Housekeeping Aid

Veterans Health Administration • Temple, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center and is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. The Housekeeping Aid performs janitorial and custodial services in patient and non-patient care areas, working independently with general supervision or as part of a team. Work is performed by hand and with light and heavy-powered cleaning equipment. The employee is responsible for the full range of cleaning duties in an assigned area throughout the medical facility.

Duties include floor and wall maintenance; cleaning restrooms and patient rooms; collecting and transporting refuse, regulated medical waste, recycling, and soiled textiles; replenishing supplies; arranging furniture and beds; making beds; cleaning and restocking textiles; and cleaning designated equipment, glass, fixtures, and other surfaces. The employee also adjusts, cleans, and performs minor maintenance on cleaning equipment and periodically cleans specified non-critical reusable medical equipment.

The position requires continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. It occasionally involves using heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing more than 50 pounds, and requires considerable dexterity, coordination, concentration, and visual acuity.

Requirements

• Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Ability to perform the duties as supported by detailed descriptions of relevant experience on the resume.
• U.S. citizenship; non-citizens may be appointed only when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA policy.
• Suitability for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing-designated position must undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use before appointment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Selected applicants must complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period.
• Participation in the VA seasonal influenza program is required; employees must receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption. Employees with an exemption must wear a face mask.
• Continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing; occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds; dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, concentration, and visual acuity.

Responsibilities

• Perform floor maintenance and wall washing, including sweeping, dust mopping, damp and wet mopping, scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, buffing, vacuuming, carpet extraction, spot cleaning, and high and low dusting.
• Clean doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges, stairwells, windows and window ledges, glass doors and surfaces, curtains, and blinds.
• Use pressure washers and heavy industrial powered or battery-operated cleaning equipment; adjust, clean, perform minor maintenance on, and change attachments for equipment.
• Empty trash and wastebaskets, replace liners, and transport general refuse, regulated medical waste, and recycling to central collection areas.
• Clean, disinfect, and deodorize restrooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, including lavatories, showers, bathtubs, urinals, toilet bowls, mirrors, sinks, water fountains, and fixtures.
• Replenish paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in dispensers.
• Move and arrange furniture, patient wardrobes, and beds to accomplish cleaning tasks.
• Make beds in patient care areas and OD rooms; clean mattresses, springs, bed frames, bedside stands, over-bed lights, blood pressure cuffs, and bed tables.
• Remove soiled textile bags from patient rooms and transport them to designated soiled rooms; load and unload clean textiles from bulk carts; restock textile storage areas and participate in inventory management.
• Defrost and clean patient-care refrigerators and ice machines in nourishment kitchens; clean stainless steel on storage instrument cabinets and counters, elevators, and other designated areas.
• Clean ashtrays, smoke stands, and sand urns in designated smoking areas and clean water fountains.
• Clean and/or replace needle boxes.
• Periodically clean specified non-critical reusable medical equipment in inpatient and clinical areas.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• VA may offer newly appointed federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual; this must be requested and approved before appointment and is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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