Description
If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume and application on the State of MN Careers website under Job ID 97495.
It pays to consider a rewarding career with the Minnesota Veterans Home in Hastings! You may be eligible for a new hire bonus of $2,500!
Earn a competitive wage, have affordable and comprehensive insurance benefits, a retirement plan, paid time off, free parking and more!
This posting will be used to fill one (1) Full-time, Day shift position, Day shift is: 7:00am-3:30pm with a weekend rotation. The work schedule will include at least 80 hours per two-week pay period and may include additional work hours, based on business needs. This positions is initially eligible for full employer contribution towards health and dental insurance benefits
The Minnesota Veterans Home in Hastings is a Domiciliary (DOM) which is an independent living community for Veterans. It provides a supportive environment that fosters a stable, healthy, and meaningful life for Veterans. Our rewarding program helps Veterans with their clinical, mental, chemical, and physical needs, and has the capacity to serve 195 Veterans between the Hastings and Minneapolis campuses. We offer a creative, fun, collaborative, and stimulating work environment that encourages professional growth.
The Hastings DOM is located in the southeast metro with connecting highways for an easy commute. The beautiful 128-acre wooded campus includes mature oaks and pines, nature trails and biking paths overlooking the Vermillion River.
Responsibilities
This is a full-time Housekeeping position at the Minnesota Veterans Home - Hastings Domiciliary (DOM) which is a board and care setting for Veteran residents. This position will perform a variety of Housekeeping responsibilities, including but not limited to:
- Maintains building floors and hallways using machine or manual processes by sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, waxing and stripping wax, and vacuuming and scrubbing carpets
- Clean windows, ceilings and walls by determining appropriate cleaning agents, mixing chemicals, and applying them
- Clean and maintain rooms and furniture by dusting, moving, rearranging, setting up or taking down tables and chairs, and making minor repairs to furniture
- Cleans restrooms by scrubbing floors, sinks, stools; maintaining supplies of soap and paper products and emptying wastebaskets and trash containers
- Cleans assigned state-maintained sidewalks by shoveling snow, applying sand and/or de-icers, and removing ice, rubbish and other materials
- Assist in distribution of clean linen and pick-up of soiled linen, stripping bed linens; itemize and count clean linen
Qualifications
Knowledge of:
- Different types of flooring/floor covering sufficient to determine proper methods of maintenance and appropriate cleaning methods, materials, agents and equipment
- Chemical cleaning agents such as ammonia, bleaches, scouring agents and soaps sufficient to appropriately select the agent(s), handle and apply, and dispose of safely
- Methods, tools, and equipment used in maintenance sufficient to operate and use them effectively and make minor repairs
Ability to:
- Use hand tools and handle fairly light materials manually
- Perform work functions using ladders and scaffolding
- Perform laundry functions
- Function in adverse weather conditions
- Perform assigned tasks with limited work direction
- Make minor mechanical repairs to maintenance equipment
- Operate simple maintenance equipment
- Follow instructions, read and understand operational manuals, and keep simple records
Minnesota Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Hastings, MN, MN 55033
US
