Waxer/ Stripper - Environmental Services

Union 1199

7d•$25 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor, this role involves stripping, waxing, and buffing floors and corridors, along with performing various housekeeping duties to maintain the hospital in an orderly and sanitary condition. The position supports the hospital's mission, vision, and value statement by adhering to patient, staff, and visitor safety, patient confidentiality, and the Hospital's standard of customer service. Duties include dry/wet mopping, maintaining floor care programs (stripping, waxing, scrubbing, re-coating, restoring), using various floor machines, and ensuring proper use of wet floor signs. The role also requires cleaning and maintaining all areas of the hospital, including restrooms, walls, furniture, ledges, windows, ceilings, vents, and all physical surfaces. High and low dusting of horizontal and vertical surfaces using ladders and scaffolds is also part of the job. Responsibilities extend to transporting and disposing of refuse (infectious and non-infectious) according to city/state codes, vacuuming, spot cleaning, extracting, and shampooing carpets. The position requires organizing, cleaning, and maintaining the housekeeping closet and slop sink area, and storing equipment appropriately before breaks. All equipment must be cleaned at the end of each shift before storage. Cleaning and maintaining elevators, preparing on-site/off-site meeting rooms (cleaning, setting up, breaking down, storage), removing and transporting beds/equipment/furnishings, changing mattresses, and assembling beds are also included. The role follows prescribed methods for preparing discharge rooms, including isolation cleaning, completing discharge cleaning, removing linen, and making beds. Additionally, it involves receiving, packing, and distributing linen hospital-wide, and transporting, packing, weighing, and preparing soiled linen for pick-up. Removing and replacing linen, and making beds in on-call doctor's rooms are also duties. The position requires removing debris in outside areas, maintaining the exterior of the building using brooms, power washers, hoses, and blowers, and performing snow and ice removal.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Ability to read, comprehend and follow instructions
Capable of using equipment and tools necessary for performance of duty
Interacts positively with patients, staff and visitors
Follows established procedure

Nice To Haves

3 to 6 months hospital housekeeping experience

Responsibilities

Strips, waxes, and buffs floors and corridors.
Maintains floor care program including stripping, waxing, scrubbing, re-coating, and restoring.
Cleans and maintains all areas of the hospital, including restrooms, walls, furniture, ledges, windows, ceilings, vents, and all physical surfaces.
Performs high dusting/low dusting of all horizontal and vertical surfaces.
Transports and disposes of refuse, both infectious and non-infectious.
Vacuums, spot cleans, extracts, and shampoos carpeting.
Organizes, cleans, and maintains the housekeeping closet and slop sink area.
Cleans and maintains entire elevators.
Prepares on-site/off-site meeting rooms, including cleaning, setting up, breaking down, and storage.
Removes beds, equipment, and furnishings from floors and transports them to specific areas.
Completes discharge cleaning, removal of linen, and making of beds.
Receives, packs, and distributes linen hospital-wide.
Transports, packs, weighs, and prepares soiled linen for pick-up.
Removes and replaces linen and makes beds in on-call doctor's rooms.
Removes debris in outside areas and maintains the exterior of the building.
Performs snow and ice removal.