LOCATION: Emerald Gardens Retirement Residence, 10402 111 St, Grande Prairie, AB
CLOSING DATE: Until Position is Filled
POSITION AVAILABLE: Housekeeping Aide
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Casual
SHIFT: This is a casual, on-call position with shifts typically available Monday to Friday, from 9 AM to 5 PM.
START DATE: To Be Determined
SALARY: Starting at $18.32 hourly as per the current collective agreement
Are you passionate about creating spotless spaces and providing exceptional service? Emerald Gardens Retirement Residence is seeking a reliable and hardworking Casual Housekeeper to join our dynamic team. If you have a keen eye for detail, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to maintaining cleanliness and order, we want you to be part of our family and help us maintain the highest standards of excellence!
JOB SUMMARY:
As a valued interdisciplinary team member, the Housekeeping Aide, under the direction of the
Housekeeping Supervisor, performs general cleaning duties in the Park Place Home, including the
cleaning of Residents’ rooms, bathrooms, staff rooms, offices and other areas as assigned. Follows all
relevant Park Place policies including infection prevention and control, WHMIS and quality
improvement. Treats Residents with dignity and demonstrates an attitude of caring. The Housekeeping
Aide ensures a commitment to Resident safety and to our “culture of safety” as per Park Place Strategic
Directions.
TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Vacuums, dry mop, and wet mops all floors.
- Cleans bathroom, commodes, lifts, and other equipment as assigned.
- Performs daily, routine, and terminal cleaning of Resident rooms including disinfecting beds and
turning/flipping mattresses, cleaning of windows and blinds/curtains.
- Strips, refinishes, and polishes floors.
- Ensures housekeeping equipment is clean and reports any equipment needing repair to
Housekeeping Supervisor and/or Maintenance.
- Understand and follows Park Place Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures
and Universal Precautions in handling body fluids.
- Identifies and reports risks to ensure the safety of Residents, visitors, and employees.
- Responsible for cleaning job duties and signing off on completed scheduled work as per site
procedures.
- Assists Residents in keeping their rooms neat and tidy.
- Checks and restocks housekeeping supplies. Reports to Housekeeping Supervisor when
supplies are low
- Participates in continuous quality improvement and program evaluation activities, education
sessions, team conferences, meetings, and committees.
- Maintains a safe environment for Residents, significant others, and employees by adhering to
established safety policies, standards and procedures including emergency procedures and
infection control guidelines. Reports unsafe conditions and malfunctioning equipment to the
nurse.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsible to read, understand and comply with Park Place’s and provincially mandated Occupational Health and Safety policies and safe work practices
Involved in all aspects of the Health and Safety Program including:
Uses safe work procedures
Promotes health and safety policy and awareness
Makes safety suggestions
Reads OHS minutes posted
Responsible to take every reasonable precaution to protect the safety of Residents, self, other
workers, and the public
Reports any near miss, injury, accident, or equipment damage to supervisor immediately and completes required reports
Corrects and/or reports unsafe conditions
Sets a good example
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Grade 8
facility cleaning experience an asset
equivalences may be considered
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to organize work.
Ability to operate related equipment.
Ability to work in teams collaboratively and communicate with others in a respectful
manner.
Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Must, on a daily basis, be able to:
stand, lift, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, climb ladders, use stairwells, operate self-powered
equipment
carry up to 9.1kg, push/pull object of 23kg
look over both shoulders, use both arms at full length, works with arms above the shoulders
use vibrating tools
have full use of both hands
work in hot environment
walk 330ft/90m. or longer distances on even surfaces.
Thank you to all applicants for submitting their applications. Please be advised that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
