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Job Description
Housekeeper Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home - Hilo, HI 96720
Posted:
05/12/2026
Employment:
100% FTE, Full-Time with
Benefits Pay:
$18.92 per
Hour Department:
YOSVH Experience:
Entry-Level Job Description Join Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home and be part of a team that proudly cares for our friends, family, and neighbors across East Hawaiʻi. Help create a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for Hawaii's veterans and residents. As a Housekeeper, you play an important role in resident comfort, infection prevention, and maintaining the overall quality of the facility.
Key Responsibilities:
Clean the resident's rooms, offices, restrooms, and common areas
Perform routine housekeeping duties including mopping, vacuuming, disinfecting, and waste removal
Follow infection control and safety procedures
Maintain housekeeping equipment, carts, and supply inventory
Report maintenance or safety concerns promptly.
Support a respectful and positive environment for residents and staff
Education:
High school graduate or equivalent preferred. Qualifications Housekeeping, janitorial, or related experience preferred
Ability to work in a fast-paced healthcare environment
Strong reliability and attention to detail
Ability to follow safety and infection control procedures
Ability to regularly lift or move objects weighing up to 40 pounds and move objects weighing over 50lbs
Ability to remain active throughout the shift to include climbing and maintaining balance on ladder
Company Description Located in picturesque Hilo, Hawaii, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home features dedicated short-term rehabilitation services and residential long-term placement. As the only state Veterans Home on the Big Island of Hawaii, we are proud to serve our county's finest. In addition to rehabilitation services, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home is designed to care for your medical conditions through personalized, 24-hour skilled nursing care provided by licensed clinical specialists and therapists. With oversight and coordination with physicians and nurse practitioners, our teams work hand-in-hand to provide compassionate quality care. Committed To Quality Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home offers more than just 24-hour nursing care, we cater to both the physical and emotional health of our residents and patients. Our care teams work together to create personalized treatment plans to help patients through their care journey. We strive to provide industry-leading outcomes through coordination of all aspects of your care. Benefits
Company sponsored medical and dental (100% coverage for employee)
401(K) retirement plan
Sick and vacation leave
Pre-Employment Assessments for External Candidates As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOT employed by HHSC's East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request. Pre-Employment Health Requirements Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. YUKIO - Drug Free, Equal Opportunity Employer, E-Verify East Hawaii State Veterans Home is a drug-free workplace, an Equal Opportunity Employer, and conducts employment verification through E-Verify. Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home Administrator Kaui Chartrand takes folks on a tour of Hawaii's first state veterans home. The 95-bed facility features a number of amenities in this well equipped and staffed long term care home for our veterans.
For more information go to:
www.
YukioOkutsuStateVeteransHome.org or call 808.961.1500. The home is located at 1180 Waianuenue Avenue in Hilo, Hawaii. This 2025 video features highlight from the last year across our organization in the East Hawaii Region that includes Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka`a Hospital, Ka`u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, and our network of primary and specialty care clinics under the East Hawaii Health Clinics umbrella. You will learn about our developments in construction, improvements in quality of care, new services and providers, as well as, what's ahead. We conclude this yearbook with a tribute to our healthcare champion Dr. Judith "Fitz" FitzGerald.