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| 2 | Under the immediate supervision Sr. Custodian Supervisor, a Lead Custodian, or the Operations Manage | 1 | Under the immediate supervision Sr. Custodian Supervisor, a Lead Custodian, or the Operations Manage | ||
| > | r, the incumbent performs the following: Duties and Essential Job Functions: | > | r, the incumbent performs the following: | ||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Duties and Essential Job Functions: |
| 5 | - Ability to clean and maintain assigned areas in conformance with established procedures and standa | 4 | |||
| > | rds. - Good working knowledge of appropriate cleaning methods, material and proper use and care of f | ||||
| > | loor machines e.g. Buffers, electric or battery operated automatic scrubbers, vacuum cleaners, shamp | ||||
| > | ooed/scrubbing machines, regular floor stripper/scrubber, floor drier, electric or gasoline air floo | ||||
| > | r sweepers. - Ability to apply appropriates cleaning methods and techniques in special areas followi | ||||
| > | ng given guidelines. - General knowledge of equipment needed in emergencies such as floods, disaster | ||||
| > | or fires. - Ability to maintain harmonious working relationship with associates, supervisor and hos | ||||
| > | pital staff members. - Ability to read, write and follow simple oral and written instructions. - Up | ||||
| > | to one year of satisfactory work experience in hospitals, hotels and industrial janitorial cleaning. | ||||
| > | Successful completion of basic custodial training desired but not required. - Willingness and abili | ||||
| > | ty to tolerate, occasionally, some unpleasant sight and odors, e.g. blood, chemical odors, remains o | ||||
| > | f vomiting, etc. - Good grooming and personal cleanliness and willingness to wear prescribed attire. | ||||
| > | - Ability to meet physical demands involved. Stands and walks most of working day. A turn stoops, c | ||||
| > | rouches, and reaches in performing cleaning tasks. Lift and carries up to 50 pounds. - Ability to li | ||||
| > | ft and move furniture and equipment. Ability to perform duties using gloves if skin cannot tolerate | ||||
| > | cleaning chemicals or solutions. - Work schedule maybe on a rotating basis with every other weekend | ||||
| > | off. Willingness to work in any area or shift, including weekends, holidays, and overtime as request | ||||
| > | ed. | ||||
| 5 | * 15% COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND SOILED LINEN | ||||
| 6 | Follows Infection Control Policies. Empties and cleans waste receptacles and replaces plastic liners | ||||
| > | . Labels, collects and removes infectious and non-infectious waste material from assigned areas. Col | ||||
| > | lects soiled linen from patient areas and disposes of it via linen chute or by transporting it in co | ||||
| > | vered soiled linen carts. Uses large tilt trucks to transport regular waste to a disposal unit or co | ||||
| > | mpactor. Uses hand trucks for the transportation of infectious waste containers to designated area o | ||||
| > | r unit for safekeeping and proper disposal. * 30% Floor Care: | ||||
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| 8 | The Floor Care job consists of sweep/dust mop and wet mop hard floors in rooms for non-patient or pa | ||||
| > | tient use, laboratories, bathrooms, hallways and stairways; spot mop to remove stains or spillage; v | ||||
| > | acuum clean carpets in offices, patient rooms, waiting areas, conference rooms, libraries, hallways, | ||||
| > | stairways, etc., spot clean carpets; uses standard cleaning equipment to strip or scrub floors, app | ||||
| > | ly floor finish/sealer, burnish floors, shampoo carpets and furniture, clean baseboards, door kick p | ||||
| > | lates, elevator tracks; operates electric and/or battery powered equipment including but not limited | ||||
| > | to floor polishers, floor scrubbers, automatic scrubbers, burnishes, steam cleaners, carpet shampoo | ||||
| > | machines, carpet extractors, furniture shampoos, and heavy duty dry/wet pick up vacuum cleaners, et | ||||
| > | c. | ||||
| 9 | * 50% General Cleaning: | ||||
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| 11 | Dust and/or washes furniture and fixtures in offices, classrooms, shops, conference rooms, laborator | ||||
| > | ies, kitchens, dining rooms, laundry rooms, nurse stations, patient rooms and non-patient rooms and/ | ||||
| > | or areas; clean over bed tables, side tables, chairs, patients and staff lockers, IV stands, all wal | ||||
| > | l mounted fixtures, including thermometers, lamps, television sets and brackets; clean ice machines, | ||||
| > | refrigerators, water fountains, vents, venetian blinds, blackboards, telephones, computer tables, c | ||||
| > | ounter tops, desks and table tops, cabinets tops, shelves, bookshelves, window sills, doors, partiti | ||||
| > | ons, etc., in restrooms, washes and sanitizes walls, toilet bowls, urinals, sinks, mirrors, soap dis | ||||
| > | pensers, toilet tissue and towel dispensers, seat cover dispensers, plumbing fixtures; clean showers | ||||
| > | and bathtubs, soap dishes, handrails and shower fixtures. May use ladders and movable stepladders t | ||||
| > | o perform some cleaning tasks. | ||||
| 12 | * 3% Supplies and Equipment: | ||||
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| 14 | Requisition paper supplies, hand lotion/soap, chemicals/cleaning solutions, shampoo, wax stripper, f | ||||
| > | loor finish/sealers, mop heads, buffing/striping pads, and shampoo pads. Observes safety regulations | ||||
| > | by wearing eye protection and gloves when mixing chemicals or cleaning agents; maintains an adequat | ||||
| > | e inventory in assigned storage closets of properly labeled cleaning materials and other supplies; r | ||||
| > | efill properly labeled secondary containers/spray bottles; refill dispensers in bathrooms and other | ||||
| > | hand washing stations. | ||||
| 15 | * 2% Other Functions and Responsibilities: | ||||
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| 17 | Performs other related duties as instructed by immediate supervisor; may be reassigned to other work | ||||
| > | areas as operational needs dictate; clean beds after patient discharges or transfers, clean gurneys | ||||
| > | , portable commodes, chart racks, medicine carts; wash trash cans, trash tilt trucks, sweep grounds; | ||||
| > | move beds and/or light weight furniture within a unit or between floors; strip beds; make beds insp | ||||
| > | ects own work, reports missing furniture, repairs needed; secure/locks work area, reports unauthoriz | ||||
| > | ed person on the premises; report fires or safety hazards; respond to emergencies, following procedu | ||||
| > | res, as in the case of fires, disasters or floods. | ||||