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Hospital Housekeeping Officer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
Hybrid New Orleans, LA $106K – $138K Apply by Jul 13, 2026 Hospital Housekeeping Management ESFJESFPESTPISFP Hospitality
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Functions as the administrative and managerial official with program responsibility for Environmental Management Service at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS). Environmental Management Service's administration and management involves all consideration having to do with environmental sanitation within acceptable levels of bacteriological and visual cleanliness effective in this geographical location.
What You'll Do
- →Responsible for the planning, activation, organizing, directing, evaluating, and management process for the program that includes setting qualitative and quantitative standards.
- →The Selectee is called upon to serve as chairperson/committee member for Boards of Survey, Direct Patient Care Reviews, Patient Equipment, and other Task Forces.
- →He/she serves on various Medical Center committees such as: Emergency Preparedness Committee, Infection Control Committee, Space Committee and Safety Management Committee.
- →The Selectee prepares yearly budget request.
- →Allocates available funding to various functions within Environmental Section.
- →Maintains control over allocated funds at all times to ensure effective utilization.
- →Develops contingency plans to minimize the effect of any cuts to the service budget.
- →Develops and implements cost savings and cost containment initiatives.
- →Develops policies and procedures, including infection control protocols, for all housekeeping and sanitation functions.
- →Develops specifications for performance standards as necessary.
- →Ensures that the SLVHCS is in compliance with all Federal, State and Local Laws and regulations pertaining to service activities, particularly in the areas of pest control, waste management and infection control.
- →He/she is expected to maintain and enhance his/her professionalism through active participation in professional associations, He/she must maintain a state of the art knowledge of highly diverse and complex technical data.
- →Full responsibility for the sanitation and cleanliness of the entire facility.
- →The concept of environmental sanitation as one of both visual cleanliness and microbiological surveillance and control is a major consideration of the Selectee.
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.
- ✓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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