Department: Environmental Services

Job Type: Casual

Location: Berwick, Nova Scotia

Union: CUPE

Salary: Based on Department of Seniors and Long Term Care

Responsible to: Manager of Environmental Services

Salary: From $18.3834 per hour

Schedule:

8 hour shift

Day shift

Holidays

Monday to Friday

Weekend availability

Cleaning residents' rooms including bed, bed-rails, mattresses, outside surface of bedside tables and bureaus, light shades, mirrors, windows and window ledges, baseboards, pictures, walls, chairs and shampooing fabric chairs

Collecting garbage in the morning and checking throughout the day/before 2:15 pm

Sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, waxing and polishing floors

Complete cleaning of bathroom: tubs, sinks, toilets, mirrors, light shades, walls, floors, vents and replenishing paper products

Tidy and touch up nurses' station and sweep and scrub the floor

Complete cleaning of corridors, janitor's closet and janitor carts, wheelchairs and fans

Read housekeeping communication clipboard on unit first thing in the morning

Knowing the proper cleaning materials for windows, floors, light shades, bathroom facilities, etc. and knowing where to use a germicidal cleaner

Communicating with nursing department as to a convenient time to clean a residents' room or have residents removed from their room

Floor buffer, walk behind Taski scrubber, vacuum, carpet shampooer

Communicating and planning your work schedule with your director and co-workers

Knowledge of WHMIS and the workplace Safety Data Sheets

Reporting to maintenance when equipment is not working properly

Stocking cleaning carts

Washing /drying /folding and delivery of personal clothes and linens, labeling of residents clothes

Mending personals and linens

Collecting and sorting soiled laundry from units, loading/unloading washers and dryers, delivering laundry to units

Physical demands: Standing, squatting, bending, twisting, lifting (wet linens, moving furniture etc.), walking short distances at a time throughout the day

Other duties as assigned by the Environmental Services Manager

REQUIRED:

Criminal Record/Vulnerable Sector Check

Minimum Grade 10 completion

Able to follow oral, written and electronic instructions

Ability to perform routine tasks

Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers and residents

Previous experience in similar roles considered an asset.

Housekeeping/Laundry: 1 year (preferred)

BENEFITS:

· NSHEPP Pension Plan

· Employee Assistance Program (Wellness)

· Discounted meals

· On-site free parking

We value diversity in the workplace and strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates including African Canadians and other members of the visible minority community, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and women in non-traditional roles.

Only those to be interviewed will be contacted.