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 Tucson, Arizona.
The Housekeeping Aid (HKA) - Environmental Services (EVS) Technicians 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 HKA-EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
As an HKA-EVS Technician, 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 included but not limited to the following: Cleaning 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 minimal supervision.
Work Schedule: Various tours of duty and shifts to include weekends and holidays mornings, evenings, and overnight shifts, depending on the needs of the service. (Schedules - 1st Shift - 6:30am - 3:00pm / 2nd Shift 2:30pm - 11:00pm / 3rd Shift - 10:30pm - 7:00am) Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician (Housekeeping Aid) PD99909S Ability to read, write and speak English is preferred.
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.
Working Conditions: Work is normally performed indoors with adequate heat, light, and ventilation. Some work may be performed outdoors where there may be exposed to varying degrees of heat and cold as well as inclement weather. PPE may be required in some circumstance as exposure to possible contagious diseases, blood and bloody secretion are inherent to this position.
Care is required to avoid serious injuries (i.e., broken bones) when working on ladders, or when using 30-100-pound power equipment or handling hazardous materials.
francisco.olmedo@va.gov · (562) 256-2012
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $19.14 – $22.33/hr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-23.
There are 5 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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