Housekeeping Aid Environmental Services Technician Incentive May Be Authorized

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Executes a full range of housekeeping activities in patient and non-patient care areas.
• Performs floor maintenance wall washing. Cleans doors doorframes baseboard corners and edges and stairwells.
• Periodically utilizes pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and battery operated equipment.
• Adjusts cleans and performs minor maintenance on this equipment and changes attachments for their proper use in achieving the best results.
• Empties trash and wastebaskets replaces liners. Transports general refuse regulated medical waste and recycling to central collection areas.
• Cleans rest rooms bathrooms and shower rooms ensuring that they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards (cleans disinfects and deodorizes lavatories showers bathtubs urinals and toilet bowls; cleans mirrors sinks and water fountains; washes and polishes light and toilet fixtures).
• Replenishes supplies of paper towels toilet paper hand sanitizers and soap in all areas where dispensers are located. Moves and arranges furniture patient wardrobes beds the assigned area to accomplish cleaning tasks.
• Provides bed-making services in patient care areas and OD rooms; cleans mattresses springs and bed frames; and cleans bedside stands over bed lights blood pressure cuffs bed tables patient rooms; Removes bags of soiled textiles from patient rooms and transports to the designated soiled room in each ward area; Loads and unloads clean textiles from bulk carts.
• Restocks clean textile closets cabinets shelves carts and participates in inventory management activities.
• Defrosts and cleans patient care refrigerators and ice machines in nourishment kitchen areas; cleans stainless steel on storage instrument cabinets and counters elevators in lobbies wards diet-kitchens and nurse utility rooms; and cleans ashtrays smoke stands sand urns in designated smoke areas and water fountains.
• Provides interim cleaning of windows and window ledges from the inside cleans glass door and other glass surfaces; and replaces curtains and cleans blinds.
• Cleans and/or replaces needle boxes.
• Periodically cleans specific non-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) in inpatient and clinical areas of the medical center.
• May work with and provide guidance to a Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) worker.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by a background investigation
• Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• A pre-employment physical is required.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Opening Date: January 6 2026
Closing Date: March 31 2026
First Cut-Off Date: January 20 2026

• Note: This is an Open Continuous Announcement. Qualified candidates will be referred as vacancies occur. Eligible applications received after January 20 2026 will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until all positions are filled. Final application disposition will be completed at the end of the open period stated in the announcement.