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Hospital Housekeeping Officer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 52 days ago
On-site North Chicago, IL $119K – $155K Apply by Aug 20, 2026 Hospital Housekeeping Management ESFJESFPESTPISFP Hospitality
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Employee will be assigned to Environmental Management Service (EMS), Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, North Chicago, IL. Employee is responsible for the planning, organization, staffing, controlling, evaluation and directing the functions of an expanded EMS for a 100-acre campus and 7 Outpatient Clinics in Wisconsin and Illinois.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: The EMS Chief is a full staff official to Senior Management offering guidance that affects the full range of organizational and clinical operations.
- →The FHCC is a one-of-a-kind integrated facility which provides a transformational opportunity for health care, the first integration of two distinct and separate health care organizations each having different sets of regulations and rules for operations this complexity increases the knowledge needed to ensure standards are met for both VA and Department of Defense.
- →Interprets local and agency policies, and drafts policies for local facility approval.
- →Delegates to subordinate supervisors and holds them accountable for the performance of their assigned duties.
- →Ensures environmental regulatory compliance in the service by the effective implementation of applicable environmental programs and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- →Exercises independent judgment and initiative in directing the accomplishment of assigned work operations and program management responsibilities within the limits established by Facility Support Directorate.
- →Adheres to all provisions of the Equal Opportunity Program.
- →Ensures that all employees are knowledgeable of and comply with safety rules, that all employees receive pertinent and required safety training, and that safety programs are met.
- →Reviews and evaluates activities within the Sanitation Section to measure the extent of achievement of objectives and to evaluate the effectiveness of cleaning methods, techniques, and procedures.
- →Incumbent is responsible for training, counseling, disciplining, evaluating, and promoting the growth of employees within the department.
- →Develops and implements organization structures and operating plans and procedures to achieve program goals and determines needs for resources and their appropriate allocation and effectiveness.
- →Prepares, maintains, and monitors work plans for staff utilization.
- →Identifies training and competency needs and ensures on the job training is conducted to develop technical competence.
- →Has full responsibility for various program areas/contracts (environmental sanitation, linen management, waste management and recycling, pest control).
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 You may be required to serve a probationary/trial period 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 dentification 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) There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 476798c8-d9c8-46a9-8650-88d57bc56ac6
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