Housekeeper/Laundry

Silver Oak is looking for caring, compassionate, and patient-focused Housekeeping and Laundry Aides to join our team. We are a skilled nursing facility of 92 dually certified beds in the Marion, Iowa area. We are a solutions-based company that strives to make a difference in the lives of those we serve by committing to uphold our core values: IVY CARES; Integrity, Values and Yielding results through Communication, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Solutions.

Potential candidates must be willing to make that commitment as well. They should also possess proven experience in housekeeping and laundry services, with a passion for providing high quality care. We are looking for motivated individuals who are hard-working and who strive for excellence. If this is you, we would love for you to apply to join Team Ivy today!

Benefits/Perks:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
• Free $10k Life Insurance
• Daily Pay (access to your pay daily)
• Referral Bonuses
• Employee Recognition program (tuition reimbursement, Employee of the Month, Birthday's, Anniversaries, etc.)
• Access Perks (employee discount program that offers hundreds of discounts at shops, restaurants, hotels and more)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Identify and participate in process improvement initiatives that improve the customer experience, enhance work flow, and/or improve the work environment.
• Assist in maintaining a facility that is neat in appearance and odor free at all times.
• Follow a regular schedule of all daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and annual cleaning requirements.
• Clean (including vacuuming, wiping, mopping, polishing, etc.) rooms, offices, and common areas; polish and straighten items; confirm residents’ rooms are safe, comfortable, and maintained in an attractive manner and residents’ personal items are safeguarded.
• Coordinate daily housekeeping services with nursing services when performing routine cleaning assignments in resident living and/or recreational areas.
• Dispose of garbage daily in accordance with facility established sanitation procedures.
• Clean up spills, soiled areas, and other conditions as observed or directed.
• Follow special cleaning schedule such as windows, walls, curtains, stripping floors, washing beds, etc.
• Maintain a cleaning cart fully equipped with needed supplies.
• Assist with transferring residents’ belongings, (bed, furniture, etc.) from one room to another.
• Extensive cleaning of the resident's room upon discharge or death of a resident.
• Report any damage of walls, floors, furniture, equipment etc. to supervisor.
• Pick up cleaning supplies for next day's work at the end of the shift.
• Follow cleaning schedules as outlined in Housekeeping Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain work area free of hazardous conditions, i.e., spills, excessive supplies, equipment, etc.
• Maintain work and storage areas in a clean, neat, sanitary and safe condition.
• Properly clean and store all equipment and supplies.
• Follow policies and procedures to follow infection control practices and operate equipment correctly to prevent accidents.
• Maintaining inventory of laundry supplies and linen.
• Distributing personal clothing to residents’ rooms.
• Keeping laundry area clean and in order by dusting, sweeping, mopping, and sanitizing.
• Sorting and laundering linens; distributing clean linen to linen rooms.
• Operating, cleaning and sanitizing washer and dryer.
• Ensuring that resident’s clothing is properly identified.
• Picks up soiled laundry and delivers clean laundry and personals in a timely manner.
• Performs routine laundry activities including sorting, loading machines, folding linen and laundry, re-supply of carts and delivery of personal linen;
• Helps maintains a clean area, routinely cleans equipment and laundry area.
• Other special projects and duties, as assigned.

Job Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required or equivalent related work experience.
• 18 years of age or older
• Willingness to perform a variety of simple repetitive tasks, many of which will involve unpleasant conditions.
• Practical knowledge of day-to-day cleaning in a long-term care facility.
• Effective verbal and written English communication skills.
• Highest level of professionalism with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of organization and work well within a team environment in support of company objectives.
• Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple projects with high level of quality and productivity.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, take initiative and make independent decisions.
• Ability to deal with new tasks without the benefit of written procedures.
• Approachable, flexible and adaptable to change.
• Function independently, and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with staff and vendors.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift
• Rotating weekends

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $17