Housekeeping Aid -Environmental Services Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Chattanooga, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center and reports directly to the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. The Housekeeping Aid performs janitorial and custodial services, including textile distribution and inventory, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning blinds, washing windows and walls, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors, and applying floor finishes. The work includes cleaning tasks using powered equipment and chemicals, handling linens and supplies, and managing several types of waste and sharps. Work schedule varies by day and time; shifts are assigned upon selection.

Work is normally performed indoors in areas with adequate heat, light, and ventilation, although some duties may be outdoors in heat, cold, or inclement weather. Personal protective equipment may be required because the position can involve exposure to contagious diseases, blood, and bloody secretions. Care is required when using ladders, powered equipment, or handling hazardous materials. The position requires continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing, and occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing more than 50 pounds. Considerable dexterity, coordination, concentration, and visual acuity are also required.

Applicants must provide evidence of training or experience demonstrating the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required. There is no education substitution for experience at this grade level. Employment is subject to applicable federal hiring and onboarding requirements, including a one-year probationary period. Annual seasonal influenza vaccination or an approved exemption is required for VA Health Care Personnel.

Requirements

• Provide evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the position's work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision, maintain neat and orderly work practices, interpret instructions and specifications, use and maintain tools and equipment, and exercise dexterity and safety.
• Document experience in the resume with job title, duties, start and end month and year, and hours worked per week.
• Meet applicable federal employment conditions, including U.S. citizenship except where non-citizens may be appointed under VA policy, suitability for federal employment, and Selective Service registration for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Selected applicants must complete onboarding requirements and serve a one-year probationary period.
• VA Health Care Personnel must receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons; face masks are required when an exemption is granted.

Responsibilities

• Perform the full range of cleaning tasks, including tasks requiring powered cleaning equipment.
• Use cleaning chemicals.
• Make beds, change linens, collect soiled linens, and deliver clean linens and supplies.
• Remove, transport, repackage, dispose of, and store general, regulated medical, chemotherapeutic, and radioactive waste.
• Check and replenish consumable supplies while cleaning and servicing rooms and areas within the Medical Center.
• Remove, transport, repackage, dispose of, and store sharps as part of clinic and patient-room services; replace filled sharps containers with empty containers when needed.
• Perform janitorial and custodial services, including textile distribution and inventory, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning blinds, washing windows and walls, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors, and applying floor finishes.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

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