Porter
Company: Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Location: Westport
Posted on: July 13, 2025
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Job Description:
Porter Full Time- 32 Hrs 2pm-10pm Purpose of Your Job Position
The primary purpose of your job position is to perform the
day-to-day activities of the Housekeeping/Floor Maintenance
Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local
standards, guidelines and regulations governing our facility, and
as may be directed by the Administrator, and/or the Director of
Housekeeping, to assure that our facility is maintained in a clean,
safe, and comfortable manner. Major Duties and Responsibilities •
Ensure that work/cleaning schedules are followed as closely as
practical. • Report all accidents/incidents to your supervisor no
matter how minor they may be. (NOTE: Such occurrences must be
reported on the shift in which they occur.) • Coordinate daily
floor maintenance services with nursing services when performing
routine cleaning assignments in resident living and/or recreational
areas. Floor Maintenance/Housekeeping Services • Perform day-to-day
floor maintenance functions as assigned. • Perform specific tasks
in accordance with daily work assignments. • Empty and sanitize
ashtrays daily. (NOTE: Ash trays must be emptied into appropriate
metal containers with self-closing cover devices.) • Clean windows
in resident rooms, recreational areas, bathrooms, and entrance/exit
ways. • Clean bathroom floor tiles. • Check front porches,
courtyard, gazebo, balconies & area by dumpster daily to ensure
that they are neat and clean. • Clean floors, to include sweeping,
dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing,
disinfecting, etc. (NOTE: Ensure that appropriate caution/safety
signs are properly set up prior to performing such duties.) • Clean
carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and
disinfecting. • Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping,
dusting, spot cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, etc. • Remove
dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper
cleaning/disinfecting solutions. • Clean hallways, stairways, and
elevators. • Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline
trash receptacle with plastic liner. • Clean (strip & seal) floors
of vacant rooms as assigned. • Ensure that work/assignment areas
are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc., are properly
stored at all times, as well as before leaving such areas for
breaks, meal times, and end of the work day. • Perform isolation
cleaning procedures in accordance with established infection
control procedures. • Discard infectious wastes into appropriate
containers. • Check and empty infectious waste daily. • Empty
recycling bins daily. • Clean med carts every other month. • On
call for facility deliveries during scheduled shift. • Delivers
chux and pampers to all floors twice daily.
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