Temporary Aide - Custodian I

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the Bruce McCandless Community Living Center, which is part of the Colorado State Veterans Homes. These facilities are state-owned and operated skilled-nursing facilities dedicated to serving veterans. The philosophy of the facility is to provide residents with a home where life and love abound, emphasizing excellent customer service and respecting resident choices. The job duties involve performing daily cleaning, sanitizing, and servicing of assigned work areas according to established schedules and procedures. This includes utilizing approved disinfectants, cleaners, chemicals, and equipment, following the established "7-step" Program and Routine. The role also includes performing floor work such as scrubbing, spot cleaning, and shampooing. Additionally, the position is responsible for handling, sorting, loading, unloading, folding, assigning, hanging, ironing, repairing, mending, labeling, and distributing resident laundry and facility linen in a timely manner. This involves using approved disinfectants, cleaners, detergents, bleaching agents, soft/sour agents, spotters, and associated chemicals. The employee must know and follow procedures for Universal Precautions and the operation of all laundry equipment. Record keeping and assisting with minor maintenance tasks like changing lamps, changing filters, snow removal, and light groundskeeping are also part of the responsibilities.

Requirements

6 months experience cleaning in a business, medical or industrial setting.
State of Colorado residency at the time of application and throughout employment.
Willingness to test for Tuberculosis (TB).
Willingness to work shift work, including days, evenings, weekends, or holidays.
Willingness to use, handle, or be exposed to hazardous materials: oven cleaner, sanitizer, and bleach.
Disclosure of any disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination from former State employment, with an explanation, if applicable.

Nice To Haves

Previous custodial experience in a long-term care or hospital facility.
Previous experience in commercial laundry processing.
Paying attention to detail.
Strong time management skills.
Ability to handle multiple tasks.
Working in a team environment to complete daily workloads and provide support when necessary outside of assigned areas.
Excellent customer service skills to include communication with and responding to all levels of employees.

Responsibilities

Perform daily cleaning, sanitizing, and servicing of assigned work area as per assigned work schedule and procedures.
Utilize approved disinfectants, cleaners, associated chemicals and equipment.
Perform floor work, including scrubbing, spot cleaning, and shampooing.
Handle, sort, load, unload, fold, assign, hang, iron, repair, mend, label and distribute the Resident’s laundry and Facility linen.
Utilize approved disinfectants, cleaners, detergents, bleaching agents, soft/sour agents, spotters and associated chemicals.
Know and follow procedures in Universal Precautions as well as the programming of all Laundry Equipment.
Keep work-related records.
Assist with minor maintenance assignments, i.e., changing lamps, changing filters, snow removal, light groundskeeping duties, etc.