Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is looking for dedicated Housekeeping Aids to maintain cleanliness and safety in their facilities. This role is vital to ensuring a positive patient care experience for Veterans and their families. As a Housekeeping Aid, you will perform a variety of cleaning tasks, working alongside a team that values service and dedication. If you are looking to make a meaningful impact in a supportive environment, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you. Join a team committed to excellence in healthcare and contribute to the well-being of those who have served our country.

Qualifications

• No specific education requirement; experience in housekeeping is essential.
• Must demonstrate skills in cleaning and maintaining facilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform light and heavy cleaning duties in various patient areas.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety in wards, rooms, and common areas.

Skills

Dexterity and Safety

Follow Directions

Handle Weights and Loads

Reliability And Dependability

Special Aptitude - Housekeeping Work

Work Practices

Job description

Summary

This position is in Environmental Management Services at the VA Bedford campus.

THIS OPEN AND CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT (OCA) ESTABLISHES A STANDING REGISTER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, WHICH CLOSES ON 3/31/2025. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be on or about 12/31/2024 with subsequent reviews every other week as additional vacancies occur, or on an as-needed basis, until positions are filled.

This job is open to

• The public
  
  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS

DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.

Duties

The housekeeping aids who maintain VA facilities for Veterans and their families are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A VA healthcare career as a housekeeping aide 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 keep patient areas clean and safe.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Clean wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
• Sweep, mop, scrub (machine) 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 and move furniture.
• Carry out assignments with minimal supervision.
• Address spills quickly.

Work Schedule: Full-time, weekly night shifts, weekend day shifts and weekend nights.

Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available

Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid/99909S

Relocation Incentive: Not authorized

Retention Incentives: Not authorized

Notifications:

This position is a bargaining unit position.

This position is in the competitive service.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job

- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

- You may be required to serve a probationary period

- Subject to background/security investigation

- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Qualifications

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

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Dexterity and Safety
• Follow Directions
• Handle Weights and Loads
• Reliability And Dependability
• Special Aptitude - Housekeeping Work
• Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

PHYSICAL EFFORT: The position demands continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. The work requires the occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers) weighing over 50 pounds. The duties necessitate considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration as well as visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is normally performed indoors with adequate heat, light, and ventilation. Some work may be performed outdoors where there may be exposed to varying degrees of heat and cold as well as inclement weather. PPE may be required in some circumstance as exposure to possible contagious diseases, blood and bloody secretion are inherent to this position. Care is required to avoid serious injuries (i.e., broken bones) when working on ladders, or when using 30-100-pound power equipment or handling hazardous materials.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were received.

Agency contact information

Teresa Rivera

Phone

813-389-6308

Email

[e-mail]

Address

VA Bedford Healthcare System

200 Springs Road

Bedford, MA 01730

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.