Custodial Worker; rotating shifts - McKeesport

Position: Custodial Worker (rotating shifts) - UPMC McKeesport
UPMC McKeesport is currently hiring a fulltime Custodial Worker to join our team!

Have you always wanted to get your healthcare career started?  Are you interested in a position that offers terrific benefits and opportunities to grow?  Do you enjoy working "hands on" in a team environment?  Then you may be a perfect fit for our role in the Environmental Services Department at UPMC McKeesport.

UPMC McKeesport is currently looking to hire a fulltime Custodial Worker to work rotating shifts including day, evening and overnight.  This role will also have weekend and holiday responsibility.

UPMC offers a competitive benefits package and an opportunity to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint.

Apply to see where your career can go!

Purpose:

Clean and service building areas according to established procedures. Move furniture, equipment, and supplies in and around hospital departments and performs a variety of environmental service duties to maintain the hospital in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition.

Responsibilities:

+ Clean patient rooms, including operating rooms, as assigned daily and performs terminal cleaning of patient rooms at discharge.

+ Strictly adhere to all policies and practices relative to patient care and hospital related information.

+ Operate various types of cleaning equipment, both mechanical and electrical, i.e. buffers, wringers, scrubbers, vacuums.

+ Clean and disinfect equipment including but not limited to bedside commodes, IV standard and pumps, and specialty equipment and wheeled equipment.

+ Clean assigned areas by washing furniture with an EPA approved germicidal solution.

+ Scrub and strip hard floors, and refinish floors using a floor maintenance program, chemicals, and machines.

+ Re-stock unit-specific equipment and supplies as assigned (refer to area signature service sheet).

+ Complete and document daily routine responsibilities on the unit including but not limited to signature service log, designated equipment maintenance checks, etc.

+ Collect soiled linens, trash, and waste (including infectious waste) from all areas of the hospital as assigned, disinfect garbage cans, and disinfect/clean compactor area.

+ Ensure equipment malfunctions are properly tagged, reported, and delivered to the appropriate department.

+ Ensure storerooms and trash chute rooms are clean and organized.

+ Shampoo and extract carpets, furniture and runners, cleans stairways, elevators and baseboards.

+ High school diploma or equivalent

+ 1 year previous job experience required in lieu of High school diploma/equivalent

+ Ability to follow written and verbal instructions in order to successfully complete custodial duties and the ability to use custodial equipment required

+ Prior job experience preferred

+ May in the course of duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran