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U of U Healthcare is hiring: Custodian in Farmington

U of U Healthcare, Farmington, UT, United States, 84025

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Overview

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research, and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, quality, and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position performs various cleaning tasks to provide all staff, visitors, and patients a safe and clean environment. The incumbent maintains high standards of cleanliness, sanitation, and freedom from hazards and infections. This position has the authority to experience a certain degree of autonomy in simply "keeping up" an assigned area under their jurisdiction, making independent judgments on needed activities and projects. Incumbents may function as a team leader on specific assignments or activities involving personnel of the same job classification. Challenges encountered in this position include working around patients, visitors, and staff without causing any disruptions, working with patient care units and other departments with specialized cleaning needs and hazards, and determining if chemical spills are medical, infectious, or a routine spill and then the appropriate procedure to follow in disposing of the spill. This position is not responsible for providing patient care.

Responsibilities

  1. Sweeps, cleans, mops, scrubs, and dusts floors.
  2. Cleans toilets, basins, showers, bathtubs, patient beds, and scrubs walls.
  3. Dusts, cleans, and vacuums furniture, fixtures, doors, and related furnishings by using appropriate cleaning supplies.
  4. Operates and maintains electric floor machines, snow blowers, industrial vacuums, carpet shampooing equipment, and upholstery shampooing equipment.
  5. Cleans, refinishes, and maintains a variety of floor coverings.
  6. Cleans patient rooms, beds, waiting areas, and examination tables.
  7. Labels and removes infectious waste bags and containers.
  8. Transports custodial supplies and equipment to and from storage and work areas.
  9. Replaces sharps containers, transports trash and refuse, removes empty boxes, and organizes closets.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

  1. Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
  2. Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
  3. Ability to use basic electronic devices in the course of daily work.

Qualifications

Qualifications Required

  1. Entry-level position.
  2. Dependent upon assigned department, a valid Utah driver's license may be required.

Qualifications (Preferred)

  1. Six (6) months of related experience.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

  1. This position involves intermediate working conditions in a healthcare setting that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require light work involving lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects involving patient care or medical equipment. This position may be required to use a 6-foot step ladder. This position may stand for sustained periods of time and/or walk for long distances moving from one work site to another. This position may be exposed to chemical hazards.

Physical Requirements

  1. Carrying
  2. Climbing
  3. Color Determination
  4. Crawling
  5. Far Vision
  6. Lifting
  7. Listening
  8. Manual Dexterity
  9. Near Vision
  10. Non Indicated
  11. Pulling and/or Pushing
  12. Reaching
  13. Sitting
  14. Speaking
  15. Standing
  16. Stooping and Crouching
  17. Tasting or Smelling
  18. Walking

Multi-lingual Candidates Welcomed

To inquire about this posting, email: careers@hsc.utah.edu

EEO Statement

University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, a part of The University of Utah, values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified persons with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

Requisition Number 74742
Reg/Temp Regular
Employment Type Full-Time
Shift Evening
Work Schedule 5:30pm-2am with rotating weekends
Clinical/Non-Clinical Status Non-Clinical
Location Name Farmington Health Center
Workplace Set Up On-site
City Farmington
State UT
Department UCC CST 80F FMHC Env Services
Category Facilities/Trades/Materials
Workplace Set Up On-site #J-18808-Ljbffr