Janitor

About the role

According to established procedures, cleans and services building areas. Moves furniture, equipment, and supplies in and around hospital departments, and performs a variety of housekeeping duties to maintain the hospital in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition.

Responsibilities

• Selects cleaning materials and supplies and prepares solutions according to procedure.
• Loads service carts and transports them to work areas.
• Cleans assigned areas by washing furniture, tile, fixtures, and equipment with germicidal cleaning solutions.
• Cleans walls, doors, door frames, ceilings, ventilators, patient televisions, and windows; strips and applies floor finish and polishes floors.
• Sweeps and mops floor areas, vacuums carpets, spot‑cleans carpets, shampoos carpets using appropriate solutions, and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning.
• Requests cleaning supplies and equipment as needed.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment—both mechanical and electrical—such as buffers, wringers, scrubbers, and vacuums.
• Cleans equipment and notifies supervisor of equipment needing repair.
• Reports safety hazards to supervisor.
• Returns unused supplies to the janitorial closet, cleans carts and equipment after use, and ensures all items are replaced in an orderly manner.
• May climb ladders to hang cubicle drapes, window drapes, or reach high areas for other cleaning purposes.
• May collect waste from all areas of the hospital and sanitizes all garbage cans.
• May collect or distribute soiled or clean linen.
• May collect hazardous waste as established by the Infection Control Committee and transport infectious waste in a special waste container to the waste garage for disposal.
• Arranges furniture for meetings, workshops, and community affairs.

Requirements

Education: High School education. Must be able to read and follow directions.

Physical Requirements: Must be able to move some furniture, operate various types of cleaning equipment, climb ladders, and lift clean and soiled linen. Must be able to lift at least 60 pounds.

Experience: Must have experience cleaning hospitals, schools, hotels, nursing homes, or other public facilities.