Housekeeper

Job Title: Housekeeping Specialist

Job Description

Join a dynamic team dedicated to maintaining cleanliness and hygiene standards in an extended stay rehabilitation hospital. As a Housekeeping Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring a welcoming and safe environment for residents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Clean and dust all offices, brick house, lobby, visitor's areas, bathrooms, and elevators.

• Maintain cleanliness in medical rooms, nurse's stations, hopper rooms, nourishment stations, and bathrooms.

• Dust, mop, strip, refinish, and buff floors across various areas, including the basement and stairwells.

• Operate floor machines such as vacuum cleaners, sweepers, and sport cleaners as needed.

• Collect and empty trash, clean trash containers, and empty barrels.

• Disinfect areas with germicidal detergents and replenish supplies as necessary.

• Clean and polish fixtures, furniture, vents, and mirrors.

• Vacuum reception area and main entrance.

• Change window and cubicle curtains.

• Clean and disinfect beds, turn mattresses, and clean each unit upon discharge or transfer.

• Wash walls, window screens, and other surfaces as needed.

• Defrost and clean refrigerators, ensuring temperature control between 38-45 degrees.

• Clean laundry room floors and collect soiled linen for processing.

• May be required to move furniture and clean outside areas.

• Perform special assignments such as cleaning beauty shops and maintaining housekeeping closets.

• Report any needed repairs to the maintenance supervisor.

• Adhere to work and time schedules while maintaining a neat and tidy appearance.

Essential Skills

• Ability to clean properly and efficiently.

• Proficiency in operating cleaning machines.

• Understanding of cleanliness and aseptic conditions.

• Capability to learn and perform various housekeeping tasks.

• Ability to follow written and oral instructions.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in custodial or janitorial roles is advantageous.

• Familiarity with medical or hospital facility cleaning standards.

• Experience with waste transportation and sanitization processes.

Why Work Here?

Become part of the largest healthcare network in the state, offering room for upward growth and professional development.

Work Environment

The role is based in an extended stay rehabilitation hospital, where maintaining a clean and sanitary environment is paramount. Work schedules are adhered to, ensuring consistency and reliability. Employees are expected to maintain a neat and tidy appearance, wearing required attire.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of New Haven, Connecticut.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $16.35 - $16.35/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision

Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in New Haven,CT.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 27, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.