Housekeeping Aid - White River Junction, United States - US Veterans Health Administration

US Veterans Health Administration

Verified Company

White River Junction, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Duties:

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.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Clean wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
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.
Carry out assignments with mínimal supervision.
Address spills quickly, install light bulbs in halls and rooms.

Work Schedule:
Full-time, schedule will be based on facility needs. Weekends may apply.

Shift differentials of 7.5% 2nd shift, 10% 3rd shift & 25% weekends.

Compressed/Flexible Schedule:
Not Available

Position Description Title/PD#:
Housekeeping Aid / PD99909S - Recruitment & Critical Skills Incentive Authorized
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Recruitment Incentive:Authorized (20% of base salary)

Critical Skills Incentive:
Authorized (20% of base salary)

Retention Incentives:
May be authorized

Relocation Incentive:
Not authorized

Notifications:

This position is a bargaining unit position.

This position is in the competitive service.

Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Subject to a background/suitability investigation
Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
May serve a probationary period
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/195
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
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EXPERIENCE:A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
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SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT:Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the mínimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated.

The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

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 directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
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Note:A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Education:

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information:

A supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies.

This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation)

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