Housekeeping Aide

Position Responsibilities:

• Participates in the provision of resident focused care in a home-like environment, respecting the individuality and dignity of each resident /family and co-worker by supporting on-going operations of housekeeping services.

• Performs housekeeping duties, preventive cleaning tasks and assigned custodial duties in all areas of facility ensuring the facility environment meets the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of each resident / family.

• Utilizes professional communication to establish a working relationship with resident/ families and co-workers for the purpose of meeting the resident needs, ensuring respect, dignity, individuality of each resident and staff member.

• Adheres to daily, weekly and monthly cleaning check off lists, workplace policies, audit sheets and routines.

• Performs duties including but not limited to: floor maintenance programs, deep cleaning programs, carbonizing, waste management and transportation of clean and soiled linens.

• Participates with multidisciplinary team in formulating, delivering and reporting the resident’s daily personal care needs and individual preferences.

• Delivers effective and efficient services that reflects the promotion of resident/family choice and acknowledges the resident strengths, limitations as well as their need for safety and the safety of other residents/family and staff.

• Ensures daily, the neatness and cleanliness of resident’s living rooms and common areas including but not limited to rooms and equipment including; furniture, clothes closets, mobility devices, tub/ bathrooms and utility rooms.

• Establishes and maintains good team relationships, as well as interdepartmental relationships by assisting members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure the needs of our residents are met.

• Protects own health and health of others by adopting safe work practices, reporting unsafe conditions immediately, and attending all relevant in-services regarding occupational health and safety. Follows all guidelines for employees and employers as legislated under the Federal Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Other Duties:

• Performs other duties as required.