Custodian

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Custodian

• Department:

  61025-Custodial Services

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  0.6

• Shift

  1st

• Search #:

  2025-1053

• Closing Date:

  03/27/2025

• Recruiter:

  Alexander, Donna

Additional Links:

• This position is covered by the NP-2 Maintenance & Services Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current NP-2 Contract.
• This position is in Salary Group TC-09; click here to review the current TC pay plan.
• This position is part of a classified bargaining unit. Benefits available are:

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for performing the full range of basic tasks in the cleaning and maintenance of buildings. This position will work in Housekeeping and the Regulated Medical Waste Storage Room at UConn Health located in Farmington, CT. This position will be required to provide housekeeping services at multiple buildings on the UConn Health Campus including but not limited to; Outpatient Pavilion, UConn Health Surgery Center, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, Munson Road, ASB, UConn Health John Dempsey Hospital and University Tower.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Initially works under the close supervision of a Lead Custodian, Supervising Custodian or an employee of higher grade; works more independently with acquired experience.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: May oversee work of patients or students assigned to assist in custodial duties (this patient and/or student involvement includes physical safety aspects and providing some simple instruction; it does not include rehabilitation or responsibility for the quantity or quality of work).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY: Some interpersonal skills; some oral and written communication skills; ability to follow oral and written instructions; ability to operate, care for and perform minor maintenance on tools and equipment used in daily work; some ability in simple record keeping.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: Any experience and training which would provide the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Incumbents in this class may be required to possess appropriate current licenses or permits.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT: Employees appointed to positions in this class must have adequate physical strength and stamina to lift, push and/or pull at least 50 lbs., must have visual and auditory acuity and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties of the class. A physical examination may be required.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Custodial experience.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: Performs custodial tasks and maintenance of areas such as patient rooms, dormitories, classrooms, offices, auditoriums, wards, kitchens, dining rooms and lavatories including outdoor areas (i.e. trash around buildings); dusts, mops, vacuums, sweeps, scrubs, strips, waxes and polishes floors using appropriate equipment such as floor polishers and buffers; washes, dusts and polishes glass including windows, woodwork, walls, furniture and metal equipment; changes curtains, makes beds; checks, marks, stores and issues linens, blankets, and clothing (limited to individual's work area not to include counting and inspection for a larger area); collects and counts soiled laundry; distributes, empties and sterilizes glassware, wash basins and bedpans; sweeps walks; collects and dispose of trash and regulated medical waste; reports needs for repairs; performs minor maintenance; runs errands; inspects buildings for damage and reports conditions to supervisor; may be required to work on a ladder; may change light bulbs and replace fuses; may lubricate or tighten door hinges, drawers, cabinets, etc.; may replace ceiling or floor tiles; may remove snow and ice from stairways and walkways around buildings; may sand and salt stairways and walkways; may move furniture and/or set-up classrooms; performs related duties as required.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Incumbents in this class may be required to lift moderate to heavy weights and may be exposed to risk of injury from equipment and/or patients and/or clients.

SCHEDULE: Part time, 45 hours every two weeks, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, holidays are required as scheduled, in urgent/emergency situations must be able to work other mandated shifts, 30-minute unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.