Housekeeper

Overview

Housekeeper Jobs in Grove City, PA at Grove Manor

JOB DESCRIPTION

Housekeeping Aide

Position Summary

Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe facility.

This hourly, non-exempt position reports directly to the Housekeeping Laundry Manager or Environmental Manager and is a member of the Environmental Services Department.

General Purpose

To clean the facility for the residents according to State and Federal Guidelines.

Role Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Position Responsibilities

• Performs specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments and established housekeeping procedures.
• Ensures that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable and attractive manner.
• Follows established safety precautions when performing tasks and uses equipment and supplies.
• Ensures that established infection control practices are maintained when performing housekeeping measures.
• Cleans/polishes furnishings, fixtures, ledges, room heating/cooling units, etc., in resident rooms and recreational areas daily as instructed.
• Cleans, washes, sanitizes and/or polishes bathroom fixtures.
• Cleans windows/mirrors in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms and entrance/ exit ways.
• Cleans floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.
• Cleans carpets to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing and disinfecting.
• Cleans walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
• Removes dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces uses proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
• Cleans hallways, stairways and elevators.
• Discards waste/trash into proper containers and re-lines trash receptacles with plastic liner.
• Ensures that work assignment areas are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies etc., are properly stored at all times, including before leaving such areas for breaks, mealtimes, and end of the work day.
• Ensures that an adequate inventory of housekeeping supplies are maintained.
• Reports burned-out light bulbs, exit lights, overhead lights, fluorescent lights, room-call lights, etc., to the manager as soon as practical.
• Performs terminal cleaning procedures, as instructed, when a resident is discharged and/or transferred.
• Ensures that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as practical.
• Follows established fire safety policies and procedures.
• Assists others in lifting heavy equipment, supplies, etc., as directed or requested.
• Reports all accidents/incidents to the manager.
• Maintains the confidentiality of resident care information.
• Honors the residents’ personal and property rights.
• Cleans work/supply carts, equipment, etc., as necessary/directed.
• Turns in all found articles to the manager.
• Attends departmental and staff meetings.
• Keeps work assignment areas free of hazardous objects, such as protruding mop/broom handles, unnecessary equipment, supplies, etc.
• Attends and participates in in-service educational classes and on-the-job training programs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

N/A

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Ability

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: 1 year working experience in a healthcare facility preferred.

KNOWLEDGE

• Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing excellent customer and personal services. This includes, but is not limited to, meeting the quality standards for housekeeping techniques and practices, and health care sanitation and hygiene, in a manner which promotes resident satisfaction.
• English Language: Must have the ability to read, write, and follow oral and written directions at a level necessary to accomplish the job.
• Mathematics: Ability to perform basic mathematics.
• Safety And Security: Knowledge of use and cleaning of equipment, policies, procedures.

SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Active Listening: Ability to give full attention to what others are saying. Ability to hear and respond to residents.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Communication: Ability to communicate effectively across the organization in English. Includes the ability to read, comprehend, and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals. Ability to speak effectively and be understood by others.
• Quality Management: Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Problem Sensitivity: Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It includes recognizing and solving problems.
• Organizing, Planning & Prioritizing Work: Ability to develop plans in order to organize, set priorities, and accomplish daily duties.
• Judgment and Decision Making: Is able to make good decisions and use judgment to get the job accomplished.
• Inductive Reasoning: Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions and finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events.
• Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Teamwork: Ability to work well with supervisors, peers, and subordinates to achieve goals. Readily gives and receives help and values the contribution of teammates.
• Attention to Detail: Being careful, accurate and thorough in completing work-related tasks.
• Emotional Stability: Ability to cope with the stresses of the environment.
• Dependability: Reliable, responsible, and dependable, while fulfilling obligations. Must be capable of maintaining regular attendance.
• Integrity: Ability to be an honest and ethical employee while exercising both patience and tact and complying with the Facility’s policies and procedures.
• Technical: Ability to understand equipment function and operation of equipment used in the performance of duties. Some ability to use basic computer technology with training as required to complete job duties.

Core Values and Ethos of the Grove Manor Corporation

A. Honoring the Lord

Because Jesus is not only God, but God for us, who humbled himself to act on our behalf, who conquered death and is actively working toward the reconciliation of all creation, He is not only worthy of our honor, thanks and praise, but also of our ongoing participation in his ministry of reconciliation with all that we are and do and say.

• As Jesus himself summarized, the greatest commandment is to Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. (Matthew 22)

B. Serving Others

Because we are sharing in Christ’s ministry, it is His attitude and actions that are impactful and transformative and are conveyed to others through our own. His ministry is invariably personal and inherently relational, making even the most menial task a vehicle of his love. As we humbly attend the needs of others, his love is conveyed by our service.

• As Scripture says, even the Savior himself came “not to be served, but to serve.” And Jesus, after washing his disciples’ feet, told them, “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.” (John 13)

C. Vocation

Because we believe that the caring profession is a vocation, that we are called by the Lord to participate in his ministry of loving others, we offer our labors from the heart, perceiving them as a sacred trust and pursuing them according to the excellence this call demands.

• “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” (Eph 4)

D. Compassion

Because we believe that Jesus laid down his own life for each human being, that we ourselves are dependent upon his grace, and that he continues to be at work through the circumstances of life to draw all men and women unto himself, each person we encounter is to be treated with the compassion, kindness and generosity characteristic of Jesus himself.

• As Scripture says, “and he saw him, and he was moved with compassion.” (Luke 10)

E. Collaboration

Because we are part of a team, a family, every task we perform is significant as part of a larger whole, with none being independent unto itself, so that

• As Scripture says, we are members of one God, with Christ as our head, with each member designed to perform a different role, each complementing the other and together for “two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:9–12)

Position Hours and Travel

This position is a full-time/part-time job located in a designated home with travel as required for training purposes. Hours in addition to regular work scheduled may be necessary, with little or no notice, if deemed necessary.

Compliance Program

The Grove Manor Corporation is committed to compliance with program requirements and ensuring that employees understand the value the Facility places on its compliance program. All relevant personnel will participate in compliance education and training programs of the Facility. Employees will be required to have a minimum number of educational hours per year, as appropriate, as part of their employment responsibilities. Participation in training programs is a condition of continued employment. These training requirements will be a factor in each employee’s annual evaluation.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, reach, climb, bend, stoop, lift, grasp, balance, push, and pull residents. The employee must be able to lift, push, and/or move up to 75 pounds, with or without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Additionally, employees must have the ability to hear and respond, distinguish smells, tastes, and temperatures.
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to hazardous chemicals, infectious waste, blood and body fluid, diseases, and conditions prevalent at the time. Employees may also be subject to emotionally distraught residents, family members, visitors, and personnel. The noise level in the work environment is typically minimal to moderate.
• PPE: Personal protective equipment will be provided, used, and maintained when it has been determined that its use is required to ensure the safety and health of our employees and that such use will lessen the likelihood of occupational injury and/or illness.

Affected employees whose jobs require the use of PPE will be informed of the PPE selection and will be provided PPE by Grove Manor Corporation at no charge. Careful consideration will be given to the comfort and proper fit of PPE in order to ensure that the right size is selected and that it will be used.

Personal protective equipment must not be shared between employees until it has been properly cleaned and sanitized. PPE will be distributed for individual use whenever possible.

Any worker required to wear PPE will receive training in the proper use and care of PPE before being allowed to perform work requiring the use of PPE. Periodic retraining will be offered to PPE users as needed.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), signed into federal law in 1996, set national standards regarding security and privacy of a person’s health information.

Our Facility is committed to protecting the privacy, security, and integrity of individually identifiable health information received from or, on the behalf of, our employees. Our Facility adheres to the highest standards in integrity in the performance of its business and is prepared to maintain compliance with HIPAA and other regulatory requirements by adopting and adjusting policies and processes as necessary.

Employees will hold confidential any proprietary information including all resident records, medical documentation and third party insurance information. All resident medical records shall be treated as confidential so as to comply with all applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of resident records, including, without limitation, the privacy and security standards promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"). Employees do not divulge, disclose or communicate to any person or entity (other than as required by law), information affecting or relating to residents or employees.

GENERAL SIGN OFF

The employee is expected to adhere to all Facility policies and procedures.

Grove Manor considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, the presence of non-job related disability, or any other legally protected status.

I understand this job description and its requirements. I understand that I am expected to complete all duties as assigned and aware that my job functions may be altered from time-to-time.

I have noted below any accommodations that are required to enable me to perform these duties, including any job responsibilities or functions that I am unable to perform, with or without accommodation.

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Employee’s signature Date

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Facility Representative’s signature Date

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $12.75 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Title: Housekeeper

Company: Grove Manor

Location: Grove City, PA