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The major duties include but are not limited to:

• Assigns staff for duties on a daily and a project-by-project basis;
• Coordinates work with supervisors of other services within the assigned area of jurisdiction so as not to interrupt patient care or other activities;
• Cleans all patient areas and corridor spaces throughout the medical center, operating rooms, and all other areas as assigned;
• Ensures the efficient and economical accomplishment of work assignments of subordinates within established policies and schedules;
• Plans and schedules daily and weekly assignments, taking into consideration the availability of personnel and equipment to meet established priorities;
• Trains staff to ensure the use of patient centered care principles in terms of customer service to patients, family members, and personnel;
• Provides on-the job training for subordinates and new employees as individual needs dictate;
• Keeps subordinates abreast of proper methods, procedures, and uses of equipment and supplies;
• Controls the use of supplies and equipment to affect cost control within the unit;
• Conducts in-use testing of equipment and/or supplies, providing feedback in regard to their observations;
• Ensures all safety regulations and procedures are observed and may on occasion be required to conduct training classes on specific safety issues;
• Supervises the daily distribution of uniforms and textiles to the designated areas and persons and ensures record keeping is timely and accurate;
• Approves leave requests for subordinates, counsels employees, and recommends disciplinary action to a higher-level supervisor whenever non-compliance with policy warrants;
• Makes formal appraisals of subordinates works performance and conduct;
• Inspects 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; and,
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. 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
• Pre-employment physical required
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

Qualifications

Physical Effort and Work Conditions: 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.

Preferred Experience: The facility prefers supervisory experience in housekeeping.

You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• LEAD OR SUPERVISE (SCREEN OUT)
• WORK PRACTICES
• INTERPRET INSTRUCTIONS, SPECIFICATIONS (OTHER THAN BLUEPRINTS)
• USE AND MAINTAIN TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
• DEXTERITY AND SAFETY

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.