Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Detail)
- VA New Jersey Health Care System
- East Orange, New Jersey
- Full Time
Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Detail)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Veterans Health Administrion
Summary
This is a Detail Not To Exceed 30 days. This position serves as The Housekeeping Officer for the New Jersey VA Healthcare System, East Orange Campus. The Housekeeping Officer Manages a complex large-scale Environmental Management Services program for the healthcare facility.
Summary
This is a Detail Not To Exceed 30 days. This position serves as The Housekeeping Officer for the New Jersey VA Healthcare System, East Orange Campus. The Housekeeping Officer Manages a complex large-scale Environmental Management Services program for the healthcare facility.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/25/2025 to 08/28/2025
Salary
$124,189 to - $161,448 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
East Orange, NJ
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Detail
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0673 Hospital Housekeeping Management
Supervisory stus
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBTE-12790077-25-MLG
Control number
844293800
This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
This announcement is open to current, permanent GS-13 employees of Veterans Health Administrion.
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Manages a complex large-scale healthcare system environmental services program for the EMS. Determines short-range, intermedie, and long-range goals and policies in conjunction with higher management and/or approprie hospital committees. Determines the need for allocion of resources within EMS for a wide range of environmental services requirements.
Serves as a consultant and advisor on environmental mters to the Healthcare System Director and executive leadership. Provides staff support to various services and staff throughout the healthcare system.
Collabores closely with the Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) department to establish aseptic techniques, approprie cleaners, disinfectants and cleaning processes in order to provide a safe, clean, healing environment to reduce Hospital Acquired infections
Develops policies, procedures, and guidelines for cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting and follows the recommendions from Environmental Programs Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Develops performance standards, counsels, mentors and appraises employees. Prepares justificions for performance rings, approves disciplinary actions, and other adverse actions. Keeps subordines advised on overall personnel management mters and changes affecting the VHA
Serves as the Pest Management Officer (PMO) for the Health Care System. As the PMO, the HHO ensures th the facility meets the requirements of VHA directive 1850.02 (1) Pest Management Operions.
Oversees a large-scale operion Textile Care Processing Facility (TCPF) and contracts with a capacity of over 1 million processing pounds per year.
Oversees the Interior Design Program. Determines priorities as they rele to Interior Design. Provides operion and activion budgets to executive leadership for both recurring funds and special.
Other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (schedule may vary based on needs of the service)
Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Detail) / PD071290
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959
You may be required to serve a probionary/trial period
Subject to background/security investigion
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Qualificions
Detail Durion : NTE 30 days. Detail may be extended upon concurrence.
Who May Be Considered : Considerion given to current, permanent VHA employees. Only GS-13 employees
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement, 08/28/2025.
For more informion on these qualificion standards, please the United Stes Office of Personnel Management's website
Educion
A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave : Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Narrive responses are not required this time. If you are referred for considerion, you may be asked to submit additional job reled informion, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
For more informion on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Stus Candides and Other Candide Definitions document.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not oblige management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstement. Management may use any one or any combinion of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion.
License
Detail approval from current Manager
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility):
Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee
An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 th clearly demonstres one-year time-in-grade
Award 50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade.
Examples of approprie SF-50's include:
Within grade increases the highest grade held; or
Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or
SF-50's the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/28/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
Agency contact informion
Megan Gardner
Phone
...
...
Address
VA New Jersey Health Care System
385 Tremont Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion.
License
Detail approval from current Manager
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility):
Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee
An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 th clearly demonstres one-year time-in-grade
Award 50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade.
Examples of approprie SF-50's include:
Within grade increases the highest grade held; or
Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or
SF-50's the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/28/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
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Agency contact informion
Megan Gardner
Phone
...
...
Address
VA New Jersey Health Care System
385 Tremont Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/25/2025 to 08/28/2025 Salary $124,189 to - $161,448 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: East Orange, NJ 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Detail Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CBTE-12790077-25-MLG Control number 844293800
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Veterans Health Administrion
Summary
This is a Detail Not To Exceed 30 days. This position serves as The Housekeeping Officer for the New Jersey VA Healthcare System, East Orange Campus. The Housekeeping Officer Manages a complex large-scale Environmental Management Services program for the healthcare facility.
Summary
This is a Detail Not To Exceed 30 days. This position serves as The Housekeeping Officer for the New Jersey VA Healthcare System, East Orange Campus. The Housekeeping Officer Manages a complex large-scale Environmental Management Services program for the healthcare facility.
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/25/2025 to 08/28/2025
Salary
$124,189 to - $161,448 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
East Orange, NJ
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Detail
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0673 Hospital Housekeeping Management
Supervisory stus
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBTE-12790077-25-MLG
Control number
844293800
This job is open to
Help
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
This announcement is open to current, permanent GS-13 employees of Veterans Health Administrion.
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Duties
Help
Manages a complex large-scale healthcare system environmental services program for the EMS. Determines short-range, intermedie, and long-range goals and policies in conjunction with higher management and/or approprie hospital committees. Determines the need for allocion of resources within EMS for a wide range of environmental services requirements.
Serves as a consultant and advisor on environmental mters to the Healthcare System Director and executive leadership. Provides staff support to various services and staff throughout the healthcare system.
Collabores closely with the Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) department to establish aseptic techniques, approprie cleaners, disinfectants and cleaning processes in order to provide a safe, clean, healing environment to reduce Hospital Acquired infections
Develops policies, procedures, and guidelines for cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting and follows the recommendions from Environmental Programs Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Develops performance standards, counsels, mentors and appraises employees. Prepares justificions for performance rings, approves disciplinary actions, and other adverse actions. Keeps subordines advised on overall personnel management mters and changes affecting the VHA
Serves as the Pest Management Officer (PMO) for the Health Care System. As the PMO, the HHO ensures th the facility meets the requirements of VHA directive 1850.02 (1) Pest Management Operions.
Oversees a large-scale operion Textile Care Processing Facility (TCPF) and contracts with a capacity of over 1 million processing pounds per year.
Oversees the Interior Design Program. Determines priorities as they rele to Interior Design. Provides operion and activion budgets to executive leadership for both recurring funds and special.
Other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (schedule may vary based on needs of the service)
Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Detail) / PD071290
Requirements
Help
Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959
You may be required to serve a probionary/trial period
Subject to background/security investigion
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Qualificions
Detail Durion : NTE 30 days. Detail may be extended upon concurrence.
Who May Be Considered : Considerion given to current, permanent VHA employees. Only GS-13 employees
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement, 08/28/2025.
For more informion on these qualificion standards, please the United Stes Office of Personnel Management's website
Educion
A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave : Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
Expand Hide additional informion
Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Narrive responses are not required this time. If you are referred for considerion, you may be asked to submit additional job reled informion, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
For more informion on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Stus Candides and Other Candide Definitions document.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not oblige management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstement. Management may use any one or any combinion of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion.
License
Detail approval from current Manager
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility):
Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee
An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 th clearly demonstres one-year time-in-grade
Award 50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade.
Examples of approprie SF-50's include:
Within grade increases the highest grade held; or
Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or
SF-50's the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/28/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
Agency contact informion
Megan Gardner
Phone
...
...
Address
VA New Jersey Health Care System
385 Tremont Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion.
License
Detail approval from current Manager
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility):
Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee
An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 th clearly demonstres one-year time-in-grade
Award 50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade.
Examples of approprie SF-50's include:
Within grade increases the highest grade held; or
Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or
SF-50's the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/28/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
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Agency contact informion
Megan Gardner
Phone
...
...
Address
VA New Jersey Health Care System
385 Tremont Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/25/2025 to 08/28/2025 Salary $124,189 to - $161,448 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: East Orange, NJ 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Detail Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CBTE-12790077-25-MLG Control number 844293800
Job ID: 491075615
Originally Posted on: 8/28/2025
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