Housekeeping and Laundry

Description

Position Summary

The Laundry & Housekeeping employee is responsible for maintaining a clean, sanitary, organized, and welcoming environment for clients and staff at Recovery Centers of Montana. This full-time position performs housekeeping, laundry, linen management, and sanitation duties within a residential treatment facility.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Housekeeping

• Clean and sanitize client rooms, common areas, bathrooms, offices, hallways, and other assigned areas.
• Sweep, mop, vacuum, dust, and disinfect surfaces.
• Clean and sanitize bathrooms, including toilets, showers, sinks, mirrors, and fixtures.
• Empty trash and replace liners.
• Restock paper products, soap, cleaning supplies, and other facility necessities.
• Complete routine and scheduled deep-cleaning tasks.
• Assist with preparing rooms for new client admissions.
• Promptly report maintenance concerns, safety hazards, damage, or sanitation issues.
• Follow RCM infection-control, sanitation, and safety procedures.

Laundry & Linen

• Collect, sort, wash, dry, fold, and distribute facility laundry and linens.
• Maintain adequate supplies of clean towels, bedding, and other linens.
• Keep laundry rooms and equipment clean, sanitary, and organized.
• Follow appropriate procedures for handling soiled or potentially contaminated laundry.
• Monitor laundry and housekeeping supplies and notify the supervisor when items need to be reordered.
• Report damaged or malfunctioning laundry equipment.

Requirements

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Previous housekeeping, laundry, hospitality, healthcare, or residential facility experience preferred but not required.
• Dependable and able to maintain a consistent full-time work schedule.
• Ability to work independently and manage assigned responsibilities.
• Organized and attentive to detail.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries with clients.
• Ability to follow safety, sanitation, infection-control, and workplace procedures.
• Must successfully complete required RCM employment screenings and trainings.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to bend, reach, push, pull, and perform repetitive movements.
• Ability to lift and carry laundry, linens, supplies, and equipment associated with routine housekeeping duties.
• Ability to safely operate standard housekeeping and laundry equipment.

Work Environment

This position works within a residential behavioral health and recovery treatment environment. The employee will have regular interaction with clients and staff and is expected to maintain professionalism, confidentiality, appropriate boundaries, and a recovery-supportive environment.