- Position Title
- Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSX-12734836-25-ZB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, May 9, 2025 to Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
2.
Please indicate the highest grade you have held in the Federal government.
3.
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English?
Assessment 1
Select the appropriate answer to the following questions based on your current level of experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience is subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
1.
Select the one statement that best describes your experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of an Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer at the GS-12 level.
For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Make complex decisions based on a full assessment of the varying requirements of different departments.
3.
Develop and implement new training and performance programs to meet the needs of the service.
4.
Monitor housekeeping and laundry program to ensure implementation of proper environmental sanitation guidelines.
5.
Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, complexity of work and their capabilities.
6.
Manage technical and procedural aspects of laundry plant to include laundering, storage, and delivery of linen.
7.
Manage the linen control system to include requisitioning, repair, replacement and distribution to users.
8.
Understand and apply knowledge of healthcare infection control, standard precautions, and sanitation procedures.
9.
Administer and/or monitor contract performance for housekeeping or laundry contract services.
10.
Communicate effectively with individuals ranging from trades and crafts to professionals and leadership.
11.
Perform routine inspections of clinical and administrative areas to ensure cleanliness and quality of employee work.
12.
Resolves problems and manages conflict using successful communication techniques.
13.
Provide a work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination, harassment and retaliation and support the agency's Equal Employment Opportunity program.
14.
Gain cooperation from and works with others to achieve goals.
15.
Research, assembles, compile and present information in report or presentation formats.
16.
Review equipment and tools to ensure safety, durability, functionality, and proper application is being used by staff.
17.
Utilize work processing, excel, and power point software to execute administrative functions.