Housekeeping Aid

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center / Clinics. 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).

As a Housekeeping Aid, you will :

• Perform floor maintenance, wall washing. Clean doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges, and stairwells.
• Empty trash and wastebaskets, replace liners. Transport general refuse, regulated medical waste and recycling to central collection areas.
• Clean restrooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, ensuring that they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards (clean, disinfect, and deodorize lavatories, showers, bathtubs, urinals, and toilet bowls; clean mirrors, sinks, and water fountains; wash and polish light and toilet fixtures).
• Replenish supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in all areas where dispensers are located.
• Move and arrange furniture, patient wardrobes, beds, etc. in the assigned area to accomplish cleaning tasks.

Work Schedule : Varies

Position Description Title / PD# : Housekeeping Aid / PD99909S

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. The duties necessitate considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration as well as visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris.