Position Information

About The Royal

As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education.

Information on the programs at the Forensic Treatment and the Secure Treatment Unit at the Brockville Mental Health Centre can be found at this link: https://www.theroyal.ca/patient-care-information/clinics-services-programs/mental-health-and-law

Duties:

• Performs daily routine cleaning activities in patient (IE, treatment areas, patient rooms, common areas) and non patient areas (IE. office areas) to ensure cleanliness of furniture, fixtures and equipment. Tasks include, but are not limited to: washroom cleaning, garbage removal, high dusting, spot cleaning walls, horizontal surface cleaning and preparing rooms for meetings and conferences.
• Performs routine floor care as required, including but not limited to; dust mopping, wet mopping, vacuuming, autoscrubbing, burnishing, buffing.
• Performs non-routine periodic tasks as required, including, but not limited to carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning, floor stripping and waxing, and washroom deep cleaning.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to take safe, independent action in order to achieve departmental goals and objectives
• Responsible to maintain clear communication channels and collaboration both internally and externally.
• Ability to continually and successfully adapt and alter sequence of daily routine to respond to changing customer requirements, while still achieving departmental objectives.
• Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of The Royal.
• Ensure a work environment that is conducive to the Royal’s Harassment Free Workplace policy.

Qualifications:

• Secondary School diploma or equivalent;
• Knowledge of institutional cleaning functions/methods and the use of cleaning materials;
• Good oral and written communication skills to convey cleaning, repair, and maintenance matters;
• Excellent interpersonal skills used to deal in a tactful and professional manner with patients, staff and visitors;
• Physical ability to perform a variety of tasks related to the essential duties of cleaning and linen distribution;
• Must have the ability to deal with multiple demands.

Additional Information

• All applicants must provide a recent resume that clearly indicate that they meet the required qualifications.
• The Royal sincerely thanks all applicants for their interest in a career with us; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
• All new hires will be required to obtain a clear and valid Criminal Record or Vulnerable Sector Records Check as a pre-condition of employment.
• The Royal is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.