Housekeeping Aid- Environmental Services Technician

Summary 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 Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center located in Indianapolis - IN. Click the "Learn more about this agency" link below to discover the perks and benefits of a Housekeeping - Environmental Service career! Qualifications To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/12/2026. 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 (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). 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. 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. 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. 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. PHYSICAL EFFORT: 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. Duties 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 staffAs a HKA-EVS Technician - you will perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping dutiesVeterans 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 floorsThe Housekeeping Aid executes a full range of housekeeping activities in patient and non-patient care areasThe position may be assigned to any tour and may be required to work in various designated areas during any tour of dutyTypically - the position works independently with general supervision - or works with a team and is responsible for the full-range of cleaning duties in an assigned area throughout the medical facilityThese duties include - but are limited to the following: Cleaning wards - patient rooms - storerooms - offices - corridors - restrooms - shower rooms - and other areasHKA-EVS Technicians sweep - mop - scrub (machine) floors - vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture - empty waste baskets - clean light globesTransports general refuse - regulated medical waste and recycling to central collection areasProvides bed-making services in patient care areas and OD roomscleans mattresses - springs - and bed framesand cleans bedside stands - over bed lights - blood pressure cuffs - bed tables - etcin patient roomsRemoves bags of soiled textiles from patient rooms and transports to the designated soiled room in each ward areaLoads and unloads clean textiles from bulk cartsRestocks clean textile closets - cabinets - shelves - carts - and participates in inventory management activitiesDefrosts and cleans patient care refrigerators and ice machines in nourishment kitchen areascleans stainless steel on storage instrument cabinets and counters - elevators in lobbies - wards - diet-kitchens and nurse utility roomsand cleans ashtrays - smoke stands - sand urns in designated smoke areas and water fountains Provides interim cleaning of windows and window ledges from the inside - cleans glass door and other glass surfacesand replaces curtains and cleans blindsCleans rest rooms - bathrooms - and shower rooms - ensuring that they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards (cleans - disinfects - and deodorizes lavatories - showers - bathtubs - urinals - and toilet bowlscleans mirrors - sinks - and water fountainswashes and polishes light and toilet fixtures)Replenishes supplies of paper towels - toilet paper - hand sanitizers - and soap in all areas where dispensers are locatedCleans and/or replaces needle boxesPeriodically cleans specific non-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) in inpatient and clinical areas of the medical centerMoves and arranges furniture - patient wardrobes - beds - etcin the assigned area to accomplish cleaning tasksHKA-EVS Technicians carry out assignments with minimal supervisionWork Schedule: 7:00 am-3:30 pm Monday-Friday Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid- Environmental Services Technician/PD03332A