What are the responsibilities and job description for the Floor Technician position at Oceanside Care Center.?
Floor Technician Position Purpose: Ensures the provision of a clean environment for our residents and staff, providing high quality services and high standards of cleanliness, ensuring compliance with infection control procedures.
Floor Technician Required Qualifications:
Minimum requirements include the following:
- High school diploma or GED diploma
- Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the English language.
- Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and perform basic math computations as needed.
- Previous long term care experience preferred.
Department: Housekeeping
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Carries out all cleaning duties as directed by the Environmental Services Director according to required department policies and procedures.
- Ensures that daily, weekly, monthly floor maintaining schedules are followed.
- Sweeps, spot mops, and buffs all tiled hallways sufficiently by 10:00AM every day.
- Sweeps, spot mops and buffs all tiled resident rooms sufficiently 2-3 x’s a week or as scheduled by Environmental Services Director.
- The floor technician daily schedule shall be used to document completion.
- Deep cleans, strips and waxes all tiled resident rooms and common areas on a four to six-month cycle or as scheduled by Environmental Services Director.
- Removes furniture and residents from area before work is performed. (get nursing assistance with resident transfer to location of their choice)
- Collects and empties facility trash at least twice daily on all nursing units or as scheduled by the Environmental Services Director.
- Maintains a high standard of personal presentation and hygiene.
- Ensures that all cleaning equipment is correctly and safely used and kept in a safe condition. Reports any defect to the department director.
- Practices sensitivity to the privacy and individual needs of the residents.
- Adheres to infection control policies at all times.
- Adheres to correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements.
- Ensures all necessary documentation is completed daily.
- Carries out other duties as assigned by the Environmental Services Director.
- Keeps supervisor informed of factors that interfere with being able to perform the work as assigned (i.e. resident issues, equipment issues).
- Reports any untoward event immediately to supervisor.
