Janitor

UMass Med School; Worcester (MA); Presencial; USD 27.000 - 35.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

UMass Med School in Worcester, MA is seeking a full-time janitor to perform general janitorial and custodial work in cleaning and maintaining a hospital setting.

The role requires handling patient areas, operating rooms, and emergency departments, along with offices and labs. The job emphasizes safety, initiative, and strong human relations skills while adapting to emergencies and varying tasks.

Formación

• Considers knowledge of materials, equipment, and methods used in housekeeping and cleaning operations.
• Ability to operate vacuum cleaners, mops, wringers, brushes and other cleaning equipment.
• Possesses appropriate human relations skills when interacting with patients, visitors, and coworkers.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Working knowledge of cleaning supplies and their effects on different finishes.

Responsabilidades

• Clean hospital areas such as patient rooms, operating rooms, emergency department, and isolation rooms.
• Clean offices, labs, rooms, corridors, and other spaces.
• Clean, burnish, polish, buff, strip and refinish floors.
• Wash windows, woodwork, toilets/lavatories, washrooms and fixtures.
• Dust and polish furniture in offices, rooms, corridors, and other spaces.
• Maintain carpets including vacuuming, shampooing, extracting, and steam padding.
• Empty and clean waste barrels, garbage cans and other receptacles.
• Move furniture as required.
• Exhibit appropriate human relations skills when interacting with patients, visitors, employees, coworkers, and supervisors.
• Has concern for work area, takes initiative to solve problems, is flexible in adapting to various situations, including emergencies such as floods, fires, major spills.
• Consistently completes assignments with minimal supervision; is courteous to patients, visitors, etc.
• Assist other employees as necessary.
• Performs other duties as required.

Conocimientos

Cleaning operations

Cleaning equipment operation

Human relations

Follow instructions

Cleaning supplies knowledge

Educación

High school diploma

Descripción del empleo

Location: US-MA-Worcester

Minimum Salary: USD $19.65/Hr.

Maximum Salary: USD $25.42/Hr.

Position Type: Full-Time

Shift: Non Exempt

Overview

General Summary of Position:

Under the direct supervision of the Supervisor or designee, the Janitor performs general janitorial and custodial work in connection with cleaning and maintenance of a building, or a group of buildings.

Responsibilities

• Clean all hospital areas such as: Patient Rooms, Operating Rooms, Emergency Department, and Isolation Rooms.
• Clean offices, labs, rooms, corridors, and other spaces.
• Clean, burnish, polish, buff, strip and refinish floors.
• Wash windows, woodwork, toilets/lavatories, washrooms and fixtures.
• Dust and polish furniture in offices, rooms, corridors, and other spaces.
• Maintain carpets, including vacuuming, shampooing, extracting, and seco padding.
• Empty and clean waste barrels, garbage cans and other receptacles.
• Move furniture as required.
• Exhibit appropriate human relations skills when interacting with patients, visitors, employees, coworkers, and supervisors.
• Has concern for work area, takes initiative to solve problems, is flexible in adapting to various situations, including those of all emergency nature such as floods, fires, major spills, etc.
• Consistently completes assignments with minimal supervision; is courteous to patients, visitors, etc.
• Assist other employees as necessary.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, or equivalent experience
• Considerable knowledge of material, equipment, and methods commonly employed in housekeeping, cleaning operations.
• Ability to operate, care for, and make general repairs of vacuum cleaners, mops, wringers, brushes and other cleaning equipment.
• Possess appropriate human relations skills when interacting with patients, visitors, and co-workers.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Working knowledge of the type, properties, quality, and uses of cleaning supplies and equipment, and their effect on various types of construction and finishes.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Under the direct supervision of the Supervisor or designee

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

Considerable walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, lifting up to 50 pounds, physical ability to reach, climb stepladders, possess sufficient vision, hearing, and speech to safely and efficiently perform the required tasks. Possess manual dexterity.