Website Massachusetts General Hospital
Job Description:
Under general supervision and following established procedures, performs a variety of tasks to maintain the cleanliness and orderliness of the Emergency room
Job Responsibilities:
- Moves and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning.
- Vacuums, spot cleans carpeted floors and weather mats.
- Occasionally helps to train new employees to perform assigned tasks.
- Dry dusts, damp dusts and washes horizontal and vertical surfaces, such as walls, doors, partitions, as well as ledges, pipes, corners, and other hard-to-reach surfaces using step stools or ladders as necessary.
- Cleans and polishes mirrors, stainless steel, brass, and other decorative materials as necessary. Removes graffiti.
- Sweeps, dust mops and wet-mops hard and resilient floors of assigned areas according to procedures. May use autoscrubber or other types of powered equipment to clean or polish floors.
- Dusts, washes and polishes moveable and fixed furniture and equipment items such as tables, desks, file cabinets and waste receptacles as required.
- Selects materials, supplies, and equipment from designated areas. Loads supplies onto cart and transports work cart to assigned areas.
Job Requirements:
- Knowledge of cleaning techniques, materials, supply and chemical usage, and the operation of manual and power equipment.
- Must be able to speak, read and write English.
- Ability to stand, walk, push, pull, bend, crouch, lift, reach and stretch throughout the work day.
- May climb and work from ladders
- Push, pull, and move items weighing up to 75 pounds, occasionally lifting items weighing approximately 30 pounds.
- Interpersonal skills to exchange information courteously with patients, visitors, or office staff.
- Must be able to operate heavy equipment, such as, but not limited to, buffers, vauums, autoscrubbers, wetvacs
- Understand oral instructions and follow printed label instructions in English.
Qualification & Experience:
- Exposure to extremely unpleasant cleaning tasks.
- Occasional exposure to one or more hazardous conditions, such as infectious diseases, needle punctures, mildly toxic chemicals (acids and strong alkylines), biohazardous materials, odors, etc.
Job Details:
Company: Massachusetts General Hospital
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Boston, MA, US
Application Deadline: N/A
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