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Hospital Housekeeping Officer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
On-sitePrescott, AZ$90K – $116KApply by May 25, 2026Hospital Housekeeping ManagementESFJESFPESTPISFPHospitality
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The Hospital Housekeeping Officer position is located within Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS), Prescott, AZ. The incumbent is responsible as the administrative, technical, and managerial official with program responsibility for Environmental Management Services (EMS) at the NAVAHCS. **This position is authorized for a Recruitment/Relocation Incentive**
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited to: Develops and implements organizational structures and operating plans and procedures to achieve program goals and determines needs for resources and their appropriate allocation and effectiveness of use.
- →Coordinates program efforts with other internal activities, top management and VA Central Office as required.
- →Establishes personnel management policies for Environmental Management section consistent with local personnel policies assuring compatibility with negotiated labor agreements.
- →Formulates the advance overall operating plan and serves on committees designed to facilitate the making of upper management decisions.
- →Ensures the development and maintenance of standards for cleanliness and sanitation, frequency of cleaning, methods, procedures and necessary supplies and safety precautions to be followed.
- →Runs a continuous program of supply and equipment tests and measurements will be carried out in order to keep up with an ever-changing program of treatment of diseases and changes in the number of medical, surgical, psychiatric and Geriatrics and Extended Care specialties available.
- →Responsible for the coordination and control of the employee uniform program and advises the CEO when requests for deviations and exceptions are made.
- →Responsible for seeing that the terms of the Pest Control Contract are complied with.
- →Develops and conducts an orderly system for program review and evaluation, including quality assurance, risk assessments and internal control reviews which result in identification of needs and in the development of realistic plans to improve the program.
- →Determines through continuous evaluation of various kinds and types of supplies, equipment and material those best suited to reach and maintain the sanitation levels desired and which will provide the greatest protection to surfaces maintained.
- →Develops and administers a training program for section personnel covering methods and techniques essential to providing a high level of service to a complex level one Medical Center.
- →Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 08:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Hospital Housekeeping Officer/PD145900 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): 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 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) 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/.
Personality Fit
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