Housekeeping Aid (Recruitment/Relocation Incentive)

Veterans Health Administration • Asheville, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This vacancy is for multiple Housekeeping Aid positions in Environmental Management Services at the VA Western North Carolina Health Care System, Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Housekeeping Aids support patient care by keeping VA facilities clean and safe. They perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning and routine housekeeping duties, carrying out assignments with minimal supervision. The work schedule varies according to service and organizational needs and includes weekends. A recruitment or relocation incentive of 25% of salary, with a one-year commitment, may be authorized.

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 the position's screen-out element and applicable OPM Federal Wage System qualification standards.
• Be a U.S. citizen, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Be suitable for federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• If tentatively selected for a testing-designated position, submit to urinalysis for illegal drug use before appointment.
• Register for Selective Service if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification and application documents.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; employees with an exemption must wear a face mask.

Responsibilities

• Clean wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
• Disinfect and sanitize surfaces and areas.
• Sweep, mop, and machine-scrub floors; vacuum carpets; and polish floors.
• Respond to spills, discard trash, and empty waste baskets.
• Wash walls and windows and dust ceiling vents, using small ladders as needed.
• Refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers.
• Use powered cleaning equipment and handle hazardous materials while following precautions to avoid injury and exposure.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package is available to eligible employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive of 25% of salary with a one-year commitment may be authorized.
• VA may, upon request and approval before appointment, credit job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service toward annual leave accrual; this is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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