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Hospital Housekeeping Officer - Relocation Incentive Authorized
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
Hybrid San Antonio, TX $108K – $140K Apply by Sep 17, 2026 Hospital Housekeeping Management ENTJESFJESTJISTJ OperationsHospitality
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The Hospital Housekeeping Officer serves as the Chief of Environmental Management Service (EMS), directing, managing, controlling, staffing, & evaluating the total program designed to provide a sanitary environment appropriate to medical, surgical, research, inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities including programs such as: Environment sanitation; Laundry operations & linen service; Integrated Pest Management; Waste Management & recycling; Contract operations & Patient assistance program.
What You'll Do
- →Program Operations: Sanitation:- The incumbent develops and administers a formal, systematic internal review plan for reviewing and appraising the effectiveness of each phase of EMS activities.
- →Internal detail is developed for individual programs such as Surgical Service operating rooms for tracking of their specialty linens to scrub suit control and accountability.
- →Uniforms:- The incumbent is responsible for the development of policy and procedures for uniforms, scrub apparel and personal protective equipment.- The incumbent will develop procedures that follow policy relating to issuing uniforms and staff uniform allowance.
- →Waste Management:- The incumbent is responsible for the administration and oversight of the waste management program.
- →Contacts and contracts with outside agencies and landfill sites are performed as required to insure compliance with community, state, EPA, and OSHA regulations.
- →The Chief of EMS must keep pace with advancing technology and sophistication and provide input to such areas as ethylene oxide utilization, hepatitis control and disinfecting, handling and disposal of biohazardous waste, and antineoplastic agents.- Incumbent is responsible for directing efforts to meet regulatory goals for reducing solid waste disposal.
- →Explains performance expectations to subordinate supervisors and employees directly supervised.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday Telework: Ad-Hoc only Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Hospital Housekeeping Officer - Relocation Incentive Authorized/PD00023O Relocation Incentives: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
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