Floor Care Specialist

Singing River Health System • Ocean Springs, MS

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Floor Care Specialist cleans, strips and waxes floors, shampoos carpets, and extracts in main corridors, patient rooms, office areas, clinics, support areas, and other assigned areas. The role operates cleaning equipment proficiently, safely, and effectively, including vacuum cleaners (dry and wet type), floor scrubbers, pressure washers, high-speed burnishers, rotary carpet machines, carpet extractors, and dry foam shampooers.

When needed, the Floor Care Specialist serves as an Environmental Services Aide, cleaning patient rooms, units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, lobbies, lounges, bathrooms, corridors, entrances, elevators, and stairways in a timely, neat, and sanitary manner. The specialist ensures infectious medical waste is placed in biohazardous containers and removed to the central trash room. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements, or working conditions; management may revise the job or assign other tasks.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Complete the appropriate level of de-escalation training by the end of position orientation (90 days).
• A minimum of one year of experience stripping and waxing floors and shampooing carpets is preferred.
• Experience using assigned chemicals, supplies, and tools is preferred.
• Must be able to work assigned schedules, with the understanding that off days, shifts, or weekends may change according to hospital needs.
• Must be able to remain active for extended periods without undue fatigue.
• Must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication, customer service, professional etiquette, attention to detail, multitasking, decision-making, and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Must be proficient with computers and keyboard use, and able to use office technology such as telephones and fax machines, as well as MS Outlook and Word.
• Must be able to maintain collaborative and respectful working relationships.
• Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least one year of experience stripping and waxing floors and shampooing carpets.
• Experience utilizing assigned chemicals, supplies, and tools.

Responsibilities

• Clean, strip, and wax floors; shampoo and extract carpets in assigned areas.
• Operate cleaning equipment proficiently, safely, and effectively, including vacuum cleaners, floor scrubbers, pressure washers, high-speed burnishers, rotary carpet machines, carpet extractors, and dry foam shampooers.
• Serve as an Environmental Services Aide when needed by cleaning patient rooms, units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, lobbies, lounges, bathrooms, corridors, entrances, elevators, and stairways.
• Ensure infectious medical waste is placed in biohazardous containers and removed to the central trash room.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED