This position is located within the Environmental Management Service of Salt Lake City VAMC.
This position is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee.This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes).
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. Duties include cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
Housekeeping Aids 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. Housekeeping Aids carry out assignments with minimal supervision.
Work Schedule: All Shifts 1st (7:00am-3:30pm), 2nd (3:00pm-11:30pm), 3rd (11:00pm-7:30am Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Service Technician/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.
This position does not have an education qualification requirement.
V19USAJOBS@VA.GOV · 719-227-4600
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $18.23 – $21.27/hr.
Applications close on 2027-09-30.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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