Long Beach VAMC - Janitor

The Janitor is a full-time, contract-based position supporting environmental cleaning and housekeeping operations at the VA Medical Center in Long Beach, California. 

About HamHed

HamHed LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing property maintenance and facility support services to federal, state, and local government customers. Established in 2003, HamHed supports government facilities throughout the United States with services including janitorial and facility cleaning, floor care, window cleaning, recycling and waste management, and other facility-support services.

About the Job

This Janitor position performs cleaning, disinfecting, floor care, restroom cleaning, waste removal, and general housekeeping throughout a working medical facility. Because this work takes place in a healthcare setting, attention to detail, proper cleaning and disinfection procedures, safety, and infection-control practices are especially important. Employees may clean exam rooms, restrooms, waiting areas, offices, break rooms, corridors, stairwells, elevators, and other clinical and non-clinical spaces. 

What You’ll Do

Your responsibilities may include:

• Clean and disinfect patient-care, clinical, administrative, and common areas using approved healthcare cleaning procedures.
• Sweep, dust mop, wet mop, vacuum, scrub, buff, burnish, strip, wax, and otherwise maintain floors.
• Clean and disinfect restrooms, showers, sinks, toilets, urinals, fixtures, partitions, and other surfaces.
• Clean exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, break rooms, corridors, stairwells, elevators, and other assigned spaces.
• Empty, clean, and reline trash receptacles and properly handle designated waste, including biohazard waste as assigned and trained.
• Clean glass, mirrors, doors, walls, counters, baseboards, furniture, fixtures, and other surfaces.
• Dust and disinfect horizontal and high-touch surfaces.
• Refill restroom and facility dispensers and maintain supplies in assigned areas.
• Respond promptly to spills, messes, and other cleaning needs.
• Perform routine and detailed floor care, including carpet cleaning and spot treatment.
• Perform terminal and other enhanced healthcare cleaning procedures as assigned and trained.
• Safely fill, move, lift, carry, and empty mop buckets and other cleaning containers.
• Push, pull, maneuver, and operate commercial cleaning and floor-care equipment.
• Properly use cleaning chemicals, PPE, wet-floor signs, and other safety equipment.
• Follow infection-control, safety, security, and facility procedures at all times.
• Complete assigned cleaning schedules and meet established quality standards.

The contract includes sweeping, mopping, stripping, waxing, burnishing, carpet cleaning, high/low dusting, restroom cleaning, wall and grout cleaning, sink cleaning, trash removal, and general housekeeping duties in a hospital setting. 

What We’re Looking For

Healthcare or clinical cleaning experience is preferred. Candidates with janitorial, commercial cleaning, custodial, environmental services, housekeeping, floor-care, or other relevant cleaning experience are also encouraged to apply.

We’re looking for people who are:

• Reliable and punctual.
• Safety-conscious.
• Detail-oriented and thorough.
• Comfortable working in an active healthcare environment.
• Able to follow established cleaning, disinfection, infection-control, and safety procedures.
• Able to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Professional and respectful when interacting with Veterans, visitors, VA personnel, and coworkers.
• Able to perform physical and repetitive cleaning tasks throughout the scheduled shift.
• Able to successfully complete the required VA background, credentialing, and badging process.

The contract requires aseptic cleaning experience in a clinical setting and requires services to meet applicable healthcare, regulatory, and facility cleaning standards. 

Position Details

Employment: Full-Time

Compensation: $18.62/hour base wage + $5.42/hour health and welfare benefit

Available Shift Options (Shift availability may depend on current staffing needs):

• 7:00 AM–3:30 PM | Monday–Friday
• 12:00 PM–8:30 PM | Monday–Friday
• 3:30 PM–12:00 AM | Monday–Friday
• 8:00 AM–4:30 PM | Wednesday–Sunday

HamHed provides the required work shirt. Employees are responsible for providing their own appropriate work pants and non-slip work shoes.

Federal Facility Background Check & Badge Requirement

This position requires access to a federal VA healthcare facility. Employees must complete the background and credentialing process required to obtain the identification badge necessary to access and work within the facility.

Continued employment in this position is contingent upon approval for the required VA facility access. If an employee is not approved for the required badge/access, the employee cannot perform work at this facility.

Employees must wear their required identification badge while working and comply with all facility access and security requirements. The contract specifically provides that contractor personnel may not work at the facility without the proper identification badge. 

Physical & Work Environment

This is a physically active position performed throughout a working medical facility. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

The position requires:

• Extended periods of standing and walking throughout the scheduled shift.
• Frequent bending, reaching, stooping, twisting, and repetitive movement.
• Sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, scrubbing, and other repetitive cleaning activities.
• Lifting and carrying the weight needed to perform assigned cleaning duties, including filled mop buckets, trash, cleaning supplies, and other materials used in the job.
• Pushing, pulling, controlling, and maneuvering commercial cleaning carts, equipment, and floor-care machines.
• Safely performing physical cleaning tasks in corridors, patient-care areas, restrooms, offices, and other spaces throughout the facility.

Employees may work around cleaning chemicals, waste, bodily fluids, or potentially contaminated materials, and other conditions associated with healthcare environmental services. Employees must wear required PPE and follow applicable infection-control and safety procedures.

The contract requires employees to use appropriate PPE, handle equipment and cleaning operations safely, use warning signs when cleaning may create a hazard, and maintain safe access for patients, visitors, and staff. 

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Full-time employment.
• Four available shift options.
• Consistent work in a professional healthcare environment.
• Opportunity to support Veterans and the VA healthcare mission.
• Hands-on experience in healthcare environmental services.
• Training on facility-specific cleaning, safety, and infection-control procedures.
• Experience with commercial cleaning and floor-care equipment.
• Opportunity to be part of the team responsible for keeping a major federal healthcare facility clean, safe, and ready to serve Veterans.

If you are dependable, take pride in your work, and understand the importance of maintaining a clean and sanitary healthcare environment, we want to hear from you.

HamHed LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.