Housekeeping Aid Supervisor

Veterans Health Administration • Columbia, SC

17d • Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeping Aid Supervisor works in the Environmental Management Service at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. The incumbent is responsible for housekeeping and sanitation services throughout the medical center, ensuring daily needs are met and work meets departmental standards. The role involves supervising a full range of cleaning and sanitation duties, coordinating staff and resources, and maintaining safe, timely, and economical operations. The work is normally performed indoors, though some work may take place outdoors in varying weather conditions. The position may involve exposure to contagious diseases, blood, bodily secretions, and hazardous materials, and requires care when using ladders and heavy powered equipment.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must complete all required application steps, including an online assessment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must undergo a background/security investigation and complete online onboarding and pre-employment identification requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Must demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Must provide detailed resume descriptions supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the position's duties.
• The work requires continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing; occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds; dexterity, coordination, concentration, and visual acuity.
• Must take care when working on ladders, using 30–100-pound powered equipment, or handling hazardous materials.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience performing the full range of housekeeping duties in patient and non-patient care areas, including floor maintenance, wall washing, bed making, dusting, vacuuming, carpet extraction, and restroom cleaning.
• Preferred experience operating, adjusting, cleaning, and performing minor maintenance on powered cleaning equipment, including pressure washers and industrial equipment.
• Preferred experience transporting general refuse, regulated medical waste, and recycling to central collection areas.

Responsibilities

• Assign staff and projects, supervise workers, and plan daily or project-based use of personnel.
• Recommend changes to schedules, priorities, and work sequences, and make minor procedural deviations to address material delays or unplanned absences.
• Coordinate work with supervisors in other services to avoid interrupting patient care or other activities.
• Supervise cleaning and sanitation work in patient areas, corridors, operating rooms, and other assigned medical-center areas.
• Ensure work is completed efficiently and economically within established policies and schedules.
• Plan and schedule daily and weekly assignments based on personnel and equipment availability and established priorities.
• Train staff in patient-centered care and customer service, provide on-the-job training, and instruct employees on proper work methods and equipment and supply use.
• Control supplies and equipment to support cost control, conduct in-use testing, and provide feedback on equipment and supplies.
• Ensure safety rules and procedures are followed and, when required, conduct training on specific safety issues.
• Oversee daily distribution of uniforms and textiles and ensure timely and accurate recordkeeping.
• Approve subordinate leave requests, counsel employees, recommend disciplinary action to a higher-level supervisor when warranted, and formally appraise employee performance and conduct.
• Inspect assigned areas to verify timely completion of assignments, sanitation standards, proper equipment care, and accomplishment of housekeeping objectives.
• Perform housekeeping tasks as needed, including floor and wall cleaning, bed making, dusting, vacuuming, waste removal, restroom cleaning, and minor maintenance of cleaning equipment.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• VA may grant approved credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual rate.

What This Job Offers

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