Summary/Objective:
Northern Nevada State Veterans Home is seeking a Part Time Housekeeper! Come join our team and help care for our Veterans!
Clean resident rooms and other facility areas (both internal and external). Assist in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.
Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Clean Rooms and Common Areas: o 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. o Ensure equipment and work areas are safe. Strictly adhere to procedures regarding cleaners or hazardous materials or objects. o Maintain equipment in a clean, safe, functioning and sanitary condition.
- Properly store equipment and supplies. o Ensure Universal precautions and infection control, isolation, fire, safety and sanitation practices and procedures are followed; and promptly report any hazardous conditions and equipment.
- Administrative and Supply:
- Report all incidents and accidents.
- Ensure cleaning schedules are followed; and coordinate daily housekeeping services with other departments.
- Ensure that equipment and supply carts and adequate supplies are properly maintained.
- Ensure that lighting is in proper working order; and assist others in lifting as requested.
- Exterior and Floor Care:
- Strip, wax and buff floors as directed; move and replace furniture; clean storage and exterior areas as directed.
Provide compassionate resident care services. Establish and maintain positive interactions with internal and external customers, including coworkers and direct reports. o Promptly respond to call lights.
Knows Resident Rights. Helps the residents/residents exercise and/or protect their rights. o Reports resident/resident complaints to management. o Maintains confidentiality of resident/resident information. Understand, comply with and promote all rules and regulations regarding residents’ rights. Support resident autonomy and choice.
- HIPAA: Follows and adheres to Facility’s policies and procedures implementing HIPAA requirements for the privacy and security of protected health information. Uses and/or discloses only minimum amount of Protected Health Information necessary to complete assigned tasks. Reports all suspected violation of company’s HIPAA policies or procedures to Facility Privacy Designee