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Environmental Services Technician - Housekeeping Aid
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
On-site Little Rock, AR $17.8 – $20.8/hr Apply by Jun 25, 2026 Custodial Working ESFJINFJISFJISTJ HealthcareTradesHospitality
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital
What You'll Do
- →Cleaning and sanitizing restrooms: urinals, commode, sink, mirror, etc.
- →Cleaning patients' rooms using sanitizing chemicals that will not compromise patients' health to disinfect surfaces.
- →Removing soiled linen from ward areas or clinics using the proper collection methods for handling possible contaminated items Operating powered equipment such as scrubbing machines, buffers, carpet cleaning machines and/or industrial vacuums.
- →Performing routine maintenance on cleaning equipment such as changing filters and brushes on vacuum cleaners and floor buffers.
- →Pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying or moving cleaning equipment around for several hours or more at a time.
- →Sweeping and mopping floors repetitively in high traffic areas such corridors, restrooms, stairways, entry ways, cafeterias and other Following simple written instructions for completing non-routine cleaning tasks. areas.
- →Following oral directions to perform simple tasks which may require several steps to complete.
- →Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 7:00am to 3:30pm, subject to change based on the needs of the facility.
- →Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician - Housekeeping Aid/PD99909-S 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.
- →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.
Requirements
- ✓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 Pre-employment physical required.
- ✓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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓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.
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