Click the "Learn more about this agency" link below to discover the perks and benefits of a Housekeeping career! This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) in the Richmond VA Medical Center within the Environmental Management Service.

Duties

a. Provides team leadership and guidance for 8 to 10 WG-1 and WG-2 housekeeping aids as assigned to the incumbent's area of responsibility in accomplishing sanitation duties in administrative, patient care and public areas. This includes sweeping, mopping, trash removal, dusting, polishing, cleaning of walls and windows, and other related functions. Relays the instructions received from supervisors and gets work started. Works along with other employees and guides the pace, assigning team members to specific tasks to accomplish the objectives. Demonstrates proper work methods by training inexperienced personnel in procedures. Provides needed information for decisions from supervisors on problems that come up during the work. Maintains a current knowledge, and answers questions of other workers, on procedures, policies, written instructions and other directives (i.e.; technical orders). Ensures that work is fairly distributed and all personnel are constantly productive. Checks work while in progress and when finished to ensure that supervisory instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines are met. Induces and directs other employees to follow instructions received from supervisors and to meet deadlines. Ensures that safety, housekeeping and other medical center rules are followed. Reports to supervisors on status and progress of work, causes of work delays and personnel problems and provides input for performance appraisals and ratings. b. Incumbent must be able to operate and train others to use equipment; such as, battery operated scrubbers, buffers, industrial type polishing machines, vacuum cleaners and other equipment, tools and supplies used in cleaning functions. c. Incumbent must understand and follow aseptic techniques required in the daily performance of his/her duties. He/She must also understand and follow special cleaning procedures required in such areas as operating room, ICY/CCU, isolation rooms, terminal cleaning, cleaning of patient units when discharged, SCI and any other area which dictates special care. d. Must understand and be able to carry out floor finishing procedures, being familiar with the various types of supplies, equipment and disinfectants required for each individual task. Responsible for the issuance of supplies; such as, towels, toilet tissue, soap, etc., to unit members of housekeeping service to area concerned. e. Must be able to work from ladders in such functions as cleaning lights, washing walls, dusting and wind washing, including cleaning of window interior. f. Responsible for ensuring that all equipment is maintained in the proper manner, including daily or as needed cleaning; reporting any malfunctions to his/her supervisor and supply complete information needed to submit work orders as needed. g. Responsible for the daily inspection of assigned area to ensure that all assignments have been properly completed. h. Responsible for ensuring that all necessary supplies and equipment are available at the start of each tour and cleaned and returned to proper storage areas prior to close of business. i. Incumbent is required to provide on-the-job training for new employees and supervise employees in their area in the absence of the unit supervisor. j. Incumbent will, in certain areas, be responsible for the utilization of patients assigned to housekeeping duties. k. Incumbent may be required to perform other duties; such as, moving furniture or any other function normally found in the sanitation section of the Environmental Management Service. Work Schedule: 3rd Shift; 12 Mid - 0830 AM, May include Weekends & Holidays Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician (Leader)/PD025770 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/04/2024. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyLead or SuperviseOperation of Equipment/MachineryOrganizational StewardshipSpecial Aptitude - Housekeeping WorkTeamwork 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. PHYSICAL EFFORT: The position demands continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. The work requires the occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers) weighing over 50 pounds. The duties necessitate considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration as well as visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris. WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is normally performed indoors with adequate heat, light, and ventilation. Some work may be performed outdoors where there may be exposed to varying degrees of heat and cold as well as inclement weather. PPE may be required in some circumstance as exposure to possible contagious diseases, blood and bloody secretion are inherent to this position. Care is required to avoid serious injuries (i.e., broken bones) when working on ladders, or when using 30-100-pound power equipment or handling hazardous materials.

Education

Not applicable.

Contacts

• Address Central Virginia VA Health Care System 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard Richmond, VA 23249 US
• Name: Ryan Leash
• Phone: 980-401-2554
• Email: [email protected]