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Overview

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is currently seeking Environmental Service Technicians/Housekeepers to support operations at the Portland VA Medical Center located at 3710 Southwest US Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239. If you accept employment with Ansible, you must also acknowledge that any assigned schedule is subject to change at the direction of either Ansible or its customers. 

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Federal customers with solutions in many arenas. Our customers face wide-ranging challenges in the fields of national security, health care, and information technology. To address these challenges, we employ intelligent and committed staff who take care of our customers’ success as if it is their own.

Responsibilities

• Outpatient Rooms:  High dust, wipe walls and all furniture in rooms. Clean any debris or paint that may have been left by building contractors. Floors will be mopped with germicidal solution (cleaning methods and germicidal solutions shall be prescribed by the COR.  Carpeted floors will be vacuumed. All horizontal surfaces will be kept free of dust and debris.  Change out cubical curtains when needed. (Carpets will be shampooed as needed).
• Maintain Floors:  All floors, except carpeted areas, shall be swept, dust mopped, damp mopped, wet mopped, dry buffed, and spray buffed to ensure they have a uniform, glossy appearance and free from dirt, debris, dust, scuff and heel marks, other stains and discoloration, and other foreign matter. Baseboards, corners, and wall/floor edges shall also be clean. All floor maintenance solutions shall be removed from baseboards, furniture, trash receptacles, chairs, trash receptacles, and other moveable items shall be moved to maintain floors underneath these items. All moved items shall be returned to their original and proper position. 
• Break room:  All have VCT flooring and shall be dust mopped, wet mopped and refinished.  Counters, sinks, and shelving will be clean with no particles on or underneath appliances and wiped with VA approved germicidal. All tables, chairs, and other furnishings will be wiped down with VA approved germicidal and left free of any part particles, smears, or stains. This area should be ready for inspection and free of any dust on vents, ledges and walls should be clean with no lint, finger marks, or stains.
• Common Areas: Waiting areas to include the back, seat, and legs of all chairs, tables, windowsills stairwells, and corridors will be swept, mopped, and wiped down with VA approved germicidal frequently throughout the day. Entrance mats shall be clean as required to maintain quality standards.
• Remove Trash:  All trash should be removed from the areas being cleaned at the end of each day. Boxes, cans, and papers placed near a trash receptacle and marked “TRASH” shall be removed. The trash shall be deposited in the nearest outside trash collection container. Trash receptacles shall be left clean, free of foreign matter, and free of odors. Red bags or RMW ( Chemo) to go to the loading dock in RMW room.
• Clean and Disinfect:  Completely clean, disinfect with the use of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved hospital grade germicidal detergent, and polish dry all surfaces of sinks, water fountains and plumbing fixtures.  After cleaning, receptacles will be free of deposits, dirt, streaks, and odors. Waiting rooms shall be free of all paper, trash, empty bottles, and other discarded material.
• Clean Interior Glass/Mirrors:  Clean all interior glass, including glass in doors, partitions, walls, display cases, directory boards, fire extinguisher case, check in windows, Inpatient Pharmacy window, Outpatient Pharmacy Pick up window, Nurses Station, and glass picture frames.  After glass cleaning, there shall be no traces of film, dirt, streaks, smudges, water, or other foreign matter.
• Vacuum Carpets: Vacuum carpeted areas. After daily vacuuming, the carpeted area shall be free of all visible dirt, debris, litter, and other foreign matter. Any spots shall be removed by carpet manufacturer’s approved methods as soon as noticed. All tears, burns, and raveling shall be brought to the attention of the Government representative.
• Clean Carpets:  All carpets shall be cleaned in accordance with standard commercial practices. A heavy-duty spot remover may be required in heavily soiled areas. After shampooing, the carpeted area will be uniform in appearance and free of stains and discoloration. All cleaning solutions shall be removed from baseboards, furniture, trash receptacles, chairs, and other similar items. Chairs, trash receptacles, and other items shall be moved to clean carpets underneath and returned to their original location.
• Vacuum and Clean Floor Mats: Vacuum and clean interior and exterior floor mats. After vacuuming or cleaning, mats shall be free of all visible lint, litter, soil and other foreign matter. Soil and moisture underneath mats shall be removed, and mats returned to their normal location.
• General Spot Cleaning:  Perform spot cleaning on a continual basis. Spot cleaning includes, but is not limited to removing, or cleaning smudges, fingerprints, marks, streaks, spills, from washable surfaces of all walls, partitions, vents, grillwork, doors, door guards, door handles, push bars, kick plates, light switches, temperature controls, and fixtures. After spot cleaning, the surface shall have a clean, uniform appearance, free of streaks, spots, and other evidence of soil.
• General Dusting: All horizontal surfaces shall be dusted or cleaned to eliminate dust collection and wiped with VA approved germicidal.
• Change out Cubical Curtains when needed or soiled.
• Clean and Disinfect:  Completely clean and disinfect as needed with the use of an EPA approved hospital grade germicidal detergent all surfaces of sinks, toilet bowls, urinals, lavatories, showers, shower mats, dispensers, plumbing fixtures, saunas, partitions, dispensers, doors, walls, and other such surfaces.  After cleaning, receptacles will be free of deposits, dirt, streaks, and odors. Disinfect all surfaces of partitions, stalls, stall doors, entry doors, (including handles, kick plates, ventilation grates, metal guards, all stainless-steel appliances and wall areas adjacent to wall mounted lavatories, urinals, and toilets.
• Descale Toilet Bowls:  Descaling shall be performed every week as a minimum and as often as needed to keep areas free of scale, soap films, and other deposits. After descaling, surfaces shall be free from streaks, stains, scale, scum, urine deposits, and rust stains.
• Sweep and Mop Floor:  After sweeping and mopping, the entire floor surface, including grout, shall be free from litter, dirt, dust, and debris. Floors shall have a uniform appearance without streaks, swirl marks, detergent residue, or any evidence of soil, stain, film, or standing water.  Moveable items shall be tilted or moved to sweep and damp mop underneath. The item is to be returned to its original spot upon completion of task.  Floors shall be dust mopped, stripped, scrubbed, waxed, buffed, as necessary to maintain sanitary conditions and a clean, uniform appearance.
• Stock Restroom Supplies:  Contractor personnel shall ensure restrooms are stocked sufficiently thru out the day so that supplies including soaps, paper towels, and toilet paper do not run out. Supplies shall be stored in designated areas.
• Maintain Floors:  All floors, except carpeted areas, shall be swept, dust mopped, damp mopped, wet mopped or scrubbed , dry buffed, and spray buffed to ensure they have a uniform, glossy appearance and free from dirt, debris, dust, scuff and heel marks, other stains and discoloration, and other foreign matter. Baseboards, corners, and wall/floor edges shall also be clean. All floor maintenance solutions shall be removed from baseboards, furniture, trash receptacles, chairs, trash receptacles, and other moveable items shall be moved to maintain floors underneath these items. All moved items shall be returned to their original and proper position. Wet strip and apply fresh coats of floor finish to resilient floors Semi Annually or as needed.
• Break room:  All have VCT flooring and shall be dust mopped, wet mopped and refinished.  Counters, sinks, and shelving will be clean with no particles on or underneath appliances and wiped with VA approved germicidal. All tables, chairs, and other furnishings will be wiped down with VA approved germicidal and left free of any part particles, smears, or stains. This area should be ready for inspection and free of any dust on vents, ledges and walls should be clean with no lint, finger marks, or stains.
• Common Areas: Waiting areas to include the back, seat, and legs of all chairs, tables, windowsills stairwells, and corridors will be swept, mopped, and wiped down with VA approved germicidal frequently throughout the day. Entrance mats shall be clean as required to maintain quality standards.
• Remove Trash:  All trash should be removed from the areas being cleaned at the end of each day. Boxes, cans, and papers placed near a trash receptacle and marked “TRASH” shall be removed. The trash shall be deposited in the nearest outside trash collection container. Trash receptacles shall be left clean, free of foreign matter, and free of odors.
• Clean and Disinfect:  Completely clean, disinfect with the use of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved hospital grade germicidal detergent, and polish dry all surfaces of sinks, water fountains and plumbing fixtures.  After cleaning, receptacles will be free of deposits, dirt, streaks, and odors. Waiting rooms shall be free of all paper, trash, empty bottles, and other discarded material.
• Clean Interior Glass/Mirrors:  Clean all interior glass, including glass in doors, partitions, walls, display cases, directory boards, fire extinguisher case, check in windows, Inpatient Pharmacy window, Outpatient Pharmacy Pick up window, Nurses Station, and glass picture frames.  After glass cleaning, there shall be no traces of film, dirt, streaks, smudges, water, or other foreign matter.
• Vacuum Carpets: Vacuum carpeted areas. After daily vacuuming, the carpeted area shall be free of all visible dirt, debris, litter, and other foreign matter. Any spots shall be removed by carpet manufacturer’s approved methods as soon as noticed. All tears, burns, and raveling shall be brought to the attention of the Government representative.
• Clean Carpets:  All carpets shall be cleaned in accordance with standard commercial practices. A heavy-duty spot remover may be required in heavily soiled areas. After shampooing, the carpeted area will be uniform in appearance and free of stains and discoloration. All cleaning solutions shall be removed from baseboards, furniture, trash receptacles, chairs, and other similar items. Chairs, trash receptacles, and other items shall be moved to clean carpets underneath and returned to their original location.
• Vacuum and Clean Floor Mats:  Vacuum and clean interior and exterior floor mats. After vacuuming or cleaning, mats shall be free of all visible lint, litter, soil and other foreign matter. Soil and moisture underneath mats shall be removed, and mats returned to their normal location.
• General Spot Cleaning:  Perform spot cleaning on a continual basis. Spot cleaning includes, but is not limited to removing, or cleaning smudges, fingerprints, marks, streaks, spills, from washable surfaces of all walls, partitions, vents, grillwork, doors, door guards, door handles, push bars, kick plates, light switches, temperature controls, and fixtures. After spot cleaning, the surface shall have a clean, uniform appearance, free of streaks, spots, and other evidence of soil.
• General Dusting: All horizontal surfaces shall be dusted or cleaned to eliminate dust collection and wiped with VA approved germicidal.
• The Contractor shall strip wax, finish and buff using non-slip floor finish. The Contractor shall “turn back the rugs” in order to clean and finish the floor areas. The stripping of wax, finish and buffing shall be performed Semi Annually or as requested.  The scheduling of this task will be coordinated between the Contractor and on-site POC and staff occupying building to ensure there is no disruption to staff and visitors.
• Individual rooms and/or a designated area requiring the stripping of wax, refinishing and rebuffing, shall occur and direction of the on-site POC.  The area or the room requiring the service will be identified by on-site POC or designated representative to the COR.
• The Contractor shall wet mop using a neutral floor cleaner, using a Micro-Fiber Mopping System to mop all accessible areas including corners and abutments.  The Contractor shall remove any splash marks or streaks on furniture, walls, baseboards, etc...  Isolation room cleaning will include disinfecting floors using a flat microfiber system.
• The Contractor shall not mop wood or carpeted floors.  The Contractor will only use string mops in the case of large spills.  When string mops are required, a double bucket mopping process will be used.
• The Contractor shall sweep, dust, and damp mop hard-surfaces, resilient flooring to include normal traffic areas, group rooms, and restrooms.  The floors shall be swept, dusted and damp mop using a treated or dust- free method/mop.  The Contractor shall ensure that the cleaning includes the corners and abutments.  The Contractor shall tilt or move chairs, trash receptacles, and other easily movable items to clean underneath and shall return items to their proper position.
• The Contractor shall spray and buff all floors accessible to floor machine unless specified elsewhere as having carpet or special flooring. The Contractor shall apply a uniform coating of non-skid floor finish to protect and restore gloss or sheen.  The Contractor shall remove excess floor finish solutions.  The Contractor shall apply these techniques only to the portion of the floor needing work, to bring the entire floor up to standard.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Completed physical examination prior to starting
• A complete application package
• Selected applications will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Position Pays: $18.35 - $23.44/hr 

 

All candidates must be able to:

• Sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach above shoulders during the work shift
• Lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist
• Lift up to 20 lbs
• Carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance
• Push/pull with 30 lbs of force

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.