Job Details

Environmental Service Technician Leader

This position is located within Environmental Management Service of the Hampton VA Medical Center. The position is responsible for supporting and performing tasks associated with the Environmental Management Services (EMS) goals and objectives. The position has no formal disciplinary authority over staff in the execution of daily tasks.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides team leadership and guidance to Environmental Service Technicians in accomplishing sanitation duties in administrative, patient care and public areas.
• Relays instructions received from supervisors and gets work started.
• Works along with other employees and guides the pace, assigning team members to specific tasks to accomplish the objectives.
• Demonstrates proper work methods by training inexperienced personnel in procedures.
• Maintains a current knowledge, and answers questions of other workers, on procedures, policies, written instructions and other directives.
• Ensures that work is fairly distributed and all personnel are constantly productive.
• Checks work while in progress and when finished to ensure that supervisory instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines are met.
• Induces and directs other employees to follow instructions received from supervisors and to meet deadlines.
• Ensures that safety, housekeeping and other medical center rules are followed.
• Reports to supervisors on status and progress of work, causes of work delays and personnel problems and provides input for performance appraisals and ratings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 0700 - 1530 and 1430 - 2300. May vary based on the needs of the service.

Physical Requirements: The work requires walking, standing, stooping, stretching, and lifting. 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.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs and other organizations. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

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.

Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job.