Housekeeping Aid (Leader)

Veterans Health Administration•Winter Park, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, Florida, under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. The Housekeeping Work Leader supports Environmental Management Services goals and objectives, including environment-of-care activities, textile distribution, and training. The role combines leadership duties with hands-on janitorial and custodial work to help maintain the medical center in a clean, organized, and sanitary condition. The work leader leads at least three employees, communicates instructions from the Supervisor, checks that assigned work is completed, coordinates projects with other area supervisors, and reports employee progress and policy or safety concerns. The leader demonstrates proper cleaning methods and equipment use, trains and motivates employees, and helps ensure deadlines and safety requirements are met. The position also performs a full range of housekeeping duties throughout clinical, patient, office, and support areas. Work includes dust and damp mopping, emptying and replacing waste and medical-waste receptacles, washing walls, cleaning light fixtures and surfaces, and replenishing toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers. Work is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to midnight and includes weekend rotations. Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
Must demonstrate the ability to do the work without more than normal supervision, dexterity and safety, interpret instructions and specifications, use and maintain tools and equipment, and follow work practices.
Applicants must meet the stated requirements by the announcement closing date of 10/20/2026.
Selected applicants are subject to urinalysis drug screening, a background/security investigation, a pre-employment physical, onboarding requirements, and participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
Male applicants born after 12/31/1959 must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
Must be able to meet physical demands including continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing; occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds; and work involving ladders, 30–100-pound powered equipment, or hazardous materials.

Responsibilities

Lead three or more employees while performing the full range of housekeeping tasks.
Communicate Supervisor instructions to employees and verify completion of assigned work.
Coordinate projects with other area supervisors to support timely and successful completion.
Demonstrate cleaning methods, tasks, and techniques, and instruct employees in proper use of cleaning supplies and equipment.
Train, direct, and motivate employees in proper procedures and techniques to meet workload and safety expectations.
Ensure tasks are completed and deadlines are met.
Report employee progress to the Supervisor and make recommendations concerning work progress, policy and procedure infractions, and safety compliance.
Perform housekeeping duties 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 waste receptacles; empty and replace medical-waste receptacles; wash walls; clean light fixtures and surfaces; and refill toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers.