UCSF

Public health sciences university in San Francisco

Senior Custodian

Janitorial ServicesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSan Francisco, CA, USA$29.39 - $39.61In-person

About the Job

Requirements

Ability to clean and maintain assigned areas in conformance with established procedures and standards.
Good working knowledge of appropriate cleaning methods, materials, and the proper use and care of floor machines, including buffers, electric or battery-operated automatic scrubbers, vacuum cleaners, shampooing or scrubbing machines, floor strippers or scrubbers, floor driers, and electric or gasoline air floor sweepers.
Ability to apply appropriate cleaning methods and techniques in special areas by following given guidelines.
General knowledge of equipment needed in emergencies such as floods, disasters, or fires.
Ability to maintain harmonious working relationships with associates, supervisors, and hospital staff members.
Ability to read, write, and follow simple oral and written instructions.
Up to one year of satisfactory work experience in hospital, hotel, or industrial janitorial cleaning.
Willingness and ability to occasionally tolerate unpleasant sights and odors, such as blood, chemical odors, and vomit.
Good grooming and personal cleanliness, and willingness to wear prescribed attire.
Ability to meet physical demands: stand and walk most of the workday; turn, stoop, crouch, and reach while cleaning; and lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
Ability to lift and move furniture and equipment, and to perform duties using gloves if skin cannot tolerate cleaning chemicals or solutions.
Willingness to work in any area or shift, including weekends, holidays, and overtime as requested.

Responsibilities

Collect and dispose of solid waste and soiled linen while following infection control policies. Empty and clean waste receptacles, replace liners, label and remove infectious and non-infectious waste, collect soiled linen, and transport waste and linen using designated carts and trucks.
Sweep, dust mop, and wet mop hard floors; spot mop stains or spills; vacuum and spot-clean carpets; strip and scrub floors; apply floor finish or sealer; burnish floors; shampoo carpets and furniture; and clean baseboards, door kick plates, and elevator tracks using standard cleaning equipment.
Operate electric or battery-powered floor polishers, floor scrubbers, automatic scrubbers, burnishers, steam cleaners, carpet shampoo machines, carpet extractors, furniture shampoos, and heavy-duty wet/dry vacuums.
Dust and wash furniture and fixtures in offices, classrooms, shops, conference rooms, laboratories, kitchens, dining rooms, laundry rooms, nurse stations, patient rooms, and other areas. Clean tables, chairs, lockers, IV stands, wall-mounted fixtures, appliances, water fountains, vents, blinds, desks, counters, cabinets, shelves, windowsills, doors, and partitions.
Wash and sanitize restroom walls, toilets, urinals, sinks, mirrors, dispensers, plumbing fixtures, showers, bathtubs, soap dishes, handrails, and shower fixtures; use ladders or movable stepladders when needed.
Requisition paper supplies, hand lotion and soap, cleaning chemicals and solutions, shampoo, wax stripper, floor finish and sealers, mop heads, buffing or stripping pads, and shampoo pads.
Wear eye protection and gloves when mixing chemicals or cleaning agents; maintain an adequate inventory of properly labeled cleaning materials and supplies in assigned storage closets; refill labeled secondary containers and spray bottles, and refill dispensers in bathrooms and handwashing stations.
Perform other related duties as instructed by the immediate supervisor and move to other work areas as operational needs dictate.
Clean beds after patient discharges or transfers, gurneys, portable commodes, chart racks, and medicine carts; wash trash cans and tilt trucks; sweep grounds; move beds or lightweight furniture; strip and make beds; and inspect own work.
Report missing furniture, needed repairs, unauthorized persons, fires, and safety hazards; secure or lock the work area; and respond to emergencies by following procedures for fires, disasters, or floods.
Work on a rotating schedule that may include weekends, holidays, and overtime.

Desired Qualifications

Successful completion of basic custodial training is desired but not required.

Duties and Essential Job Functions:

15% COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND SOILED LINEN
Follows Infection Control Policies. Empties and cleans waste receptacles and replaces plastic liners. Labels, collects and removes infectious and non-infectious waste material from assigned areas. Collects soiled linen from patient areas and disposes of it via linen chute or by transporting it in covered soiled linen carts. Uses large tilt trucks to transport regular waste to a disposal unit or compactor. Uses hand trucks for the transportation of infectious waste containers to designated area or unit for safekeeping and proper disposal.
30% Floor Care:

The Floor Care job consists of sweep/dust mop and wet mop hard floors in rooms for non-patient or patient use, laboratories, bathrooms, hallways and stairways; spot mop to remove stains or spillage; vacuum clean carpets in offices, patient rooms, waiting areas, conference rooms, libraries, hallways, stairways, etc., spot clean carpets; uses standard cleaning equipment to strip or scrub floors, apply floor finish/sealer, burnish floors, shampoo carpets and furniture, clean baseboards, door kick plates, elevator tracks; operates electric and/or battery powered equipment including but not limited to floor polishers, floor scrubbers, automatic scrubbers, burnishes, steam cleaners, carpet shampoo machines, carpet extractors, furniture shampoos, and heavy duty dry/wet pick up vacuum cleaners, etc.

50% General Cleaning:

Dust and/or washes furniture and fixtures in offices, classrooms, shops, conference rooms, laboratories, kitchens, dining rooms, laundry rooms, nurse stations, patient rooms and non-patient rooms and/or areas; clean over bed tables, side tables, chairs, patients and staff lockers, IV stands, all wall mounted fixtures, including thermometers, lamps, television sets and brackets; clean ice machines, refrigerators, water fountains, vents, venetian blinds, blackboards, telephones, computer tables, counter tops, desks and table tops, cabinets tops, shelves, bookshelves, window sills, doors, partitions, etc., in restrooms, washes and sanitizes walls, toilet bowls, urinals, sinks, mirrors, soap dispensers, toilet tissue and towel dispensers, seat cover dispensers, plumbing fixtures; clean showers and bathtubs, soap dishes, handrails and shower fixtures. May use ladders and movable stepladders to perform some cleaning tasks.

3% Supplies and Equipment:

Requisition paper supplies, hand lotion/soap, chemicals/cleaning solutions, shampoo, wax stripper, floor finish/sealers, mop heads, buffing/striping pads, and shampoo pads. Observes safety regulations by wearing eye protection and gloves when mixing chemicals or cleaning agents; maintains an adequate inventory in assigned storage closets of properly labeled cleaning materials and other supplies; refill properly labeled secondary containers/spray bottles; refill dispensers in bathrooms and other hand washing stations.

2% Other Functions and Responsibilities:

Performs other related duties as instructed by immediate supervisor; may be reassigned to other work areas as operational needs dictate; clean beds after patient discharges or transfers, clean gurneys, portable commodes, chart racks, medicine carts; wash trash cans, trash tilt trucks, sweep grounds; move beds and/or light weight furniture within a unit or between floors; strip beds; make beds inspects own work, reports missing furniture, repairs needed; secure/locks work area, reports unauthorized person on the premises; report fires or safety hazards; respond to emergencies, following procedures, as in the case of fires, disasters or floods.

Ability to clean and maintain assigned areas in conformance with established procedures and standards.
Good working knowledge of appropriate cleaning methods, material and proper use and care of floor machines e.g. Buffers, electric or battery operated automatic scrubbers, vacuum cleaners, shampooed/scrubbing machines, regular floor stripper/scrubber, floor drier, electric or gasoline air floor sweepers.
Ability to apply appropriates cleaning methods and techniques in special areas following given guidelines.
General knowledge of equipment needed in emergencies such as floods, disaster or fires.
Ability to maintain harmonious working relationship with associates, supervisor and hospital staff members.
Ability to read, write and follow simple oral and written instructions.
Up to one year of satisfactory work experience in hospitals, hotels and industrial janitorial cleaning. Successful completion of basic custodial training desired but not required.
Willingness and ability to tolerate, occasionally, some unpleasant sight and odors, e.g. blood, chemical odors, remains of vomiting, etc.
Good grooming and personal cleanliness and willingness to wear prescribed attire.
Ability to meet physical demands involved. Stands and walks most of working day. A turn stoops, crouches, and reaches in performing cleaning tasks. Lift and carries up to 50 pounds.
Ability to lift and move furniture and equipment. Ability to perform duties using gloves if skin cannot tolerate cleaning chemicals or solutions.
Work schedule maybe on a rotating basis with every other weekend off. Willingness to work in any area or shift, including weekends, holidays, and overtime as requested.

Budgeted Job Salary Range: 29.39-39.61

About the Company

UCSF

Public health sciences university in San Francisco

UC San Francisco is a public research university in San Francisco focused solely on health sciences, combining professional education with biomedical research and patient care. Its schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy train clinicians and scientists, while teams investigate cancer, immunology, genomics and neuroscience. UCSF Medical Center and Benioff Children's Hospitals connect clinical care with faculty research and training, and university clinics serve patients across Northern California. Founded in 1864, UCSF is the University of California campus dedicated to graduate and professional education and biomedical research, based in San Francisco.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
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Headquarters: Not listed
Founded: 1864

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