Full Time Head of Housekeeping

This position serves as a Housekeeping Aid Lead for Environmental Management Service (EMS) of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System. The incumbent independently establishes priorities for accomplishment of the various responsibilities inherent within a complex, multi-specialty organization, as well as handling multiple and varied interruptions and additional unpredictable work assignments.
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The Lead Housekeeping Aid maintains VA facilities for Veterans and their families and are essential to the patient care experience at the U.Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A VA healthcare career as a Lead Housekeeping Aid means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
As a Lead Housekeeping Aid, you will lead Housekeeping Aids - Environmental Services Technicians (minimum of 3) in performing their duties while performing the full range of housekeeping tasks required to maintain the Medical Center and other facility units in a clean, organized and sanitary condition. Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, cleaning/disinfecting healthcare environmental surfaces, and vacuuming and polishing floors.
You will set the pace of each task, demonstrate methods and techniques and provide direction to assigned employees in the proper usage of cleaning supplies and equipment. Engage with all employees to provide purpose, direction and motivation in accomplishing all tasks, while training the employee in proper procedures and techniques to meet or exceed desired outcomes of workload and safety.
This position reports progress of employees to the Supervisor and makes recommendations as necessary, on all matters to include the progress of work, any infractions of policies and procedures, and assures all safety compliance. As a working leader, the position also performs the full range of housekeeping duties. The employee may clean areas to include, but not limited to horizontal and vertical surfaces in: outpatient surgery, outpatient clinics, central sterile, clean rooms, patient areas, laboratory, pharmacy, offices, support and patient areas, isolation rooms, storage rooms, corridors, stairwells, toilet rooms, shower rooms, and all other Medical center areas as required. The position is required to use proper procedures in dust mopping, damp mopping, emptying waste receptacles, emptying and replacing medical waste receptacle, washing walls, cleaning light fixtures, and surfaces as necessary, refilling toilet tissue, paper towels and soap dispensers. May be required to take the lead in textile distribution and inventory management, uniform management and Patient Assistance Program; provides on-the-job training to all employees assigned. Identifies and recommends to the Supervisor employees that need remedial training based on observations made in the work site. May be required to move furniture and set up conference rooms for meetings, trainings or other events. Additionally, the position scrubs, strips, refinishes, and polishes floors by using hand operated and industrial equipment.
Work Schedule: M-F, 1530-Midnight
Com pressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Eligible.
Housekeeping Aid (Leader)/PD99913A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
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Citizen to apply for this job
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
You may be required to serve a probationary period
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
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., spiritual; community; Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. 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.
Some work may be performed outdoors where there may be exposure to varying degrees of heat and cold as well as inclement weather. broken bones) when working on ladders, or when using 30-100 pound power equipment or handling hazardous materials.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
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