Housekeeper

About the job

Brookdale Senior Living is hiring a full-time Housekeeper at Brookdale Coeur d'Alene in Coeur d'Alene. The housekeeper keeps the community's shared spaces and residents' apartments clean and helps residents and guests in a friendly way.

Brookdale offers its associates professional development and ongoing health and wellness programs.

What you'll do

• Clean and sanitize lobbies, halls, stairwells, activity and dining rooms, elevators and public restrooms
• Sweep, mop, strip, wax and buff floors and vacuum, shampoo and disinfect carpets, putting out caution signs as needed
• Handle hazardous cleaning supplies safely and keep them properly labeled
• Clean residents' apartments each week or as needed, including bathrooms, floors, kitchen surfaces and appliances, and change bed linens to each resident's liking while respecting their privacy and belongings
• Deep clean apartments, furniture, window treatments and other assigned areas
• Log cleaning work as procedures require
• Talk with residents kindly, give directions when asked, and tell management about concerns with a resident's health
• Respond to resident emergencies by contacting the right people, help during evacuations, and attend in-service classes and training

What you need

• Able to follow written or spoken instructions and finish cleaning tasks on time
• Respect residents' privacy and keep their personal matters confidential
• Willing to talk with residents of different abilities and personalities
• Able to stand, walk, reach, climb, stoop, kneel and crawl, and lift up to 50 pounds
• Possible exposure to latex, communicable diseases, blood-borne pathogens and cleaning chemicals

Preferred

• High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
• Prior cleaning or housekeeping experience

Schedule

• Full-time
• Occasional weekend, evening or night work when needed to cover shifts
• On-call as needed

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• A 401(k)
• An associate assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Hourly associates can draw on earned wages early
• A referral program
• Optional voluntary benefits such as ID theft protection and pet insurance
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Company-provided life insurance and optional life and dependent life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• An adoption benefit
• Tuition reimbursement
• Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity and legal plans
• Help with naturalization application fees for qualified associates with at least a year of service