Maintenance Director

Job Description: MAINTENANCE

SUMMARY: Performs assigned duties that protect the safety and dignity of our residents.

Works together with other housekeepers and supervisor to ensure a clean, disinfected, and

odor-free environment. Works with housekeeping supervisor to ensure all departmental and

corporate goals are achieved.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform

position specific job duties at an acceptable level. Job responsibilities are completed by

following established guidelines and protocols within the appropriate time frame. An

individual will also demonstrate the necessary skills to represent the following requirements:

• A complete knowledge of how to clean, disinfect, and sanitize required areas

following safe and effective guidelines.

• Understand how to thoroughly clean, disinfect, and sanitize a shower, a toilet, a

sink, a bathroom floor.

• Have a complete understanding of how to operate and service a vacuum cleaner

and steam cleaning machine.

• Have a complete understanding of dusting, including furniture, bedroom walls,

fans, and hallways.

• Have a complete understanding of how to change and make a bed, including

bed-skirts, mattress pads, covers, sheets, blankets, comforters, and pillowcases

that match.

• Have a complete understanding of following infection control standards,

especially pertaining to bio-hazardous specimens, i.e., urine, blood, or feces.

• Have a complete understanding of how to paint.

• Have a complete understanding of how to do cosmetic repairs around the

community.

Education and/or Experience: The ability to read, write, speak clearly and follow

written and oral instructions.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must successfully complete and be current in all

training requirements for training under ALF regulations with AHCA.

There are many dangers to employees working in the Maintenance Department in an Assisted

Living Facility, including splashes to the eye, chemical burns, and possible equipment

malfunction. Also, personnel must be properly informed of labeling of chemical containers,

how to read and interpret material safety data sheets and how to correctly label and dispose of

bio-hazardous waste materials.

The following is a list of procedures that are taught and are mandatory procedures to be

followed by each employee in the housekeeping department:

§ Cleaning procedures where exposure to bodily fluids is possible.

§ Correct procedure for cleaning a blood spill using a “HIV effective”

cleaning solution.

§ Proper use of protective equipment (gloves) during routine duties.

§ Procedure for labeling of small containers.

§ Procedure in case of chemical burn or splash in the eye.

§ Location of facility eyewash station.

§ Location and interpretation of MSDS’s.

§ Procedure for transferring chemicals from one container to another.

§ Procedures for safe use of any equipment.

§ Procedures for tagging equipment that is out of order.

§ Correct labeling of bio-hazardous waste materials.

§ Correct disposal of bio-hazardous waste materials.

§ Procedure for bagging contaminated laundry.

Each employee is mandated to follow the safety training and precautions required through the

initial employee training session.

ESSENTIAL TASKS:

• Order and requisition supplies and equipment as needed within budgetary

guidelines.

• Keep required records and submit to the Administrator when required.

• Cooperate with and support other department supervisors and employees.

• Maintain the building in good repair and keep free of hazards such as those

caused by electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling systems.

• Perform routine maintenance and repair work, such as painting, minor

carpentry, repair work, changing light bulbs, and various other routine

maintenance tasks.

• Remain on-call for facility emergencies.

• Manage budgets and supplies and fulfill department supervisor responsibilities.

• Keep work areas and storage rooms neat and orderly.

• Inspect fire extinguishers every 30 days.

• Maintain work records and schedules for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly,

semi-annual, and annual preventative maintenance.

• Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill and

Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information.

• Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records/information.

• Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse.

• Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility.

• Others as directed by the supervisor or administrator.

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DAILY TASKS:

• To sweep and mop the floor daily if needed.

• To handle any service requests designated by residents or staff.

• To follow the daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance schedule.

• To pick up any debris around the property daily.

• To clean any carpeted areas immediately with the appropriate tools and

chemicals to prevent areas from becoming permanently ruined.

• Perform routine maintenance and repair work, such as painting, minor

carpentry, repair work, changing light bulbs, and various other routine

maintenance tasks.

WEEKLY TASKS:

• Perform routine maintenance and repair work, such as painting (door casings,

baseboards, walls, etc.), minor carpentry, repair work, changing light bulbs, and

various other routine maintenance tasks.

• Any room improvements that need to be done.

• Check the building for any toilets, faucets, or showers that are leaking.

• Keep the grounds looking neat and cared for by mowing and trimming the grass,

trimming the bushes and trees, keeping the leaves and litter picked up, the

sidewalks clear of debris, and any erosion challenges under control, as necessary.