About the role
Let us welcome you home at White Heather Manor Kelowna, BC.
Optima Living operates Independent Living, Assisted Living, Supportive Living and Mental Health communities in Alberta and British Columbia. Our communities are among the best places to live in Western Canada.
Our Vision: For every person to feel at home.
This is truly supported by our credo. “Let us welcome you home.” All of us here feel it is an honour to work with our residents and we advocate a resident-centered approach where the Resident, is the focus of all our endeavors.
As the Housekeeper, you are responsible for assisting with providing a welcoming environment for our residents, employees, and visitors by ensuring our community is clean and cared for.
Responsibilities
- Professionally clean and maintain resident rooms, common areas, including bathroom facilities
- Sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, and washing all surfaces
- Move furniture as needed
- Collect, wash, and iron laundry, returning resident laundry
- Maintain a tidy linen storage area
- Replenish consumable items such as soaps and paper products
- Spot clean walls and furniture, including windows and sills
- Collect and remove trash and debris
- Demonstrate awareness of accident and injury prevention, through safe work practices and procedures, including keeping housekeeping areas tidy
- Identify safety concerns through daily walk through and staff/resident updates
- Identify and report any damages to maintenance team
- Ability to be decisive when dealing with difficult and/or crisis situations
- Maintain cleaning supply stock
- Other duties as assigned to support operational requirements
Qualifications and Experiences
- Completion of Highschool Diploma is an asset
- Completion of CPR and First Aid is an asset
- Superior organizational skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with peers, residents, visitors and operational partners
- Superior oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and problem solve
- Experiencing in dealing with mental health clients an asset
Conditions of Employment
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time, bend, squat, kneel and lift over 20 pounds
- Strong Attention to Details
- Clear Police Information Check
- Clear Vulnerable Sector Check
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About Optima Living
Optima Living—founded in 2007—owns and operates innovative seniors’ living communities throughout Alberta and BC, taking an unprecedented approach to senior life. Their unique company culture is one where both residents and team members are family.
Optima Living’s North Star, Let us welcome you home, speaks to their underlying principles and the experience seniors discover in their communities. When residents are home, they feel safe, respected, and welcome. Home is where one’s voice is heard, their views matter, and they have freedom of choice. Optima Living’s mission, vision, and values—respect, dignity, teamwork, and doing the right thing—support and build upon their North Star.
Optima Living operates over 3,700 beds providing congregate living options for seniors. These options range from subsidized to luxury, Independent to Assisted Living, Long-term Care to Memory Care, and Residential Mental Health. For more information, visit optimaliving.ca.
Optima Living is also an approved service provider with both the interior Health Authority (IHA) and the Fraser Health Authority (FHA), is a licensed care provider under the BC Community Care and Assisted Living Act, and is registered as an approved Assisted Living (AL) Operator with the AL Registrar of BC.
About the role
Let us welcome you home at White Heather Manor Kelowna, BC.
Optima Living operates Independent Living, Assisted Living, Supportive Living and Mental Health communities in Alberta and British Columbia. Our communities are among the best places to live in Western Canada.
Our Vision: For every person to feel at home.
This is truly supported by our credo. “Let us welcome you home.” All of us here feel it is an honour to work with our residents and we advocate a resident-centered approach where the Resident, is the focus of all our endeavors.
As the Housekeeper, you are responsible for assisting with providing a welcoming environment for our residents, employees, and visitors by ensuring our community is clean and cared for.
Responsibilities
- Professionally clean and maintain resident rooms, common areas, including bathroom facilities
- Sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, and washing all surfaces
- Move furniture as needed
- Collect, wash, and iron laundry, returning resident laundry
- Maintain a tidy linen storage area
- Replenish consumable items such as soaps and paper products
- Spot clean walls and furniture, including windows and sills
- Collect and remove trash and debris
- Demonstrate awareness of accident and injury prevention, through safe work practices and procedures, including keeping housekeeping areas tidy
- Identify safety concerns through daily walk through and staff/resident updates
- Identify and report any damages to maintenance team
- Ability to be decisive when dealing with difficult and/or crisis situations
- Maintain cleaning supply stock
- Other duties as assigned to support operational requirements
Qualifications and Experiences
- Completion of Highschool Diploma is an asset
- Completion of CPR and First Aid is an asset
- Superior organizational skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with peers, residents, visitors and operational partners
- Superior oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and problem solve
- Experiencing in dealing with mental health clients an asset
Conditions of Employment
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time, bend, squat, kneel and lift over 20 pounds
- Strong Attention to Details
- Clear Police Information Check
- Clear Vulnerable Sector Check
AuGfPMTRcf
About Optima Living
Optima Living—founded in 2007—owns and operates innovative seniors’ living communities throughout Alberta and BC, taking an unprecedented approach to senior life. Their unique company culture is one where both residents and team members are family.
Optima Living’s North Star, Let us welcome you home, speaks to their underlying principles and the experience seniors discover in their communities. When residents are home, they feel safe, respected, and welcome. Home is where one’s voice is heard, their views matter, and they have freedom of choice. Optima Living’s mission, vision, and values—respect, dignity, teamwork, and doing the right thing—support and build upon their North Star.
Optima Living operates over 3,700 beds providing congregate living options for seniors. These options range from subsidized to luxury, Independent to Assisted Living, Long-term Care to Memory Care, and Residential Mental Health. For more information, visit optimaliving.ca.
Optima Living is also an approved service provider with both the interior Health Authority (IHA) and the Fraser Health Authority (FHA), is a licensed care provider under the BC Community Care and Assisted Living Act, and is registered as an approved Assisted Living (AL) Operator with the AL Registrar of BC.