Req #: 243564

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER - MONTLAKE - WASTE MGMT/LINEN

Posting Date: 02/19/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 02/28/2025

Salary: $3,676 - $4,948 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs.For a complete description of our benefits for this position, click here. (http://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-classified-staff-20191231.pdf)

$2,000 Sign-On Bonus for eligible full-time and part-time new employees joining UW Medicine UW Medical Center- Montlake– Waste Management/Linen Department has an outstanding opportunity for a Hospital Custodian .

WORK SCHEDULE

• 100% FTE (40 hours per week)

• Day Shift POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Perform routine waste management duties, including check and replaces all sharps and chemotherapy waste containers in soiled utility room and other areas as required PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform routine activity of picking up and replaces all soiled linens, soiled municipal, and regulated medical waste carts on the unit

• Routinely picking up sharps, Chemotherapy and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) waste containers, RX Destroyer bins in a designated areas and replaces all soiled linens, soiled municipal, and regulated medical waste carts on the unit

• Handling regulated medical waste and processes it in the sterilizer machine

• Pick up all recyclables, compostable material pick up cardboard and processes it in a cardboard baler machine

• Follow written and/or verbal instructions regarding the use of chemicals, supplies and equipment; comply with safety policies and procedures

• Report need for repair and/or maintenance

• May operate high-pressure washer REQUIREMENTS Physical ability to do required work ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street. Excellence. Exploration. Education. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-montlake) ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.