Position is located at the Donald J. Mitchell VA Outpatient Clinic in Rome, New York.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Performs general infection control, aseptic, environmental sanitation, and protective maintenance procedures; Maintains lawns, trees, shrubbery, and flowers; Cleans sidewalks, roads, and parking lots; Full range of light and heavy cleaning duties; Cleaning wards, exam 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; Windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders, refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers; Trims bushes, rakes leaves, sweeps and picks up trash on sidewalks; Removes snow and ice from sidewalks, roads, and parking lots; Operates power equipment; Complies with fire and safety regulations; Moves furniture and equipment throughout the clinic; Loads and unloads trucks; and Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday; 6:00am to 2:30pm and 2nd Shift Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Pre-employment physical may be required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Personnel

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: The work requires moderate to heavy physical effort such as using heavy-powered cleaning equipment, shoveling snow, working from low height ladders and/or scaffolds, lifting and moving furniture, emptying mop units which weigh up to 50 pounds, and prolonged use of mop heads which weigh 20-30 pounds. The work involves continuous walking, standing, stooping, bending, pushing, pulling, and kneeling. The Laborer lifts up to 80 pounds. Working conditions are outdoors for long periods of time during the winter for snow and ice removal. On occasion, the Laborer works in crawl spaces and extreme heat. 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: Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal SupervisionDexterity and SafetyInspectProduction Support ServiceWork Practices IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Syracuse VA Medical Center 800 Irving Ave Syracuse, NY 13210 US
• Name: Angela Johnson
• Phone: 518-626-6155
• Email: [email protected]