Housekeeping Aid
About The Position
The Housekeeping Aid performs the full range of manual cleaning tasks (ex: sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, polishing, dusting, sanitizing, decontaminating and disinfecting). Housekeeping aids help maintain VA facilities for Veterans and their families which is essential to the patient care experience at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A VA healthcare career as a housekeeping aid means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff. As a Housekeeping Aid, you will perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties. Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to help keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, installing light bulbs in halls and rooms, and vacuuming as well as polishing floors.
Responsibilities
- cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas
- sweep, mop, scrub floors
- vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture
- empty waste baskets
- clean light globes and Venetian blinds
- wash walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders
- refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers
- move furniture
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Administration of Human Resource Programs
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
