Porter - Custodian (EVENING SHIFT)

Mandatory Floor Care Experience

Must have floor care experience and be familiar with the operation of floor care machines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, quality assessment and improvement programs, and safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Works from a schedule that outlines and defines frequency and timing or tasks.
• Leads works with cleaning crew or assigned projects.
• Performs duties of housekeeper when not assigned project work.
• Ejects trash, biomedical waste and recyclables and transports to central collection site.
• Transports from site to compactor/recycling dock.
• Operates compactor.
• Packages biomedical waste.
• Strips and refinishes floors, extracts carpets.
• Dry mops and wet mops floors.
• Washes walls and windows.
• Hangs and removes draperies and cubicle curtains.
• Washes, repairs beds, wheelchairs, geri chairs and other patient equipment and/or furnishings.
• Moves, removes, and relocates furniture, furnishings, equipment, etc. as directed.
• Sets up for meetings, activities and special programs.
• Performs isolation and terminal cleaning following prescribed procedures.
• Communicates effectively and tactfully with residents/patients recognizing their age, needs, abilities and physical condition.
• Attends department & MHC meetings and inservice programs.
• Understands and follows universal precautions as it pertains to their department.
• Performs all duties in a manner that demonstrates safety, respect, care and concern for our residents/patients/clients and staff.
• Reports to clinical staff any concerns that might warrant attention on behalf of the resident.
• Maintain a healthy, clean, safe environment for the population of MHC.
• Operates vacuum cleaners and some mechanical floor/carpet machinery.
• Removes and hangs window draperies and cubicle curtains.
• Washes window draperies and cubicle curtains.
• Washes walls, vents, etc.
• Affords assistance to other MHC Departments as needed.
• Performs other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High School or GED
• Experience: Must have floor care experience, and On-the-job Training
• Licenses: CT Drivers License in good standing