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Housekeeping Aid
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
On-site Madison, WI $19.6 – $22.8/hr Apply by Jul 10, 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 William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison WI.
What You'll Do
- →The housekeeping aids 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 housekeeping aide means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
- →As a Housekeeping Aid, 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.Major Duties: Performing reliably and dependably is based on past work and/or school performance.
- →Using proper cleaning solutions and/or chemicals to successfully remove stains from a variety of surface (floors, carpet, tile, walls, etc.) Applying appropriate cleaning solutions to various types of floors (linoleum, wood, or marble), walls, and ceilings to clean and maintain such surfaces Cleaning and sanitizing restrooms: urinals, commode, sink, mirror, etc.
- →Cleaning patients' rooms using sanitizing chemicals that will not compromise patients' health to disinfect surfaces.
- →Removing soiled linen from ward areas or clinics using the proper collection methods for handling possible contaminated items Keeping a stock of cleaning materials and equipment needed to do your work.
- →Operating powered equipment such as scrubbing machines, buffers, carpet cleaning machines and/or industrial vacuums Keeping equipment, cords, hoses, etc., clean and properly stored when not in use.
- →Performing routine maintenance on cleaning equipment such as changing filters and brushes on vacuum cleaners and floor buffers.
- →Pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying or moving cleaning equipment around for several hours or more at a time Standing/walking for several hours or more while cleaning and moving furniture.
- →Emptying trash cans at various locations several times a day.
- →Work Schedule: 2nd shift Mon-Friday 2:30pm-11pm, 3rd Shift Sunday-Thursday 10:30pm-7:00am Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid/PD12061A Physical Requirements: The position demands continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing.
- →The work requires the occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers) weighing over 50 pounds.
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.
Personality Fit
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