Housekeeping Aid - Madison, United States - US Veterans Health Administration

US Veterans Health Administration

Verified Company

Madison, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Duties:

VISN 12 is committed to fostering and sustaining an environment which celebrates diversity, provides equitable opportunities for employment and promotion, and supports inclusiveness in our culture.

Together, we strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that promote professional growth and teamwork, and are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

We embrace our differences as individuals and unite as a team toward a common goal:
to serve our nation's Veterans.

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.)
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:
All Shifts

Position Description Title/PD#:
Housekeeping Aid 99909-S

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
May or may not be authorized to highly qualified individuals

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/195
You may be required to serve a probationary period
Subject to background/security investigation
Preemployment physical required
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)
See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/20/202
Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG2 and higher only; screenouts are not applicable to WG1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligible are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required,
your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume.

You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

Dexterity and Safety
Follow Directions
Handle Weights and Loads
Reliability And Dependability

Special Aptitude

Housekeeping Work
Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates