Housekeeper
Position Summary
The Housekeeper is responsible for maintaining a clean, sanitary, comfortable, and welcoming environment throughout the organizationโs facilities. This position will have primary responsibility for the routine cleaning and upkeep of our inpatient treatment facility, with periodic housekeeping responsibilities at two additional locations.
The Housekeeper plays an important role in supporting the health, safety, comfort, and overall experience of clients, staff, and visitors by ensuring facilities are consistently maintained according to organizational cleanliness, sanitation, and hygiene standards.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform routine cleaning and housekeeping throughout the primary facility, including offices, common areas, client areas, restrooms, hallways, meeting spaces, and other designated areas.
- Provide scheduled or as-needed housekeeping services at two additional organizational facilities.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces and maintain appropriate sanitation throughout the facilities.
- Clean and maintain restrooms, including toilets, sinks, mirrors, fixtures, floors, and replenishment of supplies.
- Sweep, mop, vacuum, dust, and perform other routine floor and surface care.
- Empty trash and properly dispose of waste in designated areas.
- Maintain cleanliness of common areas, client spaces, staff areas, and other shared environments.
- Monitor and replenish housekeeping, hygiene, paper, and sanitation supplies.
- Maintain housekeeping supplies and equipment in a clean, organized, and secure manner.
- Follow established procedures for the safe use, labeling, storage, and handling of cleaning products and chemicals.
- Perform periodic deep-cleaning and detailed cleaning as needed.
- Identify and promptly report maintenance concerns, damaged equipment, safety hazards, sanitation concerns, pest concerns, or other facility issues.
- Follow applicable infection-prevention, health, sanitation, safety, and housekeeping practices.
- Maintain cleaning schedules, checklists, or documentation as required.
- Assist with preparing rooms and common areas for new clients, meetings, special events, inspections, or other organizational needs.
- Support facility readiness by ensuring assigned areas remain clean, orderly, sanitary, and presentable.
- Respect client privacy and maintain appropriate confidentiality while working in client and staff areas.
- Perform other housekeeping and facility-support duties as assigned.
Quality & Compliance Responsibilities
The Housekeeper is responsible for helping ensure that housekeeping practices consistently meet organizational expectations and applicable health, safety, sanitation, and hygiene requirements. This includes completing assigned cleaning duties thoroughly, following established cleaning schedules and procedures, and promptly communicating any condition that may affect the cleanliness, safety, or proper operation of the facility.
Qualifications
- Previous housekeeping, custodial, hospitality, healthcare, or facility-cleaning experience preferred.
- Ability to work independently and manage routine responsibilities across multiple areas.
- Dependable, organized, and attentive to detail.
- Ability to follow cleaning procedures, safety requirements, and established schedules.
- Ability to appropriately handle cleaning products and equipment.
- Professional and respectful when interacting with clients, visitors, and staff.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriate boundaries in a client-centered environment.
- Reliable transportation and ability to travel periodically between organizational facilities.
Physical Requirements
The position requires regular standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling associated with housekeeping duties. The employee must be able to safely operate standard housekeeping equipment and lift and carry routine cleaning supplies and materials.
Work Locations
Primary Location: Routine housekeeping and facility upkeep.
Additional Locations: Periodic scheduled and as-needed housekeeping at two additional organizational facilities.
The Housekeeper is expected to help maintain all assigned facilities at a consistent standard of cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and professional appearance.