What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housekeeper position at ALITA CARE?
Job Details
Description
As a Housekeeper you will be responsible for providing a wide variety of housekeeping services that maintain the campus in a clean and sanitized condition. Services include, but at not limited to: dusting, trash removal, odor control, collecting and distributing linens, sanitation of usable surfaces, bathroom cleaning, mopping and vacuuming, carpet and upholstery cleaning and all other cleaning duties required to maintain a safe environment. Consistently implements infection control guidelines and universal standard precautions.
Essential Duties Include:
- Clean and sanitize all areas of the facility on a daily basis in a safe and secure manner in accordance with department standards and procedures.
- Ensures proper upkeep, appearance and use of housekeeping equipment.
- Maintains appropriate environmental, infection and odor control.
- Monitors and adheres to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) compliance.
- Provides Potentially Infectious Material Waste (PIMW) containment, handling and storage.
- Works occasional assignments for special functions, sets-up for meetings and emergency response assignments, as needed.
- May be assigned on-call duties.
- Ability to converse in English with others to give, take and process information; extensive use of telephone.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, multi-task, coordinate projects and record/transcribe general and specific meeting minutes.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Communicate with other staff to relay concerns and observations involving patient safety.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- High School Diploma or General Education Diploma preferred.
- CPR / First Aide certified
- Prior housekeeping experience in a commercial or health care facility environment preferred.