<p>This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of the West Haven VA Medical Center. This position is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services at the West Haven VA Medical Center located in VA Healthcare System.</p> <p>Click the "Learn more about this agency" link below to discover the perks and benefits of a Housekeeping - Environmental Service career!</p> <p>The Housekeeping Aid (HKA) - Environmental Services (EVS) Technicians who maintain VA facilities for Veterans and their families are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A VA healthcare career as a HKA-EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.</p> <p>As a HKA-EVS Technician Leader, you will perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties. Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, installing light bulbs in halls and rooms, and vacuuming and polishing floors.</p> <p>The position is a working leader for housekeeping operations throughout the VA Medical Center(s). The position leads Housekeeping Aids and others as assigned. The position leads three (3) or more employees 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. The position is guided by EMS and Medical Center policies and procedures, VA regulations and verbal instructions from EMS Management. The leader communicates instructions from the Supervisor to the employees and then validates the completion of the work assigned. The position coordinates projects with nurses and other area supervisors to ensure work timely and successful completion. This position sets the pace of each task, demonstrates methods and techniques and provides direction to assigned employees in their proper usage is cleaning supplies and equipment. Ensures all tasks are complete and deadlines are met. The Housekeeping Aid Leader engages 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.</p> <p>Duties include cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas. HKA-EVS Technicians sweep, mop, scrub (machine) floors, vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture, empty waste baskets, clean light globes and Venetian blinds, wash walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders, refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture. HKA-EVS Technicians carry out assignments with minimal supervision.</p> <p>Work Schedule: Saturday-Wednesday / 3:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.</p> <p>Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid/ Environmental Services (EVS) Technician (Leader)/PD02269A</p> <p>Physical Requirements: This position requires occasional bending/stooping, crouching, and kneeling. Lifting up</p> <p>to 50 pounds. Approximately 40 percent of time spent standing, 40 percent of time</p> <p>spent walking and 20 percent of time spent sitting. Hearing and visual acuity. Manual</p> <p>dexterity to use a phone and operate equipment.</p>