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Environmental Services Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
About the Role
This position is part of the Environmental Management Services Division at the Western New York VAMC in Buffalo. The role includes performing both janitorial and custodial services, such as distributing and inventorying textiles, sanitizing and disinfecting areas, removing waste, cleaning blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, cleaning discharges, sweeping, scrubbing, extracting, and polishing floors, and applying floor finishes.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties assigned: Perform a full range of housekeeping activities in patient and non-patient care areas.
- →Clean and maintain assigned areas throughout the medical facility.
- →Sweep, dust mop, damp and wet mop, scrub, strip, refinish, buff, vacuum, and extract carpets and runners.
- →Spot clean areas and perform high and low dusting.
- →Wash walls, doors, doorframes, baseboards, corners, edges, and stairwells.
- →Utilize pressure washers and heavy industrial cleaning equipment as needed.
- →Adjust, clean, and perform minor maintenance on cleaning equipment, attaching the correct tools for each task.
- →Empty trash and wastebaskets, replace liners, and transport general refuse, regulated medical waste, and recycling to central collection areas.
- →Clean restrooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, including disinfecting and deodorizing lavatories, showers, bathtubs, urinals, toilets, mirrors, sinks, water fountains, and fixtures.
- →Replenish supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in all dispenser locations.
- →Perform a full range of housekeeping tasks in patient and non-patient areas.
- →Clean and maintain assigned spaces, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and dusting.
- →Sanitize and disinfect restrooms, showers, and patient rooms.
- →Remove waste and recycling, and replenish supplies such as paper towels and soap.
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 All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3346d5a3-22b2-4917-9566-f943c97e1f65
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