Housekeeping Manager

JOHN KNOX VILLAGE

Job Description

Position: Housekeeping Manager

Supervisor: Health Center Administrator

Job Summary: To supervise the facility’s day to day housekeeping and related functions to include staffing, supply ordering and supervision to ensure facility policy and standards are met, and assure resident safety.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Supervise housekeeping staff in the day to day facility operations of assigned areas. Make job assignments and set priorities.
• Orientate new staff and participate in recruitment and selection process.
• Monitor work assignments and provide feedback, evaluate performance and discipline as needed.
• Maintain records, manage budgets and supplies and fulfill department head responsibilities.
• Ensure equipment and work areas are clean, safe and orderly and strict adherence to procedures regarding cleaners or hazardous materials or objects.
• Ensure universal precautions and infection control, isolation, fire, safety and sanitation practices and procedures are followed and promptly address any hazardous conditions and equipment.
• Assist others in heavy lifting as requested and function as a working supervisor in all areas of responsibilities as the department’s budgeted hours and work load require.
• Assure resident safety at all times.

Other Functions and Responsibilities:

• Other duties as requested or assigned.

Educational, Physical, and Other Requirements:

• Employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations. Physical requirements may include frequent use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee may be required to lift, stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; and smell. Vision abilities may require close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• For the safety and security of our residents and patients, employees must be able to read, write, and verbally communicate in English, which is the most universally used language of our resident and employee population.

Customer/Guest Relations & Communications:

• Must maintain a professional, respectful, friendly demeanor with all residents, family members, guests, and staff at all times.

The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position with or without notice.