Housekeeper

• Weekly Hours: 40 hours
• Weekday Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (Flexible Schedule)
• Weekend Hours May Be Required
• Location: Noble Horizons, Salisbury, CT

• Sanitary Environment: Ensure a clean and comfortable environment for residents through routine cleaning services.
• Routine and Special Housekeeping: Perform regular housekeeping tasks, special projects as assigned, and emergency housekeeping as needed.
• Discharge Cleaning: Thoroughly clean rooms after a resident is discharged.
• Supply Maintenance: Maintain adequate supplies of towels, cups, and hand soap throughout the facility.
• Safety Participation: Participate in fire and disaster drills and adhere to departmental safety regulations.
• Special Demands: Must possess patience and tact when dealing with residents.

• Routine Housekeeping – Clean floors, vacuum floors, cleans walls, windows, ceilings, light fixtures, restroom fixtures, vents, furniture equipment, and other surfaces
• Housekeeping Projects – Disinfect all surfaces, fixtures, furniture, appliances, equipment and miscellaneous items in rooms and offices
• Furnishings and Fixtures - Clean movable and stationary furnishings and fixtures; dust, spot clean, disinfect, and polish as needed; empty and clean wastebaskets and trashcans.
• Emergency Housekeeping - Contains and cleans up body fluid spills (e.g., blood, vomit, feces, urine) primarily in resident rooms and restrooms
• Discharge Cleaning - Strips soiled bed linens, cleans bed and furniture, and makes bed with clean linen upon resident discharge
• Supply Replenishing - Refills dispensers with paper towels, cups, hand soaps, and toilet paper throughout the facility
• Waste Management - Removes trash, recycled paper, cans, bottles, glass, and cardboard from rooms to pick-up locations
• Fire / Safety - Adheres to safety regulations when operating equipment and using cleaning supplies. Participates in fire and disaster drills

• Has a working knowledge of cleaning chemicals, tools, supply and equipment; routine and project housekeeping techniques; cleaning frequencies and appearance standards; operational and performances guidelines as regulated by OSHA, JCAHO, IC, DEP.

• This job has no supervisory responsabilites

• Non-Housekeeping Services - delivers supplies.

• Any satisfactory combination of education, training experience, or abilities in a related field.
• No experience necessary, however six months in an institutional housekeeping position preferable in a healthcare setting desirable.
• Ability to communicate and follow instructions in English, verbally and writing
• Ability to lift 50 pounds, stretch above head, bend, climb and reach overhead with frequency.

• Based on experience
• Noble Horizons provides a comprehensive benefits package for both full-time and part-time employees, including holiday pay, sick leave, personal time, vacation, medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as a pension plan.

• Stand, climb, stoop, bend, walk, kneel, reach, and see while performing housekeeping tasks throughout shifts.
• Lift up to 50 pounds within a 0"-36" height range occasionally.
• Push/pull maid carts frequently.
• Manipulate cleaning tools (e.g., mop, mop wringer, dust mop, spray bottles) constantly.
• Operate small motor cleaning equipment (e.g., vacuum, wet vacuum) occasionally.

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