Department: Environmental Services
Location: Berwick, Nova Scotia
Union: CUPE
Salary: Based on DHW funding
Responsible to: Manager of Environmental Services
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Cleaning residents’ rooms including bed, bed-rails, mattresses, outside surface of bedside tables and bureaus, light shades, mirrors, windows and window ledges, baseboards, pictures, walls, chairs and shampooing fabric chairs
- Collecting garbage in the morning and checking throughout the day/before 2:15 pm
- Sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, waxing and polishing floors
- Complete cleaning of bathroom: tubs, sinks, toilets, mirrors, light shades, walls, floors, vents and replenishing paper products
- Tidy and touch up nurses’ station and sweep and scrub the floor
- Complete cleaning of corridors, janitor’s closet and janitor carts, wheelchairs and fans
- Read housekeeping communication clipboard on unit first thing in the morning
- Knowing the proper cleaning materials for windows, floors, light shades, bathroom facilities, etc. and knowing where to use a germicidal cleaner
- Communicating with nursing department as to a convenient time to clean a residents’ room or have residents removed from their room
- Floor buffer, walk behind Taski scrubber, vacuum, carpet shampooer
- Communicating and planning your work schedule with your director and co-workers
- Knowledge of WHMIS and the workplace Safety Data Sheets
- Reporting to maintenance when equipment is not working properly
- Stocking cleaning carts
- Washing /drying /folding and delivery of personal clothes and linens, labeling of residents clothes
- Mending personals and linens
- Collecting and sorting soiled laundry from units, loading/unloading washers and dryers, delivering laundry to units
Qualifications:
- Minimum Grade 10 completion
- Able to follow oral, written and electronic instructions
- Ability to perform routine tasks
- Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers and residents
- Physical demands: Standing, squatting, bending, twisting, lifting (wet linens, moving furniture etc.), walking short distances at a time throughout the day
- Previous experience in similar roles is an asset.
Job Type: Casual
Salary: From $16.41 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
All visitors and staff are screened on entry to the building and are required to mask , masks provided any other PPE required is also provided as needed. COVID-19 vaccination are requires
Experience:
- Housekeeping/Laundry: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
