Housekeeping Aid (Leader)

Veterans Health Administration•Las Vegas, NV

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Environmental Management Services of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Las Vegas, NV. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes). The Lead Housekeeping Aid maintains VA facilities for Veterans and their families and are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A VA healthcare career as a Lead Housekeeping Aid means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff. As a Lead Housekeeping Aid, you will lead Housekeeping Aids - Environmental Services Technicians (minimum of 3) in performing their duties while performing the full range of housekeeping tasks required to maintain the Medical Center and other facility units in a clean, organized and sanitary condition. Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, cleaning/disinfecting healthcare environmental surfaces, and vacuuming and polishing floors. Duties include communicating instructions from the Supervisor to the employees and then validating the completion of the assigned work. You will set the pace of each task, demonstrate methods and techniques and provide direction to assigned employees in the proper usage of cleaning supplies and equipment. Engage with all employees to provide purpose, direction and motivation in accomplishing all tasks, while training the employee in proper procedures and techniques to meet or exceed desired outcomes of workload and safety. This position reports progress of employees to the Supervisor and makes recommendations as necessary, on all matters to include the progress of work, any infractions of policies and procedures, and assures all safety compliance. As a working leader, the position also performs the full range of housekeeping duties. The employee may clean areas to include, but not limited to horizontal and vertical surfaces in: outpatient surgery, outpatient clinics, central sterile, clean rooms, patient areas, laboratory, pharmacy, offices, support and patient areas, isolation rooms, storage rooms, corridors, stairwells, toilet rooms, shower rooms, and all other Medical center areas as required. The position is required to use proper procedures in dust mopping, damp mopping, emptying waste receptacles, emptying and replacing medical waste receptacle, washing walls, cleaning light fixtures, and surfaces as necessary, refilling toilet tissue, paper towels and soap dispensers. The position makes beds and turns mattresses. May be required to take the lead in textile distribution and inventory management, uniform management and Patient Assistance Program; provides on-the-job training to all employees assigned. Identifies and recommends to the Supervisor employees that need remedial training based on observations made in the work site. May be required to move furniture and set up conference rooms for meetings, trainings or other events. Additionally, the position scrubs, strips, refinishes, and polishes floors by using hand operated and industrial equipment.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
May be required to serve a probationary period.
Subject to background/security investigation.
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).
Show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate ability to do the work of this position.
Resume must support qualifications with detailed descriptions of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Dexterity and Safety
Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
Work Practices
Continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing.
Occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers: weighing over 50 pounds).
Considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration.
Visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris.
Care is required to avoid serious injuries (i.e., broken bones) when working on ladders, or when using 30-100 pound power equipment or handling hazardous materials.

Nice To Haves

Working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.

Responsibilities

Lead Housekeeping Aids - Environmental Services Technicians (minimum of 3) in performing their duties.
Perform the full range of housekeeping tasks required to maintain the Medical Center and other facility units in a clean, organized and sanitary condition.
Address spills quickly, discard trash, clean/disinfect healthcare environmental surfaces, and vacuum and polish floors.
Communicate instructions from the Supervisor to the employees and validate the completion of assigned work.
Set the pace of each task, demonstrate methods and techniques, and provide direction to assigned employees in the proper usage of cleaning supplies and equipment.
Engage with all employees to provide purpose, direction and motivation in accomplishing all tasks.
Train employees in proper procedures and techniques to meet or exceed desired outcomes of workload and safety.
Report progress of employees to the Supervisor and make recommendations as necessary.
Assure all safety compliance.
Clean areas including horizontal and vertical surfaces in outpatient surgery, outpatient clinics, central sterile, clean rooms, patient areas, laboratory, pharmacy, offices, support and patient areas, isolation rooms, storage rooms, corridors, stairwells, toilet rooms, shower rooms, and all other Medical center areas as required.
Use proper procedures in dust mopping, damp mopping, emptying waste receptacles, emptying and replacing medical waste receptacle, washing walls, cleaning light fixtures, and surfaces as necessary, refilling toilet tissue, paper towels and soap dispensers.
Make beds and turn mattresses.
May be required to take the lead in textile distribution and inventory management, uniform management and Patient Assistance Program.
Provide on-the-job training to all employees assigned.
Identify and recommend to the Supervisor employees that need remedial training based on observations made in the work site.
May be required to move furniture and set up conference rooms for meetings, trainings or other events.
Scrub, strip, refinish, and polish floors by using hand operated and industrial equipment.