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***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Duties include but may not be limited to:

• Establishes standards and criteria for environmental sanitation that are fitted to the needs and problems of the Medical Center, Outpatient Clinics and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC).
• Develops technical procedures and standards that create and preserve a clean, sanitary, and aseptic environment for patient and staff.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Monitors housekeeping and laundry program to ensure implementation of proper environmental sanitation guidelines.
• Manages technical and procedural aspects of laundry plant to include laundering, storage, and delivery of linen.
• Manages the linen control system to include requisitioning, repair, replacement, and distribution to users.
• Prepares cleaning schedules, reports, and follows up to ensure timely correction of problems identified.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration and the difficulty of the work and the capability of the employees.
• Implements and manages the Environmental Management Services policies activities within the Miami VA medical center and its auxiliary sites.
• Serves on a variety of committees including but not limited to Safety, Infection Control, GEMS, Emergency Preparedness.
• Ensures contractor work meets standards to authorize payment.
• Approves expenses for extensive overtime, and employee travel.
• Performs routine inspections of clinical and administrative areas to ensure cleanliness and quality of employee work.
• Evaluates work performance of subordinates giving advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both works and administrative matters.
• Recommends awards and bonuses for nonsupervisory personnel and changes in position descriptions.
• Develops and implements new training and performance programs to meet the needs of the service.
• Provides a work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and support the agency's Equal Employment Opportunity program.
• Utilizes communication techniques to resolve problems and manages conflict.
• Maintains responsibility for the Integrated Pest Management Program for the MVAHS.
• Interviews candidates for positions, recommends appointments, promotions, or reassignment to such positions.
• Researches, assembles, compiles, and presents information in report format for briefings and committee meetings.
• Utilizes word processing, excel, and power point software to execute administrative functions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicant(s) must meet the following:

Experience: Requires at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal Service that has given the applicant the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Hospital Housekeeping Officer and that is typically in or related to the work of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must include experience in two or more of the following areas, or work directly 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 knowledge of pest management, including alternative methods of control and the selection and application of chemicals.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Administration and Management
• Leadership
• Systems Thinking
• Technology Application

IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.

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; religious; 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.

Physical Requirements: The work involves considerable administrative work but frequent walking, standing, lifting, bending, and stooping are required. It also involves driving to various subject to s outpatient clinics and auxiliary sites to provide environmentally controlled well-lit areas but can be subject to many conditions and temperature variances.

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/.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.

Application of Veterans' Preference: Category rating and selection procedures place those with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligible applicants that meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category (except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher).

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.