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Housekeeping Aid/Environmental Services EVS Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 62 days ago
On-site Bedford, MA $19.5 – $22.8/hr Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Custodial Working ESFJINFJISFJISTJ HealthcareTradesHospitality
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This Housekeeping Aid/Environmental Services EVS Technician position is located within the Environmental Management Service at the Bedford VA Healthcare System, located in Bedford, Massachusetts. It is full-time at 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →The Housekeeping Aid/Environmental Services EVS Technician who maintain VA facilities for Veterans and their families are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S.
- →Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
- →A VA healthcare career as a HKA-EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
- →As a HKA-EVS Technician, you will perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties.
- →Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, installing light bulbs in halls and rooms, and vacuuming and polishing floors.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Clean wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
- →Sweep, mop, scrub (machine) floors, vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture, empty waste baskets, clean light globes and Venetian blinds, wash walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders, refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture.
- →Carry out assignments with minimal supervision.
- →Address spills quickly, install light bulbs in halls and rooms.
- →This includes, but is not limited to, making beds, changing linens, linen distribution, dusting furniture and blinds, cleaning the kitchen, loading, and unloading the dishwashers, vacuuming, collection and removal of waste, cleaning of walls, corners, and baseboards.
- →The incumbent cleans guest rooms as needed/upon checkout.
- →Daily cleaning of common areas including kitchen and kitchen surfaces, kitchen appliances, ovens, and refrigerators; living room, dining room, family room, laundry room, hallways, main office and its bathroom, visitor bathroom and stairs.
- →The incumbent will inventory, and re-order all needed cleaning supplies and equipment through VA EVS.
- →Work Schedule: Full-time schedules, to be discussed at interview and determined on selection.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: ae57f437-738d-41ab-9ac0-931e153f300c
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