Hospital Housekeeping Officer-Relocation Incentive

Description:

The Hospital Housekeeping Officer serves as the Chief of Environmental Management Service (EMS), directing, managing, controlling, staffing, & evaluating the total program designed to provide a sanitary environment appropriate to medical, surgical, research, inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities including programs such as: Environment sanitation; Laundry operations and linen service; Pest control activities; Contract operations; and Patient assistance program.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/31/2025.

Time-In-Grade Requirement : Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Chief, Environmental Management Service) GS-13 requires the Individual Occupational Requirement be met . Individual Occupational Requirement:
Education:
Undergraduate Education : Major study -- chemistry or biological sciences, sanitary science or administration, institutional sanitation or administration, hospital administration, hotel administration, public administration, business administration, or other fields related to the position. Graduate Education : Major study -- public health or business administration with emphasis in hospital administration.
OR
Experience: Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience in two or more of the following areas, or other work related to the position to be filled:

• Experience that demonstrated a practical working knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and bacteriology as applied to environmental sanitation, infection control, and to the choice and use of antimicrobial agents in the disinfection, sanitization, and/or sterilization of surfaces and equipment.
• Experience in laundry and linen management.
• Experience in interior design management.
• Experience that demonstrated a knowledge of waste management, including the requirements relating to hazardous, toxic, and infectious wastes and provisions for their final disposition.
• Experience that demonstrated a knowledge of pest management, including alternative methods of control and the selection and application of chemicals.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: planning, coordinating, directing and evaluating a facility-wide environmental management program; experienced in purchasing, issuing and maintaining uniforms for employees and pajamas/robes for patients and residents, and assuring the effective functioning of the programs; establishing personnel management policies in accordance with Medical Center and VA regulations and taking necessary action to assure implementation; directing the Environmental Management program through subordinate supervisors in Amarillo and Lubbock, TX and the subject matter expert on Environmental Care and Sanitation, Waste Management, Linen Management and Control and Integrated Pest Management Program.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Administration and Management
• Hazardous Material
• Planning and Evaluating

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.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ .