Housekeeping Floor Care Specialist

The University of Kansas Health System; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System is seeking a Housekeeping Floor Care Specialist at Bell Hospital in Kansas City, KS. The role involves performing standard custodial tasks plus specialized floor care, including floor refinishing and carpet cleaning.

You will operate cleaning equipment and maintain cleanliness of corridors and lobby areas. Requirements include 1+ year of housekeeping experience and a High School Diploma or GED.

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping or custodial work preferred.
• Ability to operate cleaning equipment safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Perform housekeeping tasks and floor care on assigned areas.
• Strip, refinish, and maintain hard floors where applicable.
• Scrub, spot clean carpets and upholstery as needed.
• Operate walk-behind and ride-on auto scrubbers per procedures.
• Report equipment issues and safety hazards to supervisor.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Handheld device

Job description

Position Title

Housekeeping Floor Care Specialist

Bell Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Housekeeping Floor Care Specialist is a person who can perform all the tasks of a Custodial Worker and in addition has the skills and ability to perform floor care work such as floor maintenance, hard surface floor refinishing and carpet and upholstery cleaning.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Trained and can perform all the tasks of the Custodial Worker Job Description. Trained to strip and refinish all types of hard surface floors.
• Trained to scrub and refinish all types of hard surface floors. Trained to spot clean and extract all types of carpeted surfaces and upholstery.
• Trained to operate housekeeping equipment such as walk behind and riding auto scrubbers safety and efficiently in accordance with established procedures. Will be responsible for daily corridor maintenance, consisting of dust mopping, spot mopping and auto scrubbing corridors and lobby areas. In addition, walk behind sweepers and burnishers may be used as well. Cleans equipment before returning it to storage area. Reports equipment in need of repair to supervisor. Report safety hazards.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• 1 or more years of housekeeping experience.

Preferred Education and Experience

• High School Graduate or GED.

Knowledge Requirements

• Ability to operate handheld communication devices for communication with dispatch.
• Ability to perform operations with units such as cup, pint, quart and ounce, inch, foot and yard.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-56290

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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