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Housekeeping Aid
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 64 days ago
On-site Bath, NY $18.5 – $21.5/hr Apply by Jul 20, 2026 Custodial Working ESFJESFPESTPISFP HospitalityTransportation
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes).
What You'll Do
- →NOTE: All the employees of the Veterans Affairs Health Care Systems located at the Finger Lakes, NY, in VISN 2, are encouraged to apply from our internal job announcement #: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/876291500 Duties include, but are not limited to: Executes a full range of housekeeping activities in patient and non-patient areas.
- →Performs floor maintenance, wall washing.
- →Cleans doors , doorframes, baseboard corners and edges., and stairwells.
- →Utilizes a pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and battery-operated equipment.
- →Adjust, cleans, and performs minor maintenance on the equipment used.
- →Empties trash and wastebaskets, replaces liners.
- →Transports general refuse, regulated medical waste and recycling to central collection area.
- →Cleans rest rooms, 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 area where dispensers are located.
- →Moves and arranges furniture, patient wardrobes, beds, etc.
- →Provides bed-making services in patient care areas.
- →Cleans mattresses, springs, and bed frames.
- →Removes bags of soiled textiles from patient rooms and transports to the designated soiled room in each ward area.
- →Loads and unloads clean textile from bulk carts.
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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3bc0091d-dd82-43da-8deb-115a3f032511
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