Housekeeping Aid
Company: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: November 16, 2023
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Job Description:
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 VA Medical Center located in Indianapolis, Indiana
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perks and benefits of a Housekeeping career!
This job is open to
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.
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Duties
Duties
The Housekeeping Aid executes a full range of housekeeping
activities in patient and non-patient care areas. The position may
be assigned to any tour and may be required to work in various
designated areas during any tour of duty. Typically, 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 facility. These duties
include, but are not limited to the following:
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 battery-operated equipment. Adjusts, cleans, and performs minor
maintenance on this equipment and changes attachments for their
proper use in achieving the best results.
Empties trash and wastebaskets, replaces liners. Transports general
refuse, regulated medical waste and recycling to central collection
areas.
Cleans 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
bowls; cleans mirrors, sinks, and water fountains; washes and
polishes light and toilet fixtures).
Performs other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: 7:00am to 3:30pm (days off to be determined); 3:00pm
to 11:30pm, Monday through Friday/Weekends
CRITICAL SKILLS INCENTIVE: This occupation is being considered for
a Veterans Health Administration enterprise-wide Critical Skills
Incentive (CSI). Candidates may be eligible for a lump sum CSI. The
amount of lump sum CSI is determined based on appointment date and
may be pro-rated as determined by the end date of the CSI.Eligible
candidates will be required to sign a service agreement agreeing to
an obligated service period and failure to complete the obligated
service period may result in a debt for the unearned portion of the
CSI.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Qualifications
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.
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. The potential eligibles are rated against the
remainder of the job elements. 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.
You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the
assessment questionnaire for this position
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
This is an open continuous announcement until December 31, 2023.
Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies
become available.
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave:
Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per
pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served
as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit
toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or
military service experience. This credited service can be used in
determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit
must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is
not guaranteed.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with
disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5
CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with
disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical
disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled
veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or
more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply
under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement
Coordinator.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced
Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority
over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be
qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the
agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most
recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty
location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or
more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP
eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at
http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional
vacancies.
Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP)
are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to
such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or
pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only
infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required
to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of
proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will
provide additional information regarding what information or
documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally
required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable
accommodation process.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do
not have in electronic form, view the following link for
information regarding an Alternate Application.
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 that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn
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 information on the specific
benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the
qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE
WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants
will be referred in the order in which they were received.
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 that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn
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 information on the specific
benefits offered.
As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have
access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of
position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time,
temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the
following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure
you're eligible under their policies.
Documents Accepted:
Documents Required:
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all
necessary documents required for your application.Not every
applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the
applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package
includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and
eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50,
transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal
employees).You will not be contacted for additional information.
Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation 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 consideration for
this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to
review and track the status of your application.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational
questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the
Required Documents section. The complete application package must
be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/31/2023 to receive
consideration.To preview the questionnaire click
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12072879.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create 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
occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and
appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS
account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the
Application Status link and then select the More Information link
for this position. The Details page will display the status of your
application, the documentation received and processed, and any
correspondence the agency has sent related to this application.
Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus
scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS
account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement.
You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your
USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
Agency contact information
Darius Holmes
Phone
317-389-6574
Email
Darius.Holmes@va.gov
Address
Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center 1481 West Tenth Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202 US
Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to
ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After
the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and
applicants will be notified of their status by email.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent.
Please read the following guidance.
Required Documents
Documents Accepted:
Documents Required:
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all
necessary documents required for your application.Not every
applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the
applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package
includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and
eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50,
transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal
employees).You will not be contacted for additional information.
Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation 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 consideration for
this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to
review and track the status of your application.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational
questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the
Required Documents section. The complete application package must
be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/31/2023 to receive
consideration.To preview the questionnaire click
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12072879.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create 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
occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and
appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS
account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the
Application Status link and then select the More Information link
for this position. The Details page will display the status of your
application, the documentation received and processed, and any
correspondence the agency has sent related to this application.
Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus
scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS
account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement.
You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your
USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
Agency contact information
Darius Holmes
Phone
317-389-6574
Email
Darius.Holmes@va.gov
Address
Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center 1481 West Tenth Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202 US
Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to
ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After
the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and
applicants will be notified of their status by email.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent.
Please read the following guidance.
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