Housekeeping Aid

Summary This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division at Hudson Valley VA Healthcare System (Montrose and Castle Point).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, etc.).Click the Learn more about this agency link below to discover the perks and benefits of a Housekeeping - Environmental Service career! This job is open to The public U.S.Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.Clarification from the agency ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY:This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.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 staff.As a 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 include, but not limited to, cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.HKA-EVS Technicians 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, cleaning debris i.e., foliage, snow, trash, from doorways and entrances, including removing snow and placing/spreading rock salt to prevent slipping and/or injuries, refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture.HKA-EVS Technicians carry out assignments with minimal supervision.Promotion Potential:The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.Work Schedule:TOUR WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING INTERVIEW Compressed/Flexible Schedule:NOT APPLICABLE Position Description Title/PD#:Housekeeping Aid/PD99909S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI):NOT APPLICABLE Requirements Conditions of employment You must be a U.S.Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.Upon completion of your probationary or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/10/2026.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 consideratio