Housekeeper: Nursing Care Center: 32 hrs/wk Float

Kendal at Oberlin is a full-service life plan community which primarily serves older adults in the Quaker tradition. Residents are assured a lifetime of healthcare including short-and long-term nursing services, memory care and assisted living. Equally important, residents enjoy an independent, enriching living experience. 

Kendal at Oberlin's Environmental Services Team is currently seeking a Housekeeper for a32 hr/wk 7:30a-4:00pm Float position in our Nursing Care Center. (Schedule: Sun, Mon, Tues, Fri/ Tues, Wed, Thu, Fri). The Housekeeper will promote quality of life and wellness by ensuring continued safe, sanitary and homelike conditions in the Care Center and Community Center. Reporting to the Environmental Operations Manager, the Housekeeper must be capable of working with people of all ages and races, having direct contact with staff, residents, guests, as well as supervisory and administrative positions. This role will have the responsibility for including but not limited to:

• Dusting (high and low)
• Vacuuming
• Wet and dry mopping floors
• Washing windows, walls, counters, doors and baseboards
• Disinfecting and cleaning bathrooms and kitchens
• Stripping, waxing and buffing floors
• Top scrubbing carpets
• Stripping and redressing beds
• Restocking supplies
• Trash removal and recycling

Qualifications and Experience:

• Must possess effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to understand written and oral communications.
• MUST HAVE HOUSEKEEPING EXPERIENCE.
• Prior housekeeping experience in a health care center highly preferred.
• Detail oriented with a basic knowledge or housekeeping chemicals, equipment and cleaning/operating techniques.
• Must have a pleasant personality capable of contending with all people in a cooperative, helpful manner. 
• Ability to walk, climb, bend, push, stoop, pull, crawl, lift and carry weights up to 50 pounds.