Housekeeping Worker Full Time

Title: Housekeeping Worker Full Time

State Role Title: Hsekeep &/or Apparel Worker I

Hiring Range: starting at $34,323 (commensurate based on experience)

Pay Band: 1

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Western State Hospital

Agency Website: https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/wsh/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Western State Hospital is seeking a full-time Housekeeping Worker to provide a safe, sanitary, and attractive environment for patients, staff, and visitors at Western State Hospital (WSH). The Housekeeping Worker will ensure bathrooms and shower rooms are cleaned daily; will replenish paper products; ensure all trash is removed daily; clean mirrors; ensure floors are mopped daily; and ensure walls and ceilings are cleaned as needed.

This position will also ensure windows, doors, and fixtures are cleaned as needed; dust mop and wet mop floors daily; remove trash; wipe down tables and chairs; clean windows, doors, and walls; dust mop and wet mop daily; conduct buffing weekly; and finish floors as needed.

This position is eligible for:

- Shift Differential on weekends
* Weekend/Holiday First shift 7:00a- 3:30p is $1.10/hr.
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- paid time off, sick time, family/personal time, and community service time
- retirement with cash match
- life insurance

Minimum Qualifications

- General knowledge in cleaning bathrooms, bedrooms, dayrooms, floor finishings, and cleaning/operating housekeeping equipment
- general skills in cleaning bathrooms, bedrooms, dayrooms, floor finishings, and cleaning/operating housekeeping equipment
- read, write, perform basic math calculations, lift heavy objects, prolonged standing, walking on various surfaces, climb ladders, work on knees, and work in various conditions

Additional Considerations

- high school graduate or equivalent
- experience in housekeeping
- valid Virginia Driver's license
- bilingual
- veteran or veteran spouse

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Western State Hospital is a tobacco free facility in all state buildings and on facility grounds. Submit a completed state application online at https://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/. if assistance is needed, contact by email Samantha.Leep@dbhds.virginia.gov. To apply for a job, you must make sure that your online application is complete. MISSING INFORMATION IS AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION AND WILL NOT BE PROCESSED. Please make sure all telephone numbers/addresses are current and up-to-date. REMEMBER YOUR CONFIRMATION NUMBER. You have not completed applying for this position until you receive a confirmation number. If you are connected to a printer, print the confirmation number so that you can track the progress of your application and click on OK. If you are not connected to a printer, write down the confirmation number and then click on OK. Reasonable accommodations for the application and/or interview processes are available upon request to persons with disabilities per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Veterans and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. WSH is an EEO compliance facility.

In accordance with Executive Directive #18, as a condition of employment, the Commonwealth of Virginia requires all Executive Branch employees, including new hires and contract workers, to disclose their vaccination status. If you are the selected candidate, proof of vaccination will be required during new employee orientation on your first day of work. Employees that are not vaccinated must be tested weekly.

Commonwealth’s Alternate Hiring Process: In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, i