Porter (2736) - San Francisco Dept. of Public Health

The 2736 Porter performs a variety of routine manual tasks, including cleaning floors, hallways, stairs, walls, furniture, and equipment in a large institution; transporting food, utensils, equipment, and supplies between locations; and performing related duties as required.

Essential Duties:

• Sweeps and wet-mops the floors in halls, wards, laboratories, treatment rooms, stairways and other areas throughout an institution.
• Scrubs and waxes floors with the aid of electric scrubbing and buffing equipment.
• Empties waste baskets into larger trash cans and takes same to incinerator; takes wet garbage to garbage room.
• Washes and cleans face bowls, commodes, bath tubs and other bathroom fixtures and replenishes paper towels, toilet tissue, soap, light bulbs, etc., as needed.
• Dusts, cleans and washes all furniture, equipment, walls and woodwork throughout an institution.
• Gathers soiled linen on the various assigned wards and loads into the laundry chute; sterilizes mattresses, pillows, bed linens, etc.
• Transports food and utensils by pushing a food cart from the kitchen to the various wards and return to kitchen;
• Moves furniture, equipment and other items about an institution as required and may carry ice to various wards; assists in loading and unloading trucks; uncrates and assembles furniture and equipment.
• Upon the discharge of a patient, may be assigned to the complete discharge cleaning function which includes but is not limited to the dusting and cleaning of patient rooms, floors, walls, bathrooms, furniture and light fixtures, and the changing of the patients bed.
• May occasionally have very limited responsibility for the checking and storing of a small variety of supplies, such as dirty and clean linen, office supplies, printed forms, etc.
• May occasionally wash and clean window glass and electric fixtures from ladders or scaffolds from ground level or interior heights.
• As directed, may occasionally perform the duties of Porter Assistant Supervisor.
• Perform other duties as assigned.