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Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Service Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
On-site Huntington, WV $18.2 – $21.3/hr Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Custodial Working ESTJESTPISFPISTP TradesHospitality
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Service Division at the Huntington VA Medical Center. This position is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee and performs both janitorial and custodial services.
What You'll Do
- →Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Service Technician major duties consist of: Performs floor maintenance, wall washing, cleans doors, doorframes, baseboard corners, edges, and stairwells.
- →Tasks are accomplished by sweeping, dust mopping, damp and wet mopping, scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, buffing, vacuuming and extracting carpets and runners, spot cleaning areas, and high and low dusting.
- →Empties trash and waste baskets, replace liners.
- →Transports general refuse, regulates medical waste, and recycling to central collection areas.
- →Cleans restrooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, ensuring that they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards.
- →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, ect.
- →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, ect.
- →Removes bags of soiled textiles from patient rooms and transports them to the designated soiled room in each ward area.
- →Defrosts and cleans patient care refrigerators and ice machines in nourishment kitchen areas, cleans stainless steel on storage instruments, cabinets, and counters, elevators in lobbies, wards, diet-kitchens and nurse utility rooms.
- →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 in inpatient and clinical areas of the medical center.
- →Additionally, the position may work with and provide guidance to a Compensated Work Therapy worker.
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 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. "Whole Health is an approach to health care that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their life to the fullest.
- ✓The VA is committed to Whole Health and values Veteran and Employee health and wellbeing.
- ✓As a VA employee, you will practice Whole Health in an environment that supports personalized and proactive care."
Personality Fit
Job ID: 20eb06b5-41c2-43db-b216-6b5c9ccb8aa1
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