Maintenance Assistant/Housekeeper

Job Title: Maintenance Assistant

Supervisor (title): Maintenance Director

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Purpose:

Assists the Maintenance Department to ensure that the Community is safe, attractive and well maintained.

Essential Functions:

• Care for the routine maintenance needs of the Community and its residents as if they were your own home and family.
• Assist the Administrator with fire and life safety training and drills.
• Respond to resident/Administrator/staff requests for maintenance through maintenance reports and log system.
• Ensure 24-hour repair/response time for all daily maintenance requests.
• All minor repairs including:

• Basic Carpentry – repairing trim, doors, window frames, base, handrails and drywall repair and patch.
• Painting – resident rooms, doors and frames, handrails, and maintenance painting.
• Basic Electricity – outlets, switches, covers, lamps and bulb replacement, cord safety and troubleshooting.
• Basic Plumbing – toilet repair, faucet repair, drain repair and clearing (within 4 feet of trap or flange), shut-off locations in building exterior and monitor grease and lint traps.
• Basic Locksmith – replacing knobs, installing locksets, re-keying from master, lubrication and ease of use.
• Coordination – small refurbishment jobs like re-carpeting resident rooms, ensuring that contractors respond in a timely fashion and resident safety while contractors are on-site.
• Preventative Maintenance – assist with the keep preventive maintenance log up to date, ensure that weekly/monthly/quarterly and annual inspections and cleaning occur at specified times and enter new equipment information as it is available.

• Community must be mechanically sound, safe, and well maintained. Interiors must be neat, paint and wall coverings clean, sound and chip/scratch free. The Maintenance Director will have a keen sense of detail regarding these matters. Patching, painting and repairing will be a major part of the maintenance program as well as carpet/floor care and maintenance.
• Grounds, building exterior and interior, and signage are maintained year-round. Beds and lawns will be weeded and trimmed. Season foliage is also part of an exterior maintenance plan.
• Other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions (travel, hours, environment):

• Must be willing and be available for emergency calls if needed.
• Workspaces must be kept orderly and clean.

Physical/Sensory Requirements:

Heavy Work – Ability to exert 50-75 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25-50 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10-25 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

OSHA Category Classification:

• II: Potential for exposure to bloodborne pathogen.

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Job Description

Job Title: Housekeeper

Supervisor (title): Maintenance Director or Housekeeping

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Purpose:

To maintain assigned areas in a clean, sanitary, safe, orderly and attractive manner in accordance with established procedures and as directed by supervisor; assure that the highest degree of cleanliness and sanitation is maintained at all times.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements:

Must be able to read, write and follow verbal and written directions at a level necessary to accomplish the job.

Ability to remain calm under stressful conditions and make decisions

Must be able to communicate effectively with residents, families, staff, community officials, State officials, and general public.

Must have compassion for, and desire to work with, the elderly and understand their needs

Must be able to work full or part time on a regular schedule, and on-call as needed.

Must meet all state health requirements

Must be able to perform duties and responsibilities (Essential Job Functions) with or without reasonable accommodation.

Essential Functions:

Follow cleaning schedule and instructions as directed by supervisor, including resident rooms, offices and public areas.

Sweep and vacuum all assigned areas

Clean and/or polish all room furnishings, fixtures, ledges, heating/air conditioning units in resident rooms and all public areas.

Clean windows and mirrors in resident rooms and all public areas.

Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting and deodorizing.

Clean all hallways, stairways and elevators as necessary.

Empty all wastebaskets.

Submit maintenance work orders of general maintenance concerns and/or problems to Maintenance Director or Administrator.

Report to supervisor any unsafe/hazardous conditions within the community and any needed repairs to housekeeping or other facility equipment.

Clean and check model rooms and work in concert with admissions to insure that all incoming residents’ rooms are cleaned and ready for move-in.

Clean the employee break room when necessary.

Check and refill all paper towel and soap dispensers as necessary.

Assist with laundry duties as directed or as needed including, but not limited to linens, towels, and resident personal laundry.

Follow soiled and clean laundry protocol as directed by supervisor.

Provide inventory of chemicals, supplies, linens as required.

Log water or heat temperatures as required or requested.

Follow infection control and universal precautions policy.

Attend in-services and staff meetings as requested.

Keep janitor closets and housekeeping supply rooms clean and orderly.

Other duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary and appropriate by supervisor or Administrator.

Clean exterior windows, patios, or other outside areas as requested or assigned.

Working Conditions (travel, hours, and environment):

Scheduled hours; possible overtime

Subject to reactions from dust, cleaning and disinfecting solutions, falls, burns from equipment, odors.

Physical/Sensory Requirements (with or without the aid of mechanical devices):

Medium Work – Ability to exert 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Report all incidents/accidents.

Assist others with lifting as required.

OSHA Category Classification:

II: Potential for exposure to bloodborne pathogen.