Housekeeping Aid (Leader)
About The Position
This position is within Environmental Management Services (EMS) at a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and is generally aligned under the Housekeeping Supervisor. The Housekeeping Aid Leader supports EMS goals and objectives by leading housekeeping aides and other assigned employees while also performing the full range of housekeeping duties. The role leads three or more employees, provides direction and motivation, trains employees in proper procedures and techniques, and reports work progress and policy or safety concerns to the Supervisor. Work is guided by EMS and Medical Center policies and procedures, VA regulations, and verbal instructions from EMS Management. The position maintains the Medical Center and other facility units in a clean, organized, and sanitary condition. Cleaning areas may include outpatient surgery and clinics, central sterile and clean rooms, patient areas, laboratories, pharmacies, offices, support areas, isolation and storage rooms, corridors, stairwells, toilet rooms, and shower rooms. Duties include dust and damp mopping; emptying waste and medical-waste receptacles; washing walls and cleaning light fixtures and surfaces; replenishing toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap; making beds and turning mattresses; and scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, and polishing floors using hand-operated and industrial equipment. The work schedule will be determined upon hiring, varies, and may include weekends and holidays.
Requirements
- Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
- U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
- Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
- Selected applicants in testing-designated positions must submit to urinalysis for illegal drug screening before appointment.
- Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
- Selected applicants must complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
- Successful completion of a one-year probationary period, including written certification for continued employment.
- Compliance with annual seasonal influenza vaccination requirements or an approved medical or religious exemption; a face mask is required when an exemption is granted.
- Ability to meet the position's physical requirements, including occasional bending, stooping, crouching, and kneeling; lifting up to 50 pounds; and hearing, visual, and manual dexterity requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead three or more housekeeping aides and other assigned employees while performing housekeeping work.
- Provide employees with purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish assigned tasks.
- Train employees in proper procedures and techniques to achieve workload and safety outcomes.
- Report employee work progress to the Supervisor and make recommendations on work progress, policy and procedure infractions, and safety compliance.
- Perform the full range of housekeeping duties to maintain the Medical Center and facility units in a clean, organized, and sanitary condition.
- Clean designated areas, including clinical, patient, laboratory, pharmacy, office, support, isolation, storage, corridor, stairwell, toilet, and shower areas.
- Dust mop and damp mop; empty waste and medical-waste receptacles; wash walls; clean light fixtures and surfaces; and refill tissue, paper towel, and soap dispensers.
- Make beds and turn mattresses.
- Scrub, strip, refinish, and polish floors using hand-operated and industrial equipment.
Benefits
- Federal employee benefits package available to eligible employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type.
- VA may offer newly appointed Federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual, subject to prior request and approval.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
