Housekeeper

Job Description

Job Description

Our mission a Bay Bluffs-ECMCF is to provide exceptional care with compassion and dignity.  This is a team effort.  The Housekeeper cleans and disinfects rooms and furnishings in assigned work areas, following established policies and procedures, to maintain high standards of cleanliness and sanitation throughout the Facility, and assists in maintaining a positive physical, social and psychological environment for the residents while maintaining resident comfort.

Bay Bluffs –ECMCF offers an attractive benefits package including:

• Competitive wages
• Affordable health insurance including prescription coverage, vision, and dental(Payment in lieu if already insured elsewhere)
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Generous PTO: accruing 120 hours in your first year of employment
• Shift Differential between the hours of 7pm and 7am
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Employer funded retirement plan(401A) after 1st year of employment
• 457 retirement plan available upon hire
• Education Assistance Plan(after your first year of employment)
• Flexible scheduling, rotating weekends, and holidays

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Adhere to Bay Bluffs’ Agreement of Belonging at all times.
2. Respect and honor Resident centered care.
3. Follow all cleaning procedures as detailed in the department’s policy and procedures manual.
4. Follow daily and periodic cleaning schedules as prepared by supervisor, including Resident rooms, bathrooms, bathing areas, and common areas.
5. Develop skill and efficient and accurate use of time and cleaning products.
6. Cooperate with supervisor, through use of suggestions, in developing and/or adapting cleaning schedules to meet Facility’s needs.
7. Follow properly all safety and infection control procedures.
8. Respond promptly to calls of other departments for housekeeping clean-ups in unforeseen situations.
9. Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma, or equivalent (GED). Effective verbal and written communication skills are essential. Limited computer skills required.

Experience:

Housekeeping experience in a hospital, skilled nursing care facility, or other related medical facility, is not required but desirable.  On-the-job training will be provided.

Physical Requirements:

1. Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, lift, push, pull and move intermittently throughout the workday.
2. Must be able to cope with the mental, physical and emotional stress of the position.
3. Must be in good health and demonstrate emotional stability.