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Housekeeping Aid Leader
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Tulsa, OK $19.6 – $22.8/hr Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Custodial Working ESFJESFPESTPISFP Hospitality
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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 VA Medical Center located in Tulsa. Shifts assignments include various days/times. Click the "Learn more about this agency" and "Benefits" links below to discover the benefits of a Housekeeping - Environmental Service career!
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 Lead Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
- →This position is a working leader for housekeeping operations throughout the VA Medical Center(s).
- →Leads three (3) or more Housekeeping Aids and others as assigned in performing their duties while performing the full range of housekeeping tasks required to maintain the Medical center and other facility units in a clean, organized and sanitary condition.
- →Follows EMS and Medical Center policies and procedures, VA regulations and verbal instructions from EMS Management.
- →Communicates instructions from the Supervisor to the employees and then validates the completion of the work assigned.
- →Coordinates projects with nurses and other area supervisors to ensure work timely and successful completion.
- →This position sets the pace of each task, demonstrates methods and techniques and provides direction to assigned employees in their proper usage is cleaning supplies and equipment.
- →Ensures all tasks are complete and deadlines are met.
- →As a HKA-EVS Lead 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 cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
- →HKA-EVS Technicians 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.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical required 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary or 2-year trial 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Not Applicable
Benefits
- ★Perks of a Housekeeping Aid - Environmental Services Technician Career Total Rewards Info A smoke/drug-free workplace.
- ★A child care subsidy program.
- ★Free parking or transit subsidy programs at most locations.
- ★Flexible work schedules and shifts Workforce and leadership development programs Career enhancement opportunities Dining options and a tax-free retail store.
- ★Enhance to emphasize career development / training / career expansion.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8c469f6b-9404-4e6f-acb1-f28b71c22b20
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