Housekeeping Aid Supervisor

Environmental Management Services Supervisor

This position is located within Environmental Management Services (EMS) of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Evansville VA Clinic in Evansville, IN. The primary purpose of this position is to exercise technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers in supporting and performing tasks associated with EMS goals and objectives.

Major duties and responsibilities will include :

• Assigning staff for duties on a daily and a project-by-project basis.
• Coordinating work with supervisors of other services within the assigned area of jurisdiction so as not to interrupt patient care or other activities.
• Cleaning all patient areas and corridor spaces throughout the medical center, operating rooms, and all other areas as assigned.
• Ensuring the efficient and economical accomplishment of work assignments of subordinates within established policies and schedules.
• Planning and scheduling daily and weekly assignments, taking into consideration the availability of personnel and equipment to meet established priorities.
• Training staff to ensure the use of patient centered care principles in terms of customer service to patients, family members, and personnel.
• Providing on-the-job training for subordinates and new employees as individual needs dictate.
• Keeping subordinates abreast of proper methods, procedures and uses of equipment and supplies.
• Controlling the use of supplies and equipment to affect cost control within the unit.
• Conducting in-use testing of equipment and / or supplies, providing feedback in regards to their observations.
• Ensuring all safety regulations and procedures are observed and may on occasion be required to conduct training classes on specific safety issues.
• Supervising the daily distribution of uniforms and textiles to the designated areas and persons and ensuring record keeping is timely and accurate.
• Approving leave requests for subordinates, counseling employees, and recommending disciplinary action to a higher-level supervisor whenever non-compliance with policy warrants.
• Making formal appraisals of subordinates works performance and conduct.
• Inspecting assigned areas to assure the timely accomplishment of employee assignments, sanitation levels are maintained, equipment properly cared for and that associated housekeeping objectives are accomplished in an expedient and timely manner.
• Performing related duties as required.

Work Schedule : Full-Time, Monday through Friday, 3 : 30 p.m. - 12 : 00 a.m.

Requirements Conditions of Employment :

Qualifications : Physical effort is required when performing housekeeping duties, operating equipment, during training sessions, or in emergency situations. Work is performed in all areas of the medical center. Continuous standing, bending, stooping, working, climbing ladders, and heavy pushing when removing trash, soiled linen, mopping, wall washing, cleaning vents, light fixtures, etc. Frequently lifts or moves objects up to 50 pounds. Visual acuity must be sufficient to see dust, dirt, and cobwebs.

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 :

IMPORTANT : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start / end dates. 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. 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; 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 : Per "Executive Order 14251 : Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs", this position is no longer eligible for bargaining unit participation. Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave : Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.