control.
- Practice basic infection control with linens, hand washing, and in all other aspects of delivery of resident care.
- Attend mandatory meetings as scheduled by Executive Director.
- Maintain confidentiality of resident, community, employee, and company information.
- Maintain working knowledge of fire and disaster plans and responsibilities under emergency conditions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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.
Must satisfy all state health, licensure/certification, and background requirements.
Education/Experience: Must have a high school diploma or equivalent. At least one year of housekeeping experience strongly preferred. Assisted living or long-term care facility experience preferred.
Certificates and Licenses: No certifications or licenses are required.
Communication Skills: Receive and carry out verbal or written instruction. Communicate effectively in person, over the phone, or via email with customers and co-workers.
Organization/Self-Management Skills: Perform repetitive work according to set procedures, with frequent distractions and interruptions. Must be able to recognize a problem and identify when it should be escalated to an appropriate team member.
Computer Skills: May require proficiency with computers to participate in training and/or other assigned tasks.