Long VAMC - Janitor

The Janitor is a full-time, contract-based position supporting environmental cleaning and housekeeping operations at the VA Medical Center in Long Beach, California.

Ham Hed LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing property maintenance and facility support services to federal, state, and local government customers. Established in 2003, Ham Hed supports government facilities throughout the United States with services including janitorial and facility cleaning, floor care, window cleaning, recycling and waste management, and other facility-support services.

This Janitor position performs cleaning, disinfecting, floor care, restroom cleaning, waste removal, and general housekeeping throughout a working medical facility. Because this work takes place in a healthcare setting, attention to detail, proper cleaning and disinfection procedures, safety, and infection-control practices are especially important. Employees may clean exam rooms, restrooms, waiting areas, offices, break rooms, corridors, stairwells, elevators, and other clinical and non-clinical spaces.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Clean and disinfect patient-care, clinical, administrative, and common areas using approved healthcare cleaning procedures.
• Sweep, dust mop, wet mop, vacuum, scrub, buff, burnish, strip, wax, and otherwise maintain floors.
• Clean and disinfect restrooms, showers, sinks, toilets, urinals, fixtures, partitions, and other surfaces.
• Clean exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, break rooms, corridors, stairwells, elevators, and other assigned spaces.
• Empty, clean, and reline trash receptacles and properly handle designated waste, including biohazard waste as assigned and trained.
• Clean glass, mirrors, doors, walls, counters, baseboards, furniture, fixtures, and other surfaces.
• Dust and disinfect horizontal and high-touch surfaces.
• Refill restroom and facility dispensers and maintain supplies in assigned areas.
• Respond promptly to spills, messes, and other cleaning needs.
• Perform routine and detailed floor care, including carpet cleaning and spot treatment.
• Perform terminal and other enhanced healthcare cleaning procedures as assigned and trained.
• Safely fill, move, lift, carry, and empty mop buckets and other cleaning containers.
• Push, pull, maneuver, and operate commercial cleaning and floor-care equipment.
• Properly use cleaning chemicals, PPE, wet-floor signs, and other safety equipment.
• Follow infection-control, safety, security, and facility procedures at all times.
• Complete assigned cleaning schedules and meet established quality standards.

The contract includes sweeping, mopping, stripping, waxing, burnishing, carpet cleaning, high/low dusting, restroom cleaning, wall and grout cleaning, sink cleaning, trash removal, and general housekeeping duties in a hospital setting.

Healthcare or clinical cleaning experience is preferred. Candidates with janitorial, commercial cleaning, custodial, environmental services, housekeeping, floor-care, or other relevant cleaning experience are also encouraged to apply.

We’re looking for people who are:

• Reliable and punctual.
• Detail-oriented and thorough.
• Comfortable working in an active healthcare environment.
• Able to follow established cleaning, disinfection, infection-control, and safety procedures.
• Able to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Professional and respectful when interacting with Veterans, visitors, VA personnel, and coworkers.
• Able to perform physical and repetitive cleaning tasks throughout the scheduled shift.
• Able to successfully complete the required VA background, credentialing, and badging process.

The contract requires…