Floor Technician - Housekeeping

Prime Healthcare•Chino, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Services Floor Technician maintains a high level of cleanliness in the hospital and adjacent buildings, which may require traveling between facilities without assistance. The role completes floor-care projects such as stripping, waxing, and refinishing hard-surface flooring; carpet extracting and bonnet buffing; and restorative scrubbing of ceramic tile. The technician works independently and as part of a team, responds to and initiates communications using phones, handheld radios, or pagers, and performs other tasks as assigned. Under the general supervision of the EVS Director, Manager, Supervisor, or Lead, the technician cleans and maintains floors and carpets throughout assigned hospital areas using standard procedures and chemicals. Duties include floor scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, carpet shampooing and extraction, cleaning corners, edges, and baseboards, trash removal, buffing and burnishing, elevator-track and stairwell cleaning, upholstery cleaning, conference-room setups, and other floor and carpet maintenance. The technician performs routine floor cleaning in a neat and sanitary manner; mops, sweeps, scrubs, and strips floors; applies sealers and finishes; vacuums traffic areas and visible carpet debris; spot-cleans carpets using extraction and bonneting methods; and maintains hard floors without buildup in corners. The role includes dust mopping and polishing floors to restore shine and a uniform appearance. The technician keeps equipment clean and operational, secures work areas with safety signs, reports hazards, locks and unlocks doors and windows as necessary, turns off lights in unoccupied rooms, observes safety precautions, and leaves equipment and cleaning materials clean and ready for use at the end of each shift. Work is performed independently with normal supervision, and shifts may be day, evening, or night as assigned.

Requirements

At least one year of knowledge of acute-care hospital environmental-services techniques, practices, and procedures.
Ability to read, understand, and communicate effectively.
Ability to understand written and verbal instructions and use common-sense understanding to follow instructions.
Must be able to communicate and understand English.

Nice To Haves

Two years of Floor Technician experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain cleanliness in the hospital and adjacent buildings, traveling between facilities when necessary.
Complete floor-care projects, including stripping, waxing, and refinishing hard floors; carpet extraction and bonnet buffing; and restorative scrubbing of ceramic tile.
Clean and maintain floors and carpets in assigned hospital areas using standard cleaning procedures and chemicals.
Perform floor scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, carpet shampooing and extraction, and cleaning of floor corners, edges, and baseboards.
Remove trash; buff and burnish floors; clean elevator tracks and stairwells; clean upholstery; and set up conference rooms.
Mop, sweep, scrub, and strip floors; apply floor sealers and finishes; and dust mop hard floors.
Vacuum traffic areas and visible carpet debris and spot-clean carpets using extraction and bonneting methods.
Polish floors to restore shine and achieve a high-gloss, uniform appearance in traffic areas.
Keep equipment clean and in good operating condition, and leave equipment and cleaning materials clean and ready to use at the end of the shift.
Secure work areas with safety signs, report safety hazards, and observe safety precautions.
Lock and unlock doors and windows as necessary and turn off lights in unoccupied rooms.
Respond to and initiate communications using phones, handheld radios, pagers, or other means.
Provide respectful customer service and maintain respectful relationships with others.
Work independently and as part of a team, and perform other related duties as directed.