Housekeeping Aid

  • Bath VA Medical Center
  • Bath, New York
  • Full Time
Housekeeping Aid

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

Veterans Health Administrion

Summary

This position is loced within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes)

Summary

This position is loced within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes)

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

07/28/2025 to 08/07/2025

Salary

$17.70 to - $20.65 per hour

Pay scale & grade

WG 2

Locion

2 vacancies in the following locion:

Bh, NY

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Not required

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time - 7:00am - 3:30pm,Thursday - Monday & Friday-Tuesday

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

3566 Custodial Working

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

Announcement number

CBTE-12772859-25-LW

Control number

841809700

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.

Clarificion from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS

DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion.

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Duties

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Performs floor maintenance, wall washing. Cleans doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges, and stairwells. Tasks are accomplished by sweeping, dust mopping, damp and wet mopping, scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, buffing, vacuuming and extracting carpets and runners, spot cleaning areas, and high and low dusting. Periodically utilizes pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and btery opered equipment the above task. Adjusts, cleans, and performs minor maintenance on this equipment and changes tachments for their proper use in achieving the best results.

Moves and arranges furniture, pient wardrobes, beds, etc. in the assigned area to accomplish cleaning tasks.

Provides bed-making services in pient care areas and OD rooms; cleans mtresses, springs, and bed frames; and cleans bedside stands, over bed lights, blood pressure cuffs, bed tables, etc. in pient rooms.

Empties trash and wastebaskets, replaces liners. Transports general refuse, reguled medical waste and recycling to central collection areas.

Cleans rest rooms, bhrooms, and shower rooms, ensuring th they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards (cleans, disinfects, and deodorizes lavories, showers, bhtubs, urinals, and toilet bowls; cleans mirrors, sinks, and wer fountains; washes and polishes light and toilet fixtures).

Replenishes supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in all areas where dispensers are loced.

Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: 7:00am - 3:30pm,Thursday - Monday & Friday-Tuesday

Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid/PD99909A

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 necessite considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordinion, and concentrion as well as visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job

Subject to a background/suitability investigion

May serve a probionary period

Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959

A complete applicion package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.

Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualificions

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement.

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 demonstres 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 red in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualificion Standards .

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The potential eligibles are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements:

Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision

Dexterity and Safety

Follow Directions

Special Aptitude - Housekeeping Work

Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles 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 credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Educion

This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement.

Additional informion

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer (TJO). Please the Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf for more informion.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found .

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants referred in the order in which they were received.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

PCS Orders

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/07/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

Agency contact informion

Lisa Wood

Phone

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Fax

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Address

Bh VA Medical Center

76 Veterans Avenue

Bh, NY 14810

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

PCS Orders

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/07/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

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Agency contact informion

Lisa Wood

Phone

...

Fax

...

...

Address

Bh VA Medical Center

76 Veterans Avenue

Bh, NY 14810

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/28/2025 to 08/07/2025 Salary $17.70 to - $20.65 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 2 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Bh, NY Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time - 7:00am - 3:30pm,Thursday - Monday & Friday-Tuesday Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number CBTE-12772859-25-LW Control number 841809700
Job ID: 487387761
Originally Posted on: 7/30/2025

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