Heavy Housekeeper / Floor Tech - Jaffrey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Jaffrey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is the home where people work together to make great things happen every day. We offer a pleasant, family-friendly environment and a wonderful reputation providing services to our residents, families and local community.

TEAMWORK * EXCELLENT BENEFITS * STABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT

Position Summary:

• Heavy housekeepers/floor care technicians are  responsible for the overall floor maintenance of hard surface and carpet (dust and wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, shampooing, extraction & bonneting) of areas that include offices, resident rooms, corridors, lobbies, entrances, stairwells and other public areas such as dining rooms.
• Utilizes protective gear in all appropriate functions
• Performs housekeeping, laundry, and cleaning activities within well established guidelines and assigned areas to ensure that quality standards, safety guidelines and customer service expectations are met.
• The heavy housekeeper/floor technician is responsible for satisfactory and timely completion of assigned cleaning area according to schedule.
• Reports equipment/cleaning product needs and or malfunctions to supervisor in a timely fashion.
• Is responsible for the safe and proper mixing and use of cleaning solutions and adheres to all safety precautions.
• The heavy housekeeper/floor care technician is responsible for collecting trash/recycling/soiled linen from the units and for the proper disposal of trash/recycling/laundry in an outside/soiled linen barrel container.
• Work involves pulling and pushing, carrying weight up to 50 pounds, twisting, bending and reaching from floor to waist height and from waist to above head.
• Applies stripper to floors (slippery surface) to remove old wax then refinishes floors with new wax product.
• Some outside work may be assigned.
• Cleans wheelchairs and other medical equipment.

Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Experience in floor care preferred
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to be at work on time.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English to communicate effectively.
• Ability to cooperate with other employees.
• Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks on a continuous basis.
• Knowledge of how to strip, wax and burnish floors with minimal to no assistance

Additional Requirements:

• Must be able to lift/carry a maximum of 50 pounds, push/pull a maximum of 50 pounds, stand, sit, bend and walk for extended periods of time.

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