Housekeeping Aid (Leader)

Veterans Health Administration • Long Beach, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Long Beach VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Lead Housekeeping Aid in the Environmental Management Service in Long Beach, California. The position is aligned under the Housekeeping Supervisor and supports Environmental Management Services goals and objectives, including environment-of-care tasks, textile distribution, and training. The incumbent is a working leader who performs the full range of housekeeping duties while leading three or more employees in maintaining the medical center and other facility units in a clean, organized, and sanitary condition.

The leader communicates assignments from the supervisor, validates completed work, sets the pace, demonstrates methods, and provides direction and on-the-job training. The role may also lead linen, curtain, microfiber mop, rag, and cleaning-supply distribution and inventory management. Work takes place in a variety of medical and administrative areas and may involve patient interaction, protective equipment, and exposure to cleaning solutions, bodily fluids, communicable disease, or hazardous cleaning chemicals. The schedule includes various days and hours and may include rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must pass a background/security investigation and pre-employment physical.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel employee.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period.
• No specific length of training or experience is required, but applicants must demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; evidence must be detailed on the resume.
• Must meet the screen-out element and demonstrate relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities, including dexterity and safety, interpreting instructions and specifications, leading or supervising, operating equipment or machinery, and work practices.
• Must be able to meet the physical requirements, including occasional bending, stooping, crouching, and kneeling; lifting up to 50 pounds; standing, walking, and sitting; and hearing and visual acuity and manual dexterity.
• Protective clothing and personal protective equipment may be required for some work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee housekeeping aids while performing the full range of housekeeping duties.
• Lead three or more employees in maintaining the medical center and other facility units in a clean, organized, and sanitary condition.
• Communicate the supervisor’s instructions to employees and validate completion of assigned work.
• Provide purpose, direction, motivation, and on-the-job training in proper procedures, techniques, and safe work practices.
• Perform housekeeping tasks including dust mopping, damp mopping, emptying waste and medical-waste receptacles, washing walls, cleaning light fixtures and surfaces, and replenishing dispensers.
• Lead textile distribution, including linen and curtains, and distribution of microfiber mops, rags, and cleaning supplies; manage inventory as needed.
• Scrub, strip, refinish, and polish floors using hand-operated and industrial equipment.
• Coordinate projects with nurses and other area supervisors and ensure tasks are completed on time and deadlines are met.
• Set the pace for tasks, demonstrate methods and techniques, and direct employees in the proper use of cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Report employee progress to the supervisor and make recommendations regarding work progress and infractions of policy, procedures, the VA Appearance Code, or the VA Code of Conduct.
• Clean medical center areas including outpatient surgery, clinics, central sterile and clean rooms, patient areas, laboratories, pharmacies, offices, support areas, isolation and storage rooms, corridors, stairwells, toilet rooms, and shower rooms.
• Clean patient rooms, make beds, and inspect mattresses for rips and tears.
• Move furniture and equipment to clean behind or underneath.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to employees and their families.
• Possible credit toward annual leave accrual for prior work or military service, subject to request and approval.

What This Job Offers

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