Housekeeper bei Buckner International

Buckner Retirement Services Community: Ventana by Buckner
Location: Dallas, TX - Onsite
Address: 8301 N Central Expy, Dallas, TX 75225

Status: Full Time

Shift: 7 AM - 3:30 PM, Rotating 5 days a week

We are seeking a Housekeeper to join our community committed to delivering outstanding service to our residents. As a Housekeeper, you will impact the lives of senior adults through providing a clean environment that meets Ventana quality standards. Join our team and inspire happiness in the lives of others!

What You’ll Do:

• Clean and service rooms, bathrooms, and offices.
• Dust furniture and equipment, clean windows and light globes.
• Empty trash baskets and replenish supplies.
• Clean and polish surfaces, including bathtubs, sinks, mirrors, and brass.
• Maintain floor cleanliness, including mopping, treating, vacuuming, and shampooing.
• Mix and dilute housekeeping chemicals according to instructions.
• Makes minor repairs and adjustments; replaces light bulbs; repairs clogged sinks, commodes, or drains.
• Assists dietary unit as needed with set ups, clean up, policing spills during meals, etc.
• Report equipment issues promptly and identify hazardous conditions.
• Observe and report resident symptoms, reactions, and changes.
• Performs general office tasks as required.
• Performs special assignments, projects, and other duties as required.

What You’ll Bring:

• Requires in-depth understanding of all phases of housekeeping operations; prior related experience preferred.
• Requires basic knowledge of house cleaning devices, such as brooms, mops, etc., cleaning agents, and sanitation/cleaning requirements.
• Preferred ability to read, write and understand business documents which are written in English.
• Requires ability to communicate verbally with residents, families, visitors and co-workers. Requires ability to make self clearly understood by others.
• Requires ability to understand and follow basic written and oral step-by-step instructions.
• Requires ability to move cleaning equipment throughout the facility on a daily basis.
• Work deals mostly with objects, equipment, and/or machines at or within arm’s reach.  Depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are of some importance.
• Requires ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Requires ability to recognize differences in sound generated by equipment or machinery which may indicate operating problems or safety concerns.
• Requires ability to recognize differences in sound, such as voices/noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative.
• Requires ability to adjust and operate electric-powered cleaning equipment; ability to work with hand tools.
• Requires ability to perform tasks with due consideration for residents in vicinity and ability to cooperate and work with other employees.
• Requires commitment to Christian principles and teachings both professionally and personally.
• Requires ability to move cleaning equipment throughout the facility, using up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or 10 pounds continuously to move objects.
• Requires ability to walk, stand and sit, sometimes for prolonged periods of time; turns, stoops, kneels, crouches, reaches, and pushes, pulls, handles, stands, walks over 75% of shift.
• Requires ability to work under close supervision performing routine, standardized tasks.
• Requires sufficient good health to properly discharge duties. Employees shall not be permitted to work who have infectious disease or skin lesion for the duration of the communicability.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

About Buckner Retirement Services:

Buckner Retirement Services comprises a network of senior living communities across Texas. As a not-for-profit, faith-based organization with over 60 years of experience, we're dedicated to providing exceptional care. Recognized as a Great Place to Work at all our locations, we offer rewarding opportunities for those passionate about working with seniors. If you're seeking a career in the senior living field, consider joining us at Buckner, where our purpose sets us apart. Buckner is an Equal Opportunity Employer.