Custodial Worker 1

Are you a self-motivated and reliable individual who likes cleaning and helping others? Do you take pride in seeing the results of your work? The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) , Southwestern Veterans' Home is seeing a Custodial Worker 1. If you want to help maintain buildings and grounds for veterans and their spouses, staff, and visitors, then we want to talk to you!
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As a Custodial Worker 1, you will perform cleaning duties throughout the facility. You will deep clean resident rooms, common areas, nurse stations, kitchen areas, transportation vehicles, and visitation booths. You will also have general cleaning duties such as mopping, scrubbing, waxing, polishing, dusting, and sweeping. This role requires maintaining a safe working environment while using solvents and chemicals as well as a genuine desire to provide a safe and healthy environment for veterans and their spouses, staff, and visitors. In addition, you will move furniture and equipment, dispose of infectious waste and recycling, shovel snow, and remove debris from sidewalks and entry areas.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM, with a 30-minute lunch. You will work rotating days and weekends.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Additional Requirements:

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Willingness to work in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Willingness to work 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM
• Work experience as a custodian, janitor, or cleaning person in an assisted living facility, nursing home, or hospital is preferred. (Experience might include such things as cleaning restrooms; cleaning resident rooms, offices or public areas; mopping, scrubbing, dusting, sweeping, buffing, etc.)
• Experience interacting with patients or residents while cleaning in patient/resident rooms or a dining room setting
• Experience cleaning bodily fluids and disposing infectious waste into proper storage areas

Legal Requirements:

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
  • Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

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If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.