The Housekeeping Aide is responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, sanitary, comfortable, and welcoming environment for residents, visitors, and team members throughout Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community. This position plays a vital role in infection prevention, resident satisfaction, and maintaining the appearance of the community by providing quality environmental services while respecting resident dignity, privacy, and rights.

Essential Job Functions

• Clean resident rooms, bathrooms, common areas, offices, dining areas, and public spaces according to established schedules and procedures.
• Dust, disinfect, vacuum, microfiber mop, sweep, sanitize, and maintain floors and surfaces.
• Clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces using approved infection prevention practices.
• Clean windows, mirrors, glass, doors, vents, light fixtures, ceiling fans, floor fans, baseboards, and other assigned fixtures.
• Empty trash and replace liners throughout assigned areas.
• Maintain clean and sanitary restrooms and replenish supplies.
• Clean and maintain furnishings, tables, chairs, and other equipment.
• Perform periodic deep cleaning projects as assigned.
• Assist with cleaning resident refrigerators, microwaves, and other approved personal items when requested.
• Water resident plants when requested as part of assigned duties.
• Operate floor care equipment and other housekeeping equipment safely.
• Clean resident rooms, bathrooms, common areas, offices, dining areas, and public spaces according to established schedules and procedures.
• Dust, disinfect, vacuum, microfiber mop, sweep, sanitize, and maintain floors and surfaces.
• Clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces using approved infection prevention practices.
• Clean windows, mirrors, glass, doors, vents, light fixtures, ceiling fans, floor fans, baseboards, and other assigned fixtures.
• Empty trash and replace liners throughout assigned areas.
• Maintain clean and sanitary restrooms and replenish supplies.
• Clean and maintain furnishings, tables, chairs, and other equipment.
• Perform periodic deep cleaning projects as assigned.
• Assist with cleaning resident refrigerators, microwaves, and other approved personal items when requested.
• Water resident plants when requested as part of assigned duties.
• Operate floor care equipment and other housekeeping equipment safely.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently walks, stands, bends, stoops, kneels, reaches, pushes, pulls, twists, and lifts throughout the workday.
• Frequently lifts, carries, pushes, or pulls up to 35 pounds independently.
• Utilizes assistance or mechanical equipment when lifting more than 35 pounds.
• Operates housekeeping equipment safely.
• Climbs step ladders when performing approved cleaning tasks.
• Works around cleaning chemicals and potentially infectious materials using appropriate PPE.
• May work weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime as needed.