Cleaner

Cleaner

Employer: Stony Brook University. Cleaner **Position Summary:** At the Long Island State Veterans Home, our Cleaners are valuable members of our team, and are primarily responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, germ-free and home-like environment for our residents, families and staff. **Duties of a Cleaner may include the following but are not limited to:** + Washes floors, corridors, stairs and stairwells, walls partitions, windows from the inside or outside of buildings using mops, brushes, detergents, buffers, floor scrubbers, and other cleaning implements. + Collects, transports and disposes of medical waste or spoiled linens in accordance with cleaning procedures. + Strips and waxes floors; vacuums and shampoos carpets; and dusts assigned areas using manual or mechanical equipment. + Cleans and scrubs all areas of lavatories and locker rooms, such as sinks, urinals, toilets, showers, shower walls and drains, locker room common areas. + Replaces light bulbs, dusts or washes light fixtures and high places such as ceilings using ladders and scaffolds. + Cleans and polishes furniture, metal fixtures and equipment. + Removes hazardous articles on floors, furniture, and equipment and places them in designated receptacles or in appropriate places. + Moves furniture and equipment in connection with cleaning activities. + Changes curtains and drapes, and hangs pictures and other decorative objects. + Empties trash, recyclables, and waste, in accordance with cleaning schedule. + Assembles cleaning cart to conform to assigned cleaning duties, and mixes and properly dilutes cleaning solutions in accordance with manufacturer directions. + Wears appropriate protective clothing, and other specialized protective equipment to align with the assigned cleaning assignments. + Checks supplies and equipment functioning, and notifies supervisor of low supply levels, equipment malfunction, and building maintenance issues noted during cleaning. + May be assigned to remove snow; clean