Floor Technician

Optalis Healthcare (Health & Rehabilitation Centers); Canton Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Optalis Health Care in Canton Township is seeking a Janitor responsible for heavy cleaning to keep a safe and homelike environment for residents and staff. You will follow facility policies, work with the interdisciplinary team, and communicate with residents and families as part of daily operations.

The role emphasizes adherence to health-care standards, flexibility with shifts, and cooperation with regulatory staff to maintain compliance and quality of life for residents.

Qualifications

• Prior housekeeping experience in a health care setting preferred.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Ability to communicate effectively with residents, staff, families and officials.

Responsibilities

• Provide heavy, special project cleaning to maintain a safe, sanitary, and homelike environment for residents, staff and the public.
• Operate in accordance with Facility policies and procedures and state/federal laws.
• Maintain ongoing communication with residents, staff, families and interdisciplinary team members.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

Functional literacy

Job description

The Janitor provides heavy, special project cleaning services to provide a safe, sanitary, comfortable, and homelike environment for residents, staff and public. Housekeeping services are provided in accord with Facility policies and procedures and consistent with state and federal laws and regulations to maintain an environment that enhances the quality of life for residents.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

EDUCATION:

Sufficient to demonstrate functional literacy.

EXPERIENCE:

Prior housekeeping experience in a health care setting preferred.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Successful performance of this job classification can best be achieved through consistent application of current knowledge, use of good judgement, common sense, ability to establish and carry out priorities, effective use of interpersonal skills and ongoing communication with residents, staff, families, interdisciplinary team members and government officials including State surveyors and ombudsmen.

PSYCHOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This job can not be performed without exposure to the stresses associated with an intimate, 24-hour residential care environment that delivers care and services primarily to disabled and cognitively impaired residents with an average age of 78 years. Examples of these stresses include, but are not limited to shift rotation, weekend, and holiday duty, usual or impaired behavior by residents, family reactions to having a loved one in the nursing home, death and dying, oversight by State surveyors, presence of consultants and variable involvement of medical staff.

PHYSICAL AND ERGONOMIC REQUIREMENTS:

Functions are carried out in a variety of positions including standing and sitting. To meet resident’s needs, virtually all positions require the ability to move freely through the building. Stooping, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying, as well as other physical demands may be required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

MOBILITY: Able to physically respond quickly to emergency situations. Able to freely move arms, hands, and legs. Spends approximately 5-5.5 hours standing or walking.

LIFTING: Able to lift 5 - 40 pounds without restriction utilizing the appropriate various lifting devices.

CLIMBING/BALANCING: Able to climb stairs quickly. Must have good center of balance while performing physical tasks. Must be able to climb and work off of ladders.

STOOPING/BENDING: Able to stoop and bend frequently throughout day when performing job tasks.

PUSHING: Able to push residents in wheelchairs and Geri-chairs. Able to push weight ranging from 80 - 300 pounds. Able to push housekeeping carts without restriction.

STANDING/SITTING: Stands and/or walks approximately 7 hours per day. Sits approximately 1 hours per day.

REACHING: Able to reach above head for retrieving supplies. Able to reach beneath bed, chairs, and tables for supplies. Must have full range of motion in shoulder joints for reaching.

HEARING: Must be able to hear patients’ call-lights and speech in normal tone and volume.

SPEAKING: Must be able to speak clearly in the predominant language spoken in the Facility by patients and staff.

VISION: Must be able to see large and fine print with or without corrective lenses.

COLOR VISION: Not an essential physical demand for the job.

NOISE/VIBRATIONS: Not exposed to extreme noise or vibrations.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE: Spends approximately entire shift inside of building.

COLD/HEAT: Exposed to temperatures ranging from 72-80 degrees while in the building. Under normal working circumstances there are no temperature extremes realized.

WET/HUMIDITY: May be exposed to moisture during tasks.

DRY/DUST: Not exposed to extreme dryness or dust.

FUMES/ODORS/CHEMICAL EXPOSURE: Must be able to tolerate odors from normal bodily functions. Not exposed to fumes. There is minimal chemical exposure and protective equipment is supplied when necessary.

OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: OSHA and Optalis Health Care has determined that Janitors are at risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens such as Hepatitis B and Human Immunodeficiency Virus and therefore, receives training for the prevention of acquiring these diseases in the workplace. Hepatitis B vaccine is offered to all Janitors at no cost to the employee.

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