- Position Title
- Hospital Housekeeping Officer
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSS-12748801-25-BS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, June 12, 2025 to Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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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).
Assessment 1
The following statements address your education and experience as they relate to the GS 0673 12 Hospital Housekeeping Officer position. Please select the answer that best describes you. We will evaluate your resume and responses to this questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification and must be fully supported by your resume and supporting documents.
1.
This occupational series has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that can't be waived.
The Individual Occupational Requirement for the Safety & Occupational Health Manager position is:
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.
Other: One year of formalized hospital administrative residency or internship in hospital administration or hospital housekeeping management is equivalent to 1 year of GS-5 level specialized experience.
The Individual Occupational Requirement for the Safety & Occupational Health Manager position is:
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.
Other: One year of formalized hospital administrative residency or internship in hospital administration or hospital housekeeping management is equivalent to 1 year of GS-5 level specialized experience.
2.
Time in Grade applies to advancement to a General Schedule (GS) position in the competitive service by any individual who within the previous 52 weeks has held a GS position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service. You must indicate on your application the time period that you meet these time-in-grade requirements. For example, state "I was employed as a GS-XX in a permanent position for the period (list the period using month/day/year to month/day/year). You must also provide SF 50s that document your time in grade. If you fail to provide this information, this office cannot verify that you meet the time-in-grade requirements and you may be found ineligible for this position. For time in grade purposes, the grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal Service. To meet time-in-grade restrictions for the GS-12 grade level, you must have held the GS-11 grade for at least 52 weeks. From the responses below, please select the response which best reflects whether you meet Time-In-Grade restrictions for this position at the GS-12 grade level.
3.
To be eligible for this position at the GS-12 level you must meet the following experience requirement. You must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Developing local policies, regulations, and policies pertaining to facility environmental management, as well as mission statements and performance standards; managing, planning, developing and implementing various Environmental Management Service-related projects and programs; managing the service-line budget and exercise financial management responsibilities for all fund control points of the Service and develops workload and cost data for the preparation of the medical center budget; develops both long- and short-range plans for Environmental Management Service; considerable knowledge of federal and state safety and occupational health, fire protection, industrial hygiene, and environmental laws, statutes, policies, regulations, standards, operational directives, and methodologies as well as knowledge of general clinical systems, programs, and practices.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Manages, plans, develops and implements various environmental management-related projects and programs effecting the medical center.
5.
Exercises financial management responsibilities for all fund control points of the service.
6.
Develops both long- and short-range plans for the service.
7.
Establishes minimum standards for quality and productivity.
8.
Develops and administers a formal, systemic internal review plan for reviewing and appraising the effectiveness of each phase of the service's activities.
9.
Develops technical procedures and standards that create and preserve a clean, sanitary and aesthetic environment for patients and staff.
10.
Provides specialized training concerning the handling of contaminated and non-contaminated linen and waste.
11.
Adapts the principles, practices, processes and techniques common to any situation to the specialized requirements of the Medical Center.
12.
Conducts special studies to resolve administrative problems that arise in the course of normal operations and present conclusions and recommendations.
13.
Ensures quality assurance issues pertaining to the service are documented and appropriate follow-up action occurs.