Housekeeping Aid

Veterans Health Administration • Akron, OH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center and performs janitorial and custodial services at the Akron VA Clinic in Akron, Ohio. Housekeeping Aids (HKA) in Environmental Services help maintain clean and safe patient areas and support the patient care experience. They perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping tasks, carrying out assignments with minimal supervision.

The work includes cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas. Tasks include responding to spills, disposing of trash, installing light bulbs, sweeping and mopping, machine scrubbing floors, vacuuming carpets and upholstered furniture, emptying waste baskets, cleaning light globes and Venetian blinds, washing walls, windows, and ceilings using small ladders, refilling dispensers, and moving furniture.

The regular schedule is 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A compressed or flexible schedule is not authorized. The position requires continuous physical activity and is normally performed indoors, though some work may occur outdoors in varying weather. Personal protective equipment may be required because exposure to contagious diseases, blood, and bloody secretions is possible.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Subject to background and security investigation.
• Pre-employment physical required.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a condition of employment.
• Must serve a one-year probationary or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Ability to perform continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing.
• Ability to occasionally use heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds.
• Considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, concentration, and visual acuity to detect dirt, dust, and debris.
• Care is required when working on ladders, using 30–100-pound power equipment, or handling hazardous materials.

Responsibilities

• Perform light and heavy cleaning and routine housekeeping duties.
• Clean wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
• Address spills promptly, discard trash, and install light bulbs in halls and rooms.
• Sweep, mop, and machine-scrub floors; vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture.
• Empty waste baskets; clean light globes and Venetian blinds; wash walls, windows, and ceilings using small ladders.
• Refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture.
• Carry out assignments with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position eligibility.
• Potential credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service, subject to request and approval before appointment.

What This Job Offers

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