Environmental Services Technician Supervisor

Environmental Services Technician

This position is located within Environmental Management Services (EMS) of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center. The primary purpose of this position is to exercise technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers in supporting and performing tasks (e.g., environment of care, textile distribution and training) associated with the EMS goals and objectives. Responsibilities include :

• Delegating responsibility for assigning staff for routine and non-routine duties on a daily and a project-by-project basis.
• Reorganizing work schedules efficiently to ensure work is accomplished in a timely manner.
• Coordinating work with supervisors of other services to ensure patient care and other activities are not interrupted.
• Cleaning all patient areas, corridor spaces throughout 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.
• Training staff and ensuring they are using the patient centered care principles in terms of customer service to patients, patients' family members and personnel.
• Providing on-the job training for subordinates as individual needs dictate.
• 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 appraisal of subordinates' work performance and conduct.
• Coordinating activities with other services, including rearranging work schedules during remodeling, painting and relocation of offices, clinics or patient wards.
• Inspecting assigned areas to ensure the timely accomplishment of employee assignments, sanitation levels are maintained, equipment properly cared for and that associated housekeeping objectives are accomplished.
• Removing furniture in need of repair and / or replacement along with the initiation of an electronic work request.
• Reviewing procedures, methods and sequence of tasks performed by employees under their supervision.
• Working independently following up on all work assignments to ensure that established procedures, work assignments and safety standards are being properly applied and adjusting as necessary.
• Ensuring time and attendance records are accurate and complete prior to submission to timekeeper.
• Keeping immediate supervisor apprised of actual or potential problems and recommending remedial corrective actions.

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday, 3 : 00pm - 11 : 30pm, and Rotating Shifts

Position Description Title / PD# : Environmental Services Technician Supervisor / PD99911S

Physical Requirements : Heavy lifting, 45 pounds and over, Heavy carrying, 45 pounds and over, Straight pulling (8 hours), Pushing (8 hours), Reaching above shoulder, Use of fingers, Walking (8 hours), Standing (8 hours), Crawling (8 hours), Kneeling (8 hours), Repeated bending (8 hours), Climbing, legs only (8 hours)

Working Conditions : Outside and inside, Dust, Electrical energy, Slippery or uneven walking surfaces, Working around machinery with moving parts, Working on ladders or scaffolding, Vibration, Working closely with others, Cleaning solutions

Requirements Conditions of Employment

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.

All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.

Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12 / 31 / 1959.

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements.

Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience : A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position.

Screen-Out Element : Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire.

Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated.

The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements :

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; religions; 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 : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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.

Education

Additional Information

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer.

For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration / Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA / OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

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.

HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties.

VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities.

HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students.

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.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https : / / www.opm.gov / .

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