Housekeeper (Casual) - Whitemud

Come grow your career with Lifestyle Options
- Lifestyle Options takes tremendous pride in operating supportive living communities with professional staff that foster healthy aging and champion residents’ freedom, choice, and independence. _

At Lifestyle Options we care for our residents, but we also care for our employees. We're committed to your wellbeing, and we strive to create a positive and rewarding work environment for our staff. You will be joining a team of supportive professionals and leaders that want to see you excel in your career.

We are currently searching for a
**Housekeeper **to join our team. This is a casual shift position at our Leduc location.

**Position Summary**:
The Housekeeper performs cleaning activities within well established guidelines and assigned areas. They obtain a list of vacant rooms which need to be cleaned immediately and a list of prospective check-outs or discharges in order to prepare work assignments. This position must provide clean, sanitary, comfortable, orderly and satisfying surroundings for the residents, employees, and public. The housekeeper promotes sanitary conditions which prevent the spread of infection and odors.

**You'll enjoy benefits such as**:

- Opportunities for career progression
- Flexibility to accept shifts that work with your schedule

**What You Bring to the Role**:

- Strong written and verbal English skills to effectively communicate with all residents, visitors and at all levels within the organization required.
- Experience with housekeeping and/or senior living facilities considered an asset.
- Ability to follow oral and written directions.
- Ability to cooperate with other employees and demonstrate teamwork.
- Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks on a continuous basis.
- Must be able to accomplish all responsibilities with little supervision.
- Operate various mechanized cleaning equipment, such as vacuums, polishers, buffers, etc.
- Knowledge of handling various cleaning solvents, chemicals, etc.
- Ability to work in an infectious disease outbreak environment (including entering resident’s rooms/households) and wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

**Your Responsibilities**:

- Follow cleaning schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.,) as outlined for housekeeping department.
- Clean assigned areas, furnishings, and fixtures according to established housekeeping procedures.
- Clean floors with dry mops, wet mops, sweeps, waxes, buffs, disinfectants where and when necessary.
- Perform emergency housekeeping when accidents occur.
- Clean movable and stationary furnishings and fixtures: Dusts, spot cleans or washes, disinfects when necessary, polishes where required. This includes the cleaning of ledges, shelves, vents, etc.
- Replenish bathroom supplies.
- Clean all building surface areas including walls, floors, windows, blinds and doors.
- Perform terminal cleaning duties according to resident rooms when resident has been discharged or transferred, to prepare room for new occupant.
- Perform cleaning duties in isolation units when resident is transferred, according to established procedure.
- Perform laundry duties such as wash, dry and fold.