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The position serves as the Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Chief, Environmental Management Service) and works under the general administrative supervision of the VA Southern Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) Assistant Director and is responsible for implementing and managing the EMS activities within the Medical Center policies.
Learn more about this agency05/02/2024 to 05/13/2024
$105,542 - $137,209 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
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CBSW-12403749-24-TY
789739200
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Current federal employees of this agency.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Open to current permanent VA employees, current permanent Federal employees, ICTAP eligible and CTAP eligible.
The Hospital Housekeeping Officer (HHO) or the Chief of Environmental Services, has delegated maximum authority and flexibility to manage the service within the established policies and procedures set forth in VHA and VASNHS publications. The HHO is regarded as the technical authority within the VASNHCS on assigned core sanitation, consolidated laundry, textile management and waste management programs.
The Hospital Housekeeping Officer makes decisions on corrective action where indicated and is knowledgeable of pertinent regulations and policies as they apply to the duties of the position and to the functions of the housekeeping program areas. The Hospital Housekeeping Officer exercises complete technical and administrative management and program responsibility for all hospital housekeeping operations and ancillary functions for the VASNHS. He/she develops and implements organizational structures, operating plans, and procedures to achieve program goals and determines needs for resources and appropriate allocation and effectiveness.
The Hospital Housekeeper Officer is thoroughly involved with the entire healthcare center mission. The Hospital Housekeeper Officer serves on multiple interdisciplinary standing committees, such as the Infection Control Committee (ICC), Comprehensive Environment of Care Committee (CEOC), Space Management Committee, and the Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) Committee. In addition to the subordinate entities, the incumbent is extensively involved as a participating member of VISN EMS Chief Council, and Environmental Program Services (EPS) meetings and training conference sessions that provide guidance and an introduction to new technological advancements in products and equipment that support EMS programs and operations. The Hospital Housekeeper Officer participates in resolving a wide variety of hospital problems throughout the physical plant and outpatient clinics.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm
Position Description/PD#: Chief, Environmental Management Service/PD02737O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
AND,
Graduate Education
Major study--public health or business administration with emphasis in hospital administration.
OR
Experience in two or more of the following areas, or other work related to the position to be filled:
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
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The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/789739200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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