This position is located at Kayenta Health Center, Kayenta, Arizona. Serves as Supervisor for Housekeeping Section. Incumbent is responsible for providing a clean Health Care Facility environment, supervises employees and purchases supplies and equipment. Conducts long and short term planning and provides in-service training.

Duties

Planning: makes assignment, explains work requirements, sets deadlines and establishes sequence of workflow. Determines resources necessary, material, number of subordinates and any special skills necessary. Directly supervises staff involved in cleaning entire clinic area and interdepartmental housekeeping functions to provide a clean sanity environment for the entire clinic and/or areas assigned. Makes inspections of clinics areas to ascertain that proper standards of cleaning techniques have been observed and applied by Housekeeping staff. Technical assistance is available from the Supervisors, Safety Officer and Infection Control Officer on aseptic techniques to be followed. Work Direction: Reassigns housekeeping aids to other area and inspects linen, inventories, maintain adequate supply of cleaning materials. Monitors records of weighs and costs for executing, issues fitting and marking all uniforms for employees as required by supervisor. Administration: Prepares daily, monthly work schedules, yearly tentative leave schedules and prepares Performance Appraisals System for all subordinate Housekeeping personnel. Participates with and attends Performance Improvement meetings to implement Safety Infection control practices; ensures, initiates and maintains preventive measures against disease or health and safety hazard in order to maintain a clean, safe environment for all patients, staff, and visitors. Ensures compliances with IHS,NAIHS and service unit polices, procedures and accrediting agencies. Technical: Trains housekeeping personnel, including new employees, in routine cleaning procedures, proper handling and disposal of soiled contaminated linen. Participates with and attends trainings. Incumbent is a working supervisor that performs essentially the same duties of subordinates in areas where there is a shortage. Informs and instructs subordinate staff on new developments in clinical housekeeping techniques and procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: In addition to the above qualifications will also be determined by comparing your application to the responses on the Assessment Questionnaire against the guidelines found in the Job Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, WS-3566 Series. The questionnaire will assess how your knowledge, skills, and abilities match the work of the position. The elements are as follow: Ability to Lead or Supervise Dexterity and Safety Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints) Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order) SUPERVISORY OR MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES: Candidates should posses proficiency or the potential to develop proficiency in these competencies prior to entry into a supervisory position. Ability to provide verbal or written reports on work progress. Ability to operate personal protective equipment, familiar with Safety Data Sheet and follows polices and procedures on Safety and Infection Control Standards when cleaning up infections spills. Ability to follow proper guideline in the use of hospital grade cleaning chemical and cleaning techniques related to a health care environment. Ability to conduct periodic inventories to ensure sufficient quantities of custodial cleaning supplies are maintained. Physical Effort: Moderately physical effort is required to continuously perform manual cleaning tasks. Position requires walking, standing for long periods, bending, pulling, pushing, lifting, reaching, and climbing. There are occasional short periods of more physical effort when moving furniture, cabinets, and lifting items over 50 pounds. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Kayenta Service Unit PO Box 368 Kayenta, AZ 86033 US
• Name: Rhiannon Bailey
• Phone: 9286974342
• Email: [email protected]