Position Title: Housekeeper

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To: Housekeeping/Laundry Director

General Description

The housekeeper is responsible to see that all areas are clean, sanitary, and orderly and restock supplies.

Job Responsibilities, Duties and Authority

• Duties include, but are not limited to: sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning furniture, equipment, trash cans, windows, mirrors, and toilets. Emptying wastebaskets and taking trash to dumpster. Restocking resident rooms, public restrooms and ancillary rooms with paper towels, toilet paper and soap. Restocking and keeping storage room clean and orderly.
• Perform all assigned duties in accordance with established policies and procedures, safety rules and regulations.
• Adheres to sanitary, safety and infection control procedures for cleaning, storage and handling of materials and equipment.
• Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis.
• Gives on the job training for new staff members.
• Maintains confidentiality of all residents
• Observes residents rights
• Performs other and related duties as assigned
• Attends in-services and department meetings
• Work in cooperation between other departments

Minimum Training, Experience and Certification Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, and follow oral and written directions
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to be flexible
• Excellent customer service and people skills, demonstrate compassion, patience and understanding with a willingness to do whatever it takes to provide the highest level of service
• Completes assignments on time and to the satisfaction of the customer
• Maintain confidentiality of information and conversations
• Ability to perform all physical aspects of the job
• Able to maintain good working relationships with other personnel
• No certification required

Benefits:

It is Snyder Village's policy to provide its staff members with additional benefits. These benefits include paid time off, and affordable insurance, as well as many others.

Insurance Programs:

Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance are available to all full-time employees. Insurances will begin on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.

Health:

There are 2 options for medical insurance, a PPO, and a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). The PPO offers a $1500 deductible with a max out-of-pocket of $4500. All preventative care services are covered at 100% by insurance. All generic prescriptions are a $10 copay. Most Carle providers would be in-network.

The HDHP plan offers $3,800 deductible with a max out-of-pocket of $6,100. All preventative care services are covered at 100% by insurance. Most Carle providers would be in-network. This plan also works with our Health Savings account.

Health Savings Account:

Snyder Village offers a health savings account through EPIC! If a staff member is contributing to the H.S.A. Snyder Village (SV) will also contribute to their balance. SV offers $0.50 for every $1 a staff member contributes up to $1300 per year.

Dental:

Dental coverage is through the Guardian network. Offering a deductible of $50 for in-network services and 100% covered preventative care services.

Vision:

VSP coverage is through Guardian but with the VSP network. Exams are a $10 copay with any in-network provider. Exams are covered once every 12 months, lenses once every 12 months, and frames are covered once every 24 months.

Basic Life and AD&D:

Any staff member who enrolls in medical coverage will receive $10000 in company-paid life insurance and AD&D through Guardian.

Voluntary Life Insurance:

Through Guardian staff members may select additional life insurance for themselves, their spouse, or their children. A staff member can select a policy for themselves in $25000, $50000, $75000, or $100000. Spousal coverage can be selected for up to 50% of employee coverage. Coverage for children can be selected for each child up to $10000.

Short-Term Disability:

Short Term Disability insurance is provided through AFLAC. The plan is designed to replace part of a staff members paycheck in the case of an illness, injury or surgery that prevents you from working according to the doctors orders. Staff members receive approximately 60% of their gross pay.

401k:

All staff members are automatically enrolled to the 401k retirement program through Empower on their 91st day of employment at 3% of their salary. However, Snyder Village will contribute and match an employees contribution by up to 5% on their salary. An employee is considered fully vested after 3 years of employment.

Paid holidays

Snyder Village recognizes seven holidays as listed below:

• New Years Day
• Easter Sunday
• Memorial Day
• Fourth of July
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas Day

Any non-exempt staff member working on the holiday will receive time and one-half of their hourly straight pay.

Paid Time Off

Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time workers who work more than 20 hours per week. All newly hired staff members accrue up to 2 weeks or 80 hours of PTO.

Paid Personal Days

All staff members regardless of classification accrue paid personal days (PPD). Each staff member accrues up to 40 hours of PPD.

Sick Pay

Once a full-time staff member has completed 1 year of employment, they are given 80 hours of sick time to use for a serious illness requiring more than 5 days off from work.

Tuition Reimbursement

Snyder Village values the professional and personal development of our staff members. Tuition reimbursement is available for education expenses such as course fees, technical training, certification programs, or other needed resources. Reimbursement will also be provided for successful certificate completion, up to six-course hours per semester.

Scholarship

Snyder Village provides up to 2 nursing scholarships per year to staff members pursuing an RN or LPN degree. Snyder Village also provides up to 4 C.N.A. scholarships per year to staff members who are pursuing a certified nursing assistant degree.