Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician

Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes). Responsibilities include:

• Use of powered cleaning equipment for proper and efficient accomplishment.
• Use of cleaning chemicals.
• Making beds, changing linens, collecting soiled linens, removing, transporting, repackaging, disposing, and storing general waste, regulated medical waste, chemotherapeutic waste, and radioactive waste.
• Checking and replenishing consumable supplies.
• Removing, transporting, repackaging, disposing, and storing sharps.

Work Schedule: Multiple shifts to include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Work schedule subject to change based on the needs of the service. Schedule will be assigned upon selection.

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

Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized

Physical Requirements: The position demands continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. The work requires the occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment 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.

Requirements Conditions of Employment: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: 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. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Additional Conditions of Employment: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job. Subject to a background/suitability investigation. May serve a probationary period. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs and other organizations. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: You must provide detailed information of your experience performed. Information such as "I was a housekeeper or housekeeping aid" is insufficient to determine your qualifications. Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hour worked per week.

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 circumstances as exposure to possible contagious diseases, blood, and bloody secretions are inherent to this position. Care is required to avoid serious injuries when working on ladders, or when using power equipment or handling hazardous materials.

Education: There is no substitution of education for experience at this grade level.

Additional Information: The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.