Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Ann Arbor, MI

7h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is in Environmental Management Services at the Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Housekeeping Aid performs janitorial and custodial services in hospital and patient-care areas. Duties include floor and wall cleaning, waste handling, restroom cleaning, replenishing supplies, and cleaning and making beds. The role may require working various shifts.

Requirements

• Provide 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.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the position’s duties, supported by detailed descriptions on the resume.
• Meet the position’s screen-out element and job-element qualifications.
• Be a U.S. citizen; non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Register for Selective Service if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Receive an annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask if exempt.

Responsibilities

• Perform floor maintenance and wash walls.
• Clean doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges, and stairwells.
• Use pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and battery-operated cleaning equipment; adjust, clean, and perform minor maintenance on equipment and change attachments as needed.
• Empty trash and wastebaskets and replace liners.
• Transport general refuse, regulated medical waste, and recycling to central collection areas.
• Clean rest rooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms.
• Replenish paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in dispenser areas.
• Make beds in patient-care areas and OD rooms; clean mattresses, springs, and bed frames.
• Clean bedside stands, over-bed lights, blood pressure cuffs, bed tables, and other items in patient rooms.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Potential credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service in determining annual leave accrual, if requested and approved before appointment.

What This Job Offers

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