Senior Custodian - Santa Monica Hospital

UCLA Health; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health in Santa Monica, CA is seeking a dedicated onsite housekeeping team member to join our patient-centered facilities. You will perform cleaning, sanitation, and related duties, including floor care, trash disposal, and equipment storage, with a 3:30pm–12:00am schedule and every-other-weekend rotation.

This full-time, indefinite position offers hourly pay range of $26.69 to $34.50, with strict safety practices and an emphasis on teamwork and high-quality service.

Qualifications

• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy while directing co-workers.
• Interact effectively with patients, customers and associates with strong customer service.
• Operate housekeeping equipment (vacuum cleaners, floor machines, carpet extractors, auto scrubbers, pressure/steam cleaners).
• Prioritize and complete multiple tasks efficiently.
• Read, write, comprehend and communicate in English.
• Take initiative and follow through.
• Work within defined time constraints.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organization and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning and sanitation duties following safety practices.
• Sweep, mop, scrub, strip, wax floors; wash walls/doors/windows; clean fixtures.
• Dispose of trash, sanitize and relining trash containers and linen hampers.
• Proper storage of housekeeping equipment and reporting malfunctions.
• Adhere to prescribed safety and sanitation procedures.

Skills

Tact and diplomacy

Customer service

Teamwork

Initiative

Time management

Multitasking

English proficiency

Listening skills

Organization

Tools

Vacuum cleaners

Floor machines

Carpet extractors

Auto scrubbers

Pressure/steam cleaners

Job description

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Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

3:30pm - 12:00am variable days and will work every other weekend

Posted Date

09/01/2026

Salary Range: $26.69 - 34.5 Hourly

Employment Type

Duration

indefinite

Job #

32593

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Serving at UCLA Health will give you the opportunity to use your specialized abilities to help improve the lives of our patients, their families, and your fellow UCLA Health team members. You’ll provide critical support that makes healing happen. We’d love to have you join us.

In this role, you will perform a variety of duties in cleaning and sanitation and adhere to prescribed safety and sanitation practices and procedures. Your responsibilities will include, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, waxing floors, washing walls, doors, windows, light fixtures, discarding trash in waste bins, cleaning, sanitizing and relining all trash containers and linen hampers. You will also be responsible for proper storage of housekeeping equipment and reporting equipment malfunctions.

Salary range: $26.69 - $34.50 / Hourly

Job Qualifications

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• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy while directing co-workers.
• Ability to interact effectively with patients, customers and associates in a way that exhibits superior integrated customer service and teamwork.
• Ability to operate all types of housekeeping equipment (vacuum cleaners, floor machines, carpet extractors, auto scrubbers, pressure / steam cleaning machine etc).
• Ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to read, write, comprehend and communicate in English.
• Ability to take initiative and follow through.
• Ability to work within defined time constraints.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organization and problem solving skills.

Must be able to frequently:

• Bend waist while standing.
• Lift, push and pull a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Stoop and squat.
• Twisting and bending of the neck forward and backward.
• Work in standing position for long periods.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.