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Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician Leader
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Johnson City, TN $20.5 – $23.9/hr Apply by Jul 6, 2026 Custodial Working ESTJESTPISFPISTP TradesHospitality
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of the VA Medical Center in Johnson City (Mountain Home), TN. This position, generally aligned under the Housekeeping Aid Supervisor, is responsible for supporting and performing tasks associated with the Environmental Management Services goals and objectives.
What You'll Do
- →The Housekeeping Aid (HKA) - Environmental Services (EVS) Technicians 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 Leader, you will lead three (3) or more employees in performing their duties while performing a full range of housekeeping tasks required to maintain the Medical center and other facility units.
- →May be required to take the lead in textile distribution and inventory management, uniform management and Patient Assistance Program Use of hand and powered equipment to perform sweeping, scrubbing, refinishing floors, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures.
- →Working directly with EMS staff and ensures they operate as an effective working unit Maintaining a current knowledge of Environmental Management Service procedures, policies, written instructions and other directives.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 6:45AM - 3:30PM Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician Leader/PD99913A Physical Requirements: This position requires occasional bending/stooping, crouching, and kneeling.
- →Lifting up to 50 pounds.
- →Approximately 40 percent of time spent standing, 40 percent of time spent walking and 20 percent of time spent sitting.
- →Hearing and visual acuity.
- →Manual dexterity to use a phone and operate equipment.
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.
- ✓There is no substitution of education for experience at this grade level.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 32b57a47-253b-419d-b80e-5533b609c1c6
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