Porter

Full Time- 32 Hrs

Purpose of Your Job Position

The primary purpose of your job position is to perform the day-to-day activities of the Housekeeping/Floor Maintenance Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations governing our facility, and as may be directed by the Administrator, and/or the Director of Housekeeping, to assure that our facility is maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable manner.

Major Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as practical.
• Report all accidents/incidents to your supervisor no matter how minor they may be. (NOTE: Such occurrences must be reported on the shift in which they occur.)
• Coordinate daily floor maintenance services with nursing services when performing routine cleaning assignments in resident living and/or recreational areas.
  
  
  

Floor Maintenance/Housekeeping Services

• Perform day-to-day floor maintenance functions as assigned.
• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• Empty and sanitize ashtrays daily. (NOTE: Ash trays must be emptied into appropriate metal containers with self-closing cover devices.)
• Clean windows in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance/exit ways.
• Clean bathroom floor tiles.
• Check front porches, courtyard, gazebo, balconies & area by dumpster daily to ensure that they are neat and clean.
• Clean floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc. (NOTE: Ensure that appropriate caution/safety signs are properly set up prior to performing such duties.)
• Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc.
• Remove dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
• Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators.
• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacle with plastic liner.
• Clean (strip & seal) floors of vacant rooms as assigned.
• Ensure that work/assignment areas are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc., are properly stored at all times, as well as before leaving such areas for breaks, meal times, and end of the work day.
• Perform isolation cleaning procedures in accordance with established infection control procedures.
• Discard infectious wastes into appropriate containers.
• Check and empty infectious waste daily.
• Empty recycling bins daily.
• Clean med carts every other month.
• On call for facility deliveries during scheduled shift.
• Delivers chux and pampers to all floors twice daily.