Part Time Housekeeping Assistant Sunny Knoll Care Centre Details

Part Time Housekeeping Assistant Sunny Knoll Care Centre

Trillium Healthcare Consulting - Rockwell City, IA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Housekeeping Assistant
Sunny Knoll Care CentrePOSITION SUMMARY Clean resident rooms and other interior and exterior facility areas under the supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor. Assist in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for the residents. Delegation of AuthorityAs Housekeeping Assistant you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary to perform your assigned duties. Benefits: Full Time

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance (Starting at $50 per paycheck)
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off (Annual accrual of 30 days per year)
• Competitive Pay
• And more!!

• Demonstrates positive customer service when performing the role of the Housekeeping Assistant with residents, family members, facility staff and medical staff.
• Displays flexibility, team spirit, compassion, respect, honesty, politeness and accountability when dealing with residents, family members and facility staff. • Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity for residents’ rights in all interfaces with residents and family members. • Communicates effectively via open, straightforward communication, including use of listening skills and by accessing the appropriate chain of command. • Seeks validation of knowledge base, quality, decision-making and skill level by actively questioning when necessary. • Participates in interdisciplinary communication activities; actively listens and actively contributes.

• Ensure cleaning schedules are followed.
• And coordinate daily housekeeping services with other departments.
• Ensure that equipment and supply carts and adequate supplies are property maintained.
• Ensure that lighting is in proper working order.
• And assist others in lifting as requested.
• Clean (including vacuuming, wiping, mopping, polishing, etc.) rooms, offices, and common areas, polish and straighten items.
• Ensure residents' rooms are safe, comfortable, and maintained in an attractive manner and residents' personal items are safeguarded.
• Clean up spills, soiled areas, and other conditions as observed or directed.
• Ensure equipment and wor1< areas are safe; that procedures regarding cleaners or hazardous materials or objects are strictly adhered to and that equipment and supplies are property stored.
• Ensure Universal precautions and infection control, isolation, fire, safety and sanitation practices and procedures are followed
• Promptly report any hazardous conditions, equipment, incidents and accidents.
• Strip, wax, and buff floors as directed, move and replace furniture.
• Clean storage and exterior areas as directed.

• Participate in educational activities, in-service training, and staff meetings. • Assist in orientation and training other staff.

• Comply with all Company policies related to safety and infection control procedures including the proper use of mechanical lifts, gait belts and personal protective back supports.

• Report equipment malfunctions or breakdowns to your supervisor as soon as possible.
• Ensure supplies have been replenished in work< areas as necessary.
• Ensure that work/assignment areas are clean and records, files, etc., are properly stored before leaving such areas on breaks, end of work day, etc.
• Quality Improvement
• Participate in Quality Improvement activities as assigned

• Understand, comply with and promote all rules and regulations regarding residents' rights.
• Promote positive relationships with residents, visitors, and regulators, to include presenting a professional appearance.
• Knock before entering a resident's room.

• Keep abreast of economic conditions/situations, and recommend to the Laundry/Environmental Supervisor adjustments in laundry services that ensure the continued ability to provide quality service.

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must function independently, and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with resident/patients, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination.
• Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 30 pounds to a minimum height of 4 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 15 feet.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents/patients during emergency situations.

• Works in office areas as well as throughout the facility.
• Is subject to frequent interruptions.
• Is involved with resident/patients, family members, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditional circumstances.
• Is subject to hostile and emotionally upset resident/patients, family members, etc.
• Works beyond normal working hours, on weekends and holidays, and on other shifts when necessary.
• Is subject to call back during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.).
• Communicates with the medical staff, nursing personnel, and other department supervisors.
• Is subject to injury from falls, bums from equipment, odors, etc., throughout the workday, as well as reactions from dust, disinfectants, tobacco smoke, and other air contaminants.
• Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
• Maybe subject to the handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals.

• Related experience at a level necessary to accomplish the job.
• Previous housekeeping experience in a long term care facility is preferred, but not required.
• Must have the ability to read, write and follow oral and written directions at a level necessary to accomplish the job.
• Must be able to relate positively and favorably to residents and families and to work cooperatively with other employees.
• Must maintain regular attendance.
• Must meet all local health regulations, and pass post-employment physical exam if required. This requirement also includes drug screening, criminal background investigation and reference inquiry.