Hospital Housekeeping Officer

Summary

This Hospital Housekeeping Officer position is in Environmental Management Services at the VA Providence Medical Center. This position is a full-time, supervisory position at 40 hours per week.

Duties

• The Hospital Housekeeping Officer exercises complete management and program responsibility for alI hospital housekeeping operations and ancillary functions. Duties include, but not limited to: Plans, organizes, directs, manages, reviews and evaluates an augmented program, which includes responsibility for Uniform Appropriation, Environmental Health and Sanitation, Pest Control, and Bio-hazardous Waste, management programs. Develops personnel management policies and effects all related personnel actions for the Service staff. Ensures the establishment of adequate training program and compliance with Veterans Health Administration and/or local policies. Sets objectives, and coordinates program reviews and evaluations, resulting in a clean and aesthetically pleasing hospital environment. Serves on the Infection Prevention and Surgical Services Committee. Keeps pace with advancing sophisticated technology while being a leading contributor to the Infection Control Committee. Provides input to such areas as Clostridium difficile control, disinfection, handling, and disposal of biohazardous waste, bloodborne pathogen precautions and disposal of anti-neoplastic materials. Work Schedule: Full time; Monday-Friday. Tour of Duty to be discussed during interview process. Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized. Telework: Adhoc. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Hospital Housekeeping Officer/PD650-042410 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. Notifications: Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. Applicants must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. - This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment. Selectee required to serve one year supervisory/managerial probationary period.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): The Hospital Housekeeping Management Series 0673 requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. You must meet one of the pre-determined education or experience Individual Occupational Requirements listed below as set by Office of Personnel Management (OPM): 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 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Managing, directing, and evaluating hospital housekeeping operations, including sanitation, textile/linen management, pest control, waste management, and biohazardous waste handling. Exercising technical authority for environmental health and sanitation programs, ensuring compliance with infection prevention standards, bloodborne pathogen protocols, and procedures for handling hazardous and antineoplastic materials. Serving as a liaison between administrative and clinical services, participating on interdisciplinary committees such as Infection Prevention or Surgical Services, and providing expert guidance on environmental infection control practices. Developing and implementing policies, training programs, quality assurance processes, and performance metrics to maintain a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing healthcare environment. Providing supervisory and administrative oversight, including workforce pl…

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.