Custodian II

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Functional

Title:

Custodian II

Job Title:

Custodian II

Agency:
Dept of State Health Services

Department: TX Ctr for Infectious Disease

Posting Number: 13787

Closing Date: 03/13/2026

Posting Audience:
Internal and External

Occupational Category:
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

Salary Group: TEXAS-A-08

Salary Range: $2,667.00 - $3,269.08

Pay Frequency:
Monthly

Shift: Compressed Weekend

Additional

Shift: Evenings (Second)

Telework:
Not Eligible for Telework

Travel:

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full Time/Part Time:
Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:
Nonexempt

Facility

Location:

Texas Center for Infectious Disease

Job Location City: SAN ANTONIO

Job Location Address: 2303 SE MILITARY DR

Other Locations:
San Antonio

MOS Codes: ,BM,SN

Brief

Job Description:

Performs moderately complex (journey-level) custodial work-works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for initiative and independent judgment. Custodian II may perform various routine daily tasks, but often relies on direction from others to solve non-standard problems. Will serve as the Texas Center for Infectious Disease hospital-wide floater. The Custodian will clean and maintain the exterior and interior of buildings. Cleans, sanitizes, and disinfects interior surfaces in accordance with hospital Infection Control Policies and the Joint Commission Standards.

The custodian will work around patients. Collects and disposes of regular trash, medical waste, and hazardous waste. Other duties include moving dirty linen to the dirty linen pickup storage, performing periodic inventories for the EVS department, and sorting clean linen as assigned. Custodians may occasionally assist others in performing job duties of greater complexity. This position requires driving a state-owned vehicle.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Attends work regularly and may be required to work a specific shift schedule (10:00 am - 6:30 pm) or, at times, even a rotating schedule, extended shift, work every other weekend, and/or overtime following agency leave policy and performing other duties as assigned.

1. Performs all duties appropriately for the patient's age. Will have contact with hospital patients. Personal protective equipment will be used for isolation rooms. (10%)

2. Cleans and disinfects the interior and exterior of hospital buildings: patient rooms, lobbies, nurses' stations, and offices. As campus-wide floater custodians, they will cover shortages as they arise. (25%)

3. Vacuum, mop, strip, wax, and burnish floors using hand tools and electrical power equipment such as scrubbers, I-Mop, and T3 floor machines. (10%)

4. Cleans windows (inside and out using a power sprayer, sponges, squeegees, wands, and ladders, etc. (5%)

5. Cleans, dusts, and disinfects areas, including but not limited to the bath/restrooms, walls, railings, elevators, and furniture, using cleaning chemicals and a caddy provided, complies with Infection Control Policies and Standards, and Joint Commission Standards. (15%)

6. Collects and disposes of trash from offices, patient-care areas, patios, stairways, and grounds. (10%)

7. Collects medical waste, hazardous waste, and regular trash from cleaning areas and disposes of waste/trash into appropriate containers using proper personal protective equipment. Pressure wash the shamu when required. (10%)

8. Other duties may include distributing clean linen, replenishing supplies in maid carts, cleaning elevators, setting up conference rooms for meetings, and moving furniture and equipment as assigned. (5%)

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