Laundry & Housekeeping - Part Time - Jobs in Sherwood Park, Alberta, T8H 1Y7

Job Description

Let us welcome you home to Aster Gardens in Sherwood Park, AB. Optima Living operates Independent Living, Assisted Living, Supportive Living and Memory Care communities in Alberta and British Columbia. Our communities are among the best places to live in Western Canada. Our Vision: For every person to feel at home. This is truly supported by our credo. “Let us welcome you home.” All of us here feel it is an honor to work with our residents and we advocate a resident-centered approach where the Resident, is the focus of all our endeavors. As the Housekeeper, you are responsible for assisting with providing a welcoming environment for our residents, employees, and visitors by ensuring our community is clean and cared for. Responsibilities

• Professionally clean and maintain resident rooms, common areas, including bathroom facilities
• Sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, and washing all surfaces
• Providing clothing and linen support services by ensuring collection, distribution, processing and inventory of linens and personal clothing.
• Sorting linens, loading and unloading washers and dryers, ironing and mending as required.
• Folding, sorting and loading linen and clothing onto carts for distribution and delivery and auditing linen for labels and repairs.
• Discarding and recording inappropriate inventory when necessary.
• Maintaining high sanitation standards, a clean and tidy work area and equipment applying appropriate infection control protocols as required, follows cleaning schedules and routines for the department and ensures the proper care and economical use of resources.
• Observing operation of machines and reporting malfunctioning to team leader.
• Assisting in maintaining laundry facilities, equipment and supplies.
• Completing cleaning duties as outlined in the laundry room area.
• Maintaining a clean, safe environment for residents utilizing infection control principles.
• Supporting and participating in quality initiatives by providing input and suggestions for improvement, reporting feedback to immediate team leader.
• Replenish consumable items such as soaps and paper products
• Spot clean walls and furniture, including windows and sills
• Collect and remove trash and debris
• Demonstrate awareness of accident and injury prevention, through safe work practices and procedures, including keeping housekeeping areas tidy
• Identify safety concerns through daily walk through and staff/resident updates
• Other duties as assigned to support operational requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum one (1) year of residential/commercial cleaning is required
• Experience in an aging adults setting is an asset
• Completion of Highschool Diploma is an asset
• Completion of CPR and First Aid is an asset
• Superior organizational skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with peers, residents, visitors and operational partners
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and problem solve

Conditions of Employment

• Ability to stand for extended periods of time, bend, squat, kneel and lift over 20 pounds
• Strong Attention to Detail
• Clear Police Information Check
• Clear Vulnerable Sector Check

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