Hospital Housekeeping Management

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Chief of Environmental Management Service) at Hampton VA Medical Center located in Hampton, Virginia. The purpose of this position is to manage all matters related to environmental sanitation, waste management, linen control, and/or pest infestation as it relates to policies, directives, regulations and laws established by the Hampton VAMC.

• Incumbent functions as the Environmental Care Specialist with responsibilities for housekeeping activities within the Environmental Management Service. This involves all aspects of environmental sanitation, within acceptable levels of bacteriological and visual cleanliness effective in this geographical location, and fully coordinated with other activities in this active affiliated teaching Medical Center. The incumbent directs and supervises the Housekeeping Section, fully coordinating activities with other services and staff to ensure required services are provided with absolute minimum of disruption. Directly supervises the Assistant Chief, supervisors (7) WS Housekeeping Foreman. Incumbent is responsible for the preventative control through supervision of the housekeeping section, to include planning, organizing, directing, controlling and evaluating the service provided by Housekeeping staff. Position requires travel to the offsite clinics and other visits to end users. Incumbent will be driving a motor vehicle when visiting sites up to a maximum of 120 miles, one way. Incumbent is responsible for managing the facility wide Recycling Program. Identifies all products that can be profitable recycled and formulates procedures to be followed. Responsibility includes maintaining an accounting procedure to track the number of products being collected for recycling and the amount earned because of these efforts. As a supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for the active support within the service of the Medical Center's EEO Program, seeking to eliminate barriers to EEO: ensuring development opportunities for qualified employees, ensuring lines of communication are open to all employees on an equal basis and affirmative action activities. This responsibility especially extends to implementation of the Medial Center's EEO Plan of Action as it applies. The incumbent must exercise broad managerial knowledge and technical expertise within the various disciplines of the Service. The incumbent will also make recommendations and manage space allocations. An effective and efficient EMS program must fully coordinate their activities with every organizational element in the Medical Center. Performs analytical and evaluative work associated with service line and program activities. Develops, analyzes, evaluates, advises on, or improves the effectiveness of work methods and procedures, organizations, manpower utilization, distribution of work assignments, delegations of authority, management controls, information and documentation systems, and similar functions of management. Administers operating programs and activities supporting environmental sanitation, textile services, waste management and pest management in support of services provided to veterans, their dependents or beneficiaries. Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Evaluates agency­ wide programs against short and long-range objectives. Performs administrative work in personnel management and administration, budgeting and financial management, procurement and contracting, property management, and/or supply. Directs the personnel management program for the organization, performing, or overseeing the full range of human resources requirements. Maintains continuous liaison with the departmental human resources office in areas of personnel recruiting, promotion, training, equal opportunity employment, disciplinary action, performance evaluation, etc. Is responsible for managing the personnel costs to insure maximum utilization of personnel and funding resources. The incumbent analyzes the broad implications of laws, regulations, policies, as well as managerial, administrative, and technical trends. Local EMS policies further expand management considerations involving general administration practices, budgeting, utilization of manpower and other resources. Coordinates and controls housekeeping program operations. Provides advisory services to service chiefs, supervisors, and staff of other services and to management officials, when . directed, regarding the requirements and resolution of substantive housekeeping problem and services. Work Schedule: Full Time, 0800-1630, Monday- Friday Telework: Not authorized Position Description/PD#: Hospital Housekeeping Management/PD028060 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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