Housekeeper/Porter

Virginia Department of Veterans Services; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Virginia Department of Veterans Services seeks a Part-time Housekeeper/Porter at the Sitter-Barfoot Veterans Care Center. Duties include cleaning, sanitation, and equipment upkeep with cross-training across Environmental Services. Weekend rotation is included in this role. Prior housekeeping experience in healthcare settings is preferred.

The job offers part-time hours with a competitive hourly rate and standard background checks. Apply through the Virginia state employment system.

Qualifications

• 1 year of prior housekeeping experience required.
• Experience in a long-term care facility or hospital preferred.
• Experience stripping and waxing floors, extracting and bonnet cleaning of carpets.

Responsibilities

• Dusting, mopping, sweeping, damp/wet mopping, polishing, scrubbing, vacuuming, trash removal and bio-hazard waste disposal.
• Keep assigned areas clean and attractive.
• Promote sanitary conditions to prevent the spread of infection.
• Ensure all equipment is in working order.
• Cross-trained to perform other Environmental Services duties as needed.

Skills

Housekeeping

Attention to detail

Job description

Title: Housekeeper/ Porter

State Role Title: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Hiring Range: $16.48 - $19.57 per hour

Pay Band: 1

Agency: Dept of Veterans Services

Location: Sitter-Barfoot Veterans Care

Agency Website: https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/veterans-care-centers/sitter-barfoot-veterans-care-center

Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center; named for two Medal of Honor recipients – Colonel Van Barfoot and Colonel Carl Sitter – provides the gold standard in quality care for Virginia’s Veterans. This single-level facility features 200 single-occupancy rooms across three nursing units.

Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center (SBVCC) is recruiting for a Part-time Housekeeper/Porter for various shift positions and will include every other weekend.

Job Duties Include

• Ensuring the facility is kept clean by dusting, mopping, sweeping, damp/wet mopping, polishing, scrubbing, vacuuming, trash removal and for the removal of bio-hazard waste.
• Keeping their assigned areas clean and attractive
• Promoting sanitary conditions to prevent the spread of infection
• Ensuring all equipment is in working order
• Completing their daily routine however, each staff member is cross-trained in all other areas of Environmental Services and can be asked to perform other duties as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

1 Year Prior Housekeeping experience required.

Additional Considerations

• Experience working in a long-term care facility or hospital preferred.
• Experience stripping and waxing floors, extracting and bonnet cleaning of carpets.

Commonwealth of Virginia State agencies must provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Applicants requiring accommodations should direct inquiries to the human resource contact directly. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed and determined on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only), MUST attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or resume.

Successful completion of a Background Criminal History Check, reference and employment verifications, and Pre-Employment Drug Test are required. TB Skin Testing will be completed upon hire.

SBVCC is a healthcare organization and must comply with the federal CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care staff Vaccination Regulation; requiring all employees to be vaccinated or receive an exemption as a condition of employment. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new hires will be asked to disclose their vaccination status and present proof of vaccination during the pre-employment process. New hires who are not vaccinated for any reason or choose not to disclose their vaccination status, will need to request a medical or religious accommodation. New hires who obtain an exemption from the vaccine mandate for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs will be subject to testing requirements *

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources Email: [e-mail]

Note

Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.