Environmental Services Technician (Housekeeping Aid)

Veterans Health Administration • Bronx, NY

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Environmental Management Services Division of the Bronx VA Medical Center and performs janitorial and custodial services in patient and non-patient care areas. The technician works under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee and may be assigned to any tour and to various designated areas. Work is performed independently with general supervision or as part of a team, with responsibility for a full range of cleaning duties in an assigned area.

Duties include cleaning and maintaining floors, walls, doors, stairwells, carpets, windows, glass, blinds, curtains, restrooms, patient rooms, and other facility spaces. The position handles waste and recycling, replenishes supplies, moves furniture and patient furnishings, provides bed-making and textile services, and periodically cleans designated non-critical reusable medical equipment. Work is performed by hand and with light and heavy industrial cleaning equipment. The technician adjusts, cleans, and performs minor maintenance on equipment and may provide guidance to a Compensated Work Therapy worker. Other duties may be assigned.

The work schedule is 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. The job involves continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing, and occasional use of heavy powered equipment. Work is normally indoors, but may sometimes take place outdoors in varying weather. Personal protective equipment may be required because exposure to contagious diseases, blood, and bloody secretions is inherent to the position. Care is required when working on ladders, using heavy equipment, or handling hazardous materials.

Applicants must meet federal employment conditions, including U.S. citizenship except where appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy, suitability for federal employment, required drug testing for tentatively selected applicants in testing-designated positions, and Selective Service registration for applicable males. Selected applicants must complete onboarding and serve a one-year probationary period. There is no specific length of training or experience required, but applicants must demonstrate through detailed descriptions evidence of training or experience sufficient to perform the work. The job has no education qualification requirement. Healthcare sanitation experience is preferred.

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide detailed resume descriptions supporting the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Meet applicable federal employment requirements, including suitability for federal employment and required pre-employment screening.
• Serve a one-year probationary period if appointed.
• Continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing are required.
• Occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds is required.
• Considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, concentration, and visual acuity are required.

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare sanitation experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform housekeeping duties in patient and non-patient care areas, independently or as part of a team.
• Maintain floors and walls by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, buffing, vacuuming, carpet extraction, spot cleaning, and dusting.
• Clean doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges, stairwells, windows, window ledges, glass surfaces, blinds, and curtains.
• Use, adjust, clean, and perform minor maintenance on cleaning equipment; change attachments as needed.
• Empty trash and wastebaskets, replace liners, and transport refuse, regulated medical waste, and recycling to collection areas.
• Clean, disinfect, and deodorize restrooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, including fixtures, sinks, mirrors, and water fountains.
• Replenish paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and soap in dispensers.
• Move and arrange furniture, patient wardrobes, beds, and other items to complete cleaning duties.
• Make beds and clean mattresses, bed frames, bedside stands, over-bed lights, blood pressure cuffs, and bed tables in patient care areas and observation rooms.
• Remove soiled textiles and transport them to designated rooms; load and unload clean textiles, restock textile storage areas, and participate in inventory management.
• Defrost and clean patient-care refrigerators and ice machines, and clean specified cabinets, counters, elevators, utility rooms, and designated smoking-area fixtures.
• Clean and/or replace needle boxes and periodically clean specified non-critical reusable medical equipment.
• Provide guidance to a Compensated Work Therapy worker when assigned and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available; benefit eligibility depends on position type and other factors, and applicants are directed to contact the hiring agency for details. The announcement does not specify individual benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed