HOUSEKEEPING AIDE 

DAILY PAY OPTION NOW AVAILABLE!!!

OVERVIEW:

The Housekeeper/Laundry Aide is responsible to maintain a clean and odor free atmosphere at Good Shepherd in all public areas and resident accommodations, and is responsible to maintain a clean, odor free, and safe environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for cleaning resident rooms.
• Responsible for cleaning resident bathrooms.
• Responsible for cleaning the spa area.
• Responsible for cleaning the clean utility rooms.
• Responsible for cleaning the soiled utility rooms.
• Responsible for cleaning the clean storage room.
• Responsible for cleaning the clean linen room.
• Report any needed repairs to Supervisor.
• Make suggestions for changes in procedure and/or equipment to maintain high standards and safe working conditions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
• Performs laundry Duties.
• Delivers soiled linens to laundry; sorts, washes, dries, folds and returns clean linens to linen closets and resident rooms.
• Cleans laundry room, sorting and soiled linen tubs.
• Maintains clean atmosphere throughout the Good Shepherd Community.
• Cleans and makes resident beds.
• Cleans resident rooms and apartments, including bathroom and resident items (wheelchair, commode, etc…)
• Maintains adequate supplies such as bathroom tissue, paper towels, and hand soap.
• Changes room divider curtains and window draperies as needed.
• Maintains clean atmosphere in all public areas, including dining room, dayrooms, break room, public bathrooms, etc.
• Dusts and wet mops all corridors.
• Removes trash from all areas.
• Reports any needed repairs to supervisor.
• Maintains high quality floor surfaces.
• Refinishes hard floor surfaces.
• Vacuums and extracts carpeted surfaces.
• Checks supplies and inventory and informs supervisor when low.
• Inspects and coordinates cleaning in procedures and/or equipment to maintain high standards and safe working conditions.
• Makes suggestion for changes in procedures and/or equipment to maintain high standards and safe working conditions.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Long-term care or housekeeping experience preferred
• Must be able to meet the physical demands of the job.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This job operates in a health care setting. This role requires regular walking to various locations around the care center.
• Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease and infection from patients and specimens in working environment.
• Incumbent may be required to work extended periods of time at a video display terminal.
• Incumbent may experience traumatic situations, including psychiatric, and deceased patients.
• Works beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary
• Must be able to stay or return to facility during emergency conditions

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.