Environmental Services Technician

Department of Veterans Affairs • Saint Louis, MO

80d

About The Position

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services at the VA Medical Center located in St. Louis Missouri. The Housekeeping Aid (HKA) - Environmental Services (EVS) Technicians who maintain VA facilities for Veterans and their families are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A VA healthcare career as a HKA-EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff. As a HKA-EVS Technician, you will perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties. Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, installing light bulbs in halls and rooms, and vacuuming and polishing floors.

Requirements

• Ability to perform continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing.
• Ability to use heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers) weighing over 50 pounds.
• Considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration.
• Visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris.

Responsibilities

• Perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties.
• Clean wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
• Sweep, mop, scrub (machine) floors, vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture.
• Empty waste baskets, clean light globes and Venetian blinds.
• Wash walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders.
• Refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture.
• Carry out assignments with minimal supervision.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees