Housekeeping Aid (Leader)

The position is located at the Baltimore, MD Veteran Affairs Medical Center. This position is located within Environmental Management Services (EMS). The position leads three (3) or more employees in performing their duties while performing the full range of tasks required to maintain the medical center in a clean, organized, and sanitary condition. The duties include, but not limited to: communicates Instructions from the Supervisor to the employees and then validates the completion of the work assigned coordinates projects with nurses and other area supervisors to ensure work timely and successful completion ensures all tasks are complete and deadlines are met 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 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 work in the laundry running laundry equipment, delivering, folding, and inventorying laundry work cleaning, storing, and delivering RME. The employee may work as a hazardous waste disposer collecting, compacting garbage, identifying hazardous chemicals and properly disposing of chemicals, recycling to include cardboard, paper, cans, bottles and paper collect sensitive paper and proper disposal provides on-the-job training to all employees assigned recommends employees that need remedial training based on observation and interaction with employees Work Schedule: Rotating Shifts, to include Weekends and Holidays Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid (Leader)/PD99913S Physical Requirements: This position requires occasional bending/stooping, crouching, and kneeling. Lifting to 50pounds. Approximately 40 percent of time spent standing, 40 percent of time spent walking and 20 percent of time spent sitting. Hearing and visual acuity. Manual dexterity to use a phone and operate equipment Working Conditions: The work is accomplished in a variety of different areas including operating· rooms, treatment rooms, examination rooms, imaging rooms, wards and other public, recreational and administrative areas. Protective clothing and personnel protective equipment (PPE) including ·gowns, gloves, safety shoes, masks, etc. is required in the accomplishment of some aspects of the work. There is the potential for exposure to strong cleaning solutions, bodily fluids and communicable disease. The work can involve occupied patient rooms and interaction -with both medical and psychiatric patients. May be required to work inside and outside. May require some exposure to hazardous cleaning chemicals.