Housekeeper/Maintenance Assistant Jobs

JOB SUMMARY & BENEFITS Beau Ridge at Oxford Farms, Oxford’s only independent senior living community, is looking for a caring and motivated person to join our Housekeeping & Maintenance Team! We believe in fostering an environment in which our team members can grow and thrive, and we look for leaders who exemplify our TRUE CARE Core values.

We offer a competitive environment where you can make a difference in the lives of older adults. If this sounds like the opportunity that you've been looking for, we’d love you to join our team!

Job Summary

Performs the day to day activities of the housekeeping department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards and as may be directed by the Director of

Demonstrates Competency In The Following Areas

Maintenance and/or the Executive Director, to ensure that the community is maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary manner. Maintains role as resident advocate with a focus on the community’s mission. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure that housekeeping work and cleaning schedules are followed.
• Clean all common areas in the community
• Ensure that the community is clean, orderly, and in an attractive condition.
• Assist Maintenance Director daily as needed.

Some of these tasks may include picking up trash around the community, blowing off the sidewalks/parking lot, cleaning and mopping common areas and public restrooms

• Reports all accidents and incidents immediately to supervisor
• Treats residents and their families with respect and dignity.
• Attend and participate in orientation, training, in-service educational activities and staff meetings and participates and assist in departmental studies and projects as assigned.
• Consistently follows the policies and procedures of the facility.
• Familiar with Material Safety Data Sheets for all housekeeping chemicals and cleaning supplies.
• Exhibits genuine interest in and appreciation of adults in later years of life.
• Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
• Attend training on an annual basis
• Notifies nurse of changes in resident’s condition
• Maintains resident’s confidentiality
• Is a motivated, independent individual who can organize workload so that all functions are completed appropriately.
• Functions as a resident advocate by protecting the resident’s rights.
• Participates in orientation of new housekeeping staff
• Demonstrates creativity in solving problems and looking at situations in new and innovative ways.
• Demonstrates ability to remain calm in emergency and/or stressful situations and gives everyone a feeling of confidence that station is under control.
• Ensure that equipment and work and supply carts, are properly cleaned and stored
• Any other tasks, assignments, projects, or requests as deemed by management.
• Interacts with residents, families, co-workers, managers and other departmental staff in a kind, knowledgeable and friendly manner.

Professional Requirements

• Maintains resident confidentiality at all times.
• Attends annual review and department inservices, as scheduled.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
• Attends monthly staff meetings.
• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Completes inservices and returns in a timely fashion.
• Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
• Wears identification while on duty, uses computerized punch time system correctly.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Completes annual education requirements.

Regulatory Requirements

• Must have upper body strength adequate to bend, lift, shift, move, and/or assist in moving articles of more than twenty-five pounds
• Patience, tact, enthusiasm and positive attitude toward the elderly.
• Must be able to squat, reach, and stretch without distress.
• High School education preferred
• Must be 18 years of age or older QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be able to tolerate extended periods of walking and standing.

• For physical demands of position, including vision, hearing, repetitive motion and environment, see following description. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising resident care.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing. Skills:
• Basic computer knowledge. Physical Demands:
• Good physical and mental health, neat, clean, well groomed and responsible. Language Skills: