Housekeeping Aid Leader - Environmental Services Technician Leader

Veterans Health Administration • Minneapolis, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within Environmental Management Services (EMS) at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and is generally aligned under the Housekeeping Supervisor. The role supports and performs tasks related to EMS goals and objectives, including environment-of-care work, textile distribution, and training. The position leads employees in daily work but has no formal disciplinary authority over staff.

The Housekeeping Aid Leader leads at least three employees while also performing the full range of housekeeping tasks. The role communicates work instructions, checks completion, coordinates projects with nurses and other area supervisors, provides training and motivation, reports employee progress and policy or safety concerns to the Supervisor, and recommends remedial training when needed. The work includes cleaning and maintaining a broad range of medical-center areas, handling textiles and inventory when assigned, and operating equipment to care for floors.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 4:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Work occurs in areas such as operating rooms, treatment and examination rooms, imaging rooms, wards, and public, recreational, and administrative spaces. Some duties require protective clothing and personal protective equipment. The position may involve exposure to cleaning solutions, bodily fluids, communicable diseases, and hazardous cleaning chemicals, as well as interaction with medical and psychiatric patients. Work may be required indoors and outdoors.

Requirements

• Demonstrated training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide detailed resume descriptions supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Meet the position’s screen-out element and applicable job-element qualifications, including dexterity and safety; interpreting instructions and specifications; leading or supervising; using and maintaining tools and equipment; and work practices.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Register for Selective Service if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Participate in the annual seasonal influenza vaccination program or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask if an exemption is granted.
• Meet the physical demands of the position, including occasional bending or stooping, crouching, kneeling, lifting up to 50 pounds, standing, walking, sitting, adequate hearing and vision, and manual dexterity to use a phone and operate equipment.
• Use protective clothing and PPE, including gowns, gloves, safety shoes, and masks, for applicable work.

Responsibilities

• Lead three or more employees while performing the full range of housekeeping tasks.
• Communicate the Supervisor’s instructions to employees and validate that assigned work is completed.
• Coordinate projects with nurses and other area supervisors to support timely, successful completion.
• Provide employees with purpose, direction, motivation, and training in proper procedures and techniques, including workload and safety practices.
• Report employee progress and recommend action to the Supervisor regarding work progress, policy and procedure infractions, and safety compliance.
• Clean horizontal and vertical surfaces in outpatient surgery, clinics, central sterile areas, clean rooms, patient areas, laboratories, pharmacies, offices, support areas, isolation rooms, storage rooms, corridors, stairwells, toilet rooms, shower rooms, and other medical-center areas as required.
• Dust mop and damp mop; empty general and medical waste receptacles; wash walls; clean light fixtures and surfaces; and refill toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers.
• Make beds and turn mattresses.
• When assigned, lead textile distribution and inventory management, uniform management, and the Patient Assistance Program.
• Provide on-the-job training to assigned employees and recommend remedial training when observations indicate a need.
• Move furniture and set up conference rooms for meetings, trainings, or other events when required.
• Scrub, strip, refinish, and polish floors using hand-operated and industrial equipment.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package is available to eligible employees and their families.
• Annual leave accrual may include credit for qualifying job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service, if requested and approved before appointment; credit is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed