Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Martinsburg (WV); Sur place; USD 26 000 - 32 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Martinsburg VA Medical Center seeks a Housekeeping Aide for Environmental Services.

The incumbent will perform full custodial duties, including textile handling, waste removal, surface disinfection, and floor care to maintain a clean, safe healthcare environment. Responsibilities include floor maintenance, wall washing, restroom cleaning, lining replacements, inventory of textiles, and bed-making in patient areas.

Qualifications

• Experience performing custodial and sanitation tasks in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to handle textiles and manage inventory in a healthcare facility.
• Familiarity with disinfecting procedures and patient room cleaning standards.

Responsabilités

• Perform floor maintenance, wall washing, and cleaning of rooms, doors, baseboards, and stairwells.
• Operate and maintain cleaning equipment; change attachments as needed and dispose of waste.
• Restock supplies, assist with bed-making and patient room organization, and handle textiles.
• Transport and manage waste, recyclables, and textiles to designated areas; assist with inventory.

Connaissances

Custodial duties

Sanitation

Healthcare environment understanding

Description du poste

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is located in Environmental Management Services at the Martinsburg, WV VA Medical Center. Incumbent performs a full range of custodial and sanitation duties, including textile distribution, waste removal, surface disinfection, and floor care, to ensure a clean, safe, and compliant healthcare environment.

Key Responsibilities

Duties may include but are not limited to; 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 to complete the above tasks. 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, etc. in 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, etc. in 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. Additionally, the position may work with and provide guidance to a Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) worker. Other tasks and duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Varies with the needs of the service.

Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician/PD99909S Physical Requirements: 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.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $19.43 – $22.66/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-09.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.