Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer
- Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Miami, Florida
- Full Time
Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Summary
Serves as Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer in planning, coordining, and directing short and long-range opering activities of a total program designed to provide a sanitary environment approprie to an active and diversified hospital. The employee performs designed administrive and supervisory functions as the Assistant Chief, Environmental Management Service (EMS) in carrying out the responsibilities of their office.
Summary
Serves as Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer in planning, coordining, and directing short and long-range opering activities of a total program designed to provide a sanitary environment approprie to an active and diversified hospital. The employee performs designed administrive and supervisory functions as the Assistant Chief, Environmental Management Service (EMS) in carrying out the responsibilities of their office.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/06/2025 to 08/15/2025
Salary
$94,383 to - $122,703 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Miami, FL
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
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
Modere Risk (MR)
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBTC-12778823-25-NS
Control number
842631200
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.
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Clarificion from the agency
The area of considerion is current, permanent employees of the Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and sellite offices and those employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. ICTAP is outside of this area of considerion.
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Duties
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Duties include, but are not limited to:
Ensure Medical Center is in compliance with all Federal, Ste and local laws and regulions pertaining to service activities in the areas of pest control, waste management, the Environment of Care and other reled EPA concerns.
Participe in groups and committees or may lead teams in preparion for site s of the above accrediting agencies, (i.e. JCAHO, CARP).
Ensure compliance with department and medical center directives, and communices all such directives to subordine employees. Ensures th recurrent reports to Medical Center Management or VACO are completed in an accure and timely manner.
Responsible for overseeing, supervising, implementing and supporting a comprehensive program th reports directly to the Chief, Environmental Management Service.
Coordines daily activities of the section with those of other services through verbal and written communicions.
Responsible for implementing a Total Quality Management Plan in order to provide a systemic and rional process for the ongoing monitoring and evaluion of the quality of service provided.
Responsible for the utilizion of resources and identificion of areas of risk to the Medical Center.
Performs personnel management functions the service level including interviewing and hiring new employees, counseling, evaluing performance, developing training plans, and taking disciplinary or adverse action as necessary.
Actively supports EEO and affirmive action programs. Actively promotes effective labor-management relions and constantly strives to improve employee morale and employee relions.
Supervisory Stement: A one year supervisory probion period may be required for this position.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer / PD072350
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
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
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement, 08/15/2025.
Time-In-Grade Requirement : Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing de of this announcement.
For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks the GS-11.
The grade may have been in any occupion, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 th shows 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.
Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
Individual Occupional Requirements (Basic Requirements): You MUST meet the Basic Requirements and the Minimum Qualificions to qualify for this Health Care Educion Specialist position.
Educion
Undergradue Educion: Major study -- chemistry or biological sciences, sanitary science or administrion, institutional sanition or administrion, hospital administrion, hotel administrion, public administrion, business administrion, or other fields reled to the position.
Gradue Educion: Major study -- public health or business administrion with emphasis in hospital administrion.
OR
Experience
Specialized Experience: Experience in two or more of the following areas, or other work reled to the position to be filled:
Experience th demonstred a practical working knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and bacteriology as applied to environmental sanition, infection control, and to the choice and use of antimicrobial agents in the disinfection, sanitizion, and/or sterilizion of surfaces and equipment.
Experience in laundry and linen management.
Experience in interior design management.
Experience th demonstred a knowledge of waste management, including the requirements reling to hazardous, toxic, and infectious wastes and provisions for their final disposition.
Experience th demonstred a knowledge of pest management, including alternive methods of control and the selection and applicion of chemicals.
In addition to meeting the above requirements, you may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: assisting in the planning, organizing, directing, evaluing, and management process for the service which includes setting qualitive and quantitive standards; assist in the development and provides the Medical Center Management and the clinical staff informion on the methods, techniques and procedures necessary to integre the Environmental Management Service into the mission of the medical center; develops and implements an orderly system of management objectives and program review and evaluion procedures which will result in an effective service.
You red on the following Competencies for this position:
Administrion and Management
Financial Management
Industrial Equipment Operion
Leadership
Managing Human Resources
Oral Communicion
Organizional Awareness
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary, but does require frequent walking or standing for short periods or carrying light loads of papers, book, or reports th do not require special physical demands. Light lifting (under 15 pounds); Light carrying (under 15 pounds); Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers; Both hands required; Walking (up to 3 hours); Standing (up to 3 hours); Repeed bending (up to 1 hours); Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordinion simultaneously; Hearing aid permitted.
For more informion on these qualificion standards, please the United Stes Office of Personnel Management's website .
Educion
There is no educional substitution this grade level.
Additional informion
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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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
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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 .
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:
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.
Cover Letter
Performance Appraisal
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
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.
General Adjustment SF-50's do not provide the informion to reflect time-in-grade requirement has been met and therefore cannot be the only SF-50.
If you are currently serving in a Hybrid Title 38 position, your SF-50's must reflect you have been in the position longer than one year.
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.
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 08/15/2025 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.
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified : applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Informion about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website .
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
Necory Smith
Phone
... X63901
...
Address
Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1201 Northwest 16th Street
Miami, FL 33125
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:
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.
Cover Letter
Performance Appraisal
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
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.
General Adjustment SF-50's do not provide the informion to reflect time-in-grade requirement has been met and therefore cannot be the only SF-50.
If you are currently serving in a Hybrid Title 38 position, your SF-50's must reflect you have been in the position longer than one year.
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.
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 08/15/2025 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.
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified : applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Informion about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website .
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
Necory Smith
Phone
... X63901
...
Address
Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1201 Northwest 16th Street
Miami, FL 33125
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 08/06/2025 to 08/15/2025 Salary $94,383 to - $122,703 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent 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 CBTC-12778823-25-NS Control number 842631200
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Summary
Serves as Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer in planning, coordining, and directing short and long-range opering activities of a total program designed to provide a sanitary environment approprie to an active and diversified hospital. The employee performs designed administrive and supervisory functions as the Assistant Chief, Environmental Management Service (EMS) in carrying out the responsibilities of their office.
Summary
Serves as Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer in planning, coordining, and directing short and long-range opering activities of a total program designed to provide a sanitary environment approprie to an active and diversified hospital. The employee performs designed administrive and supervisory functions as the Assistant Chief, Environmental Management Service (EMS) in carrying out the responsibilities of their office.
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/06/2025 to 08/15/2025
Salary
$94,383 to - $122,703 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Miami, FL
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
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
Modere Risk (MR)
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBTC-12778823-25-NS
Control number
842631200
This job is open to
Help
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Clarificion from the agency
The area of considerion is current, permanent employees of the Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and sellite offices and those employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. ICTAP is outside of this area of considerion.
Videos
Duties
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Duties include, but are not limited to:
Ensure Medical Center is in compliance with all Federal, Ste and local laws and regulions pertaining to service activities in the areas of pest control, waste management, the Environment of Care and other reled EPA concerns.
Participe in groups and committees or may lead teams in preparion for site s of the above accrediting agencies, (i.e. JCAHO, CARP).
Ensure compliance with department and medical center directives, and communices all such directives to subordine employees. Ensures th recurrent reports to Medical Center Management or VACO are completed in an accure and timely manner.
Responsible for overseeing, supervising, implementing and supporting a comprehensive program th reports directly to the Chief, Environmental Management Service.
Coordines daily activities of the section with those of other services through verbal and written communicions.
Responsible for implementing a Total Quality Management Plan in order to provide a systemic and rional process for the ongoing monitoring and evaluion of the quality of service provided.
Responsible for the utilizion of resources and identificion of areas of risk to the Medical Center.
Performs personnel management functions the service level including interviewing and hiring new employees, counseling, evaluing performance, developing training plans, and taking disciplinary or adverse action as necessary.
Actively supports EEO and affirmive action programs. Actively promotes effective labor-management relions and constantly strives to improve employee morale and employee relions.
Supervisory Stement: A one year supervisory probion period may be required for this position.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer / PD072350
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
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
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement, 08/15/2025.
Time-In-Grade Requirement : Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing de of this announcement.
For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks the GS-11.
The grade may have been in any occupion, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 th shows 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.
Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
Individual Occupional Requirements (Basic Requirements): You MUST meet the Basic Requirements and the Minimum Qualificions to qualify for this Health Care Educion Specialist position.
Educion
Undergradue Educion: Major study -- chemistry or biological sciences, sanitary science or administrion, institutional sanition or administrion, hospital administrion, hotel administrion, public administrion, business administrion, or other fields reled to the position.
Gradue Educion: Major study -- public health or business administrion with emphasis in hospital administrion.
OR
Experience
Specialized Experience: Experience in two or more of the following areas, or other work reled to the position to be filled:
Experience th demonstred a practical working knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and bacteriology as applied to environmental sanition, infection control, and to the choice and use of antimicrobial agents in the disinfection, sanitizion, and/or sterilizion of surfaces and equipment.
Experience in laundry and linen management.
Experience in interior design management.
Experience th demonstred a knowledge of waste management, including the requirements reling to hazardous, toxic, and infectious wastes and provisions for their final disposition.
Experience th demonstred a knowledge of pest management, including alternive methods of control and the selection and applicion of chemicals.
In addition to meeting the above requirements, you may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: assisting in the planning, organizing, directing, evaluing, and management process for the service which includes setting qualitive and quantitive standards; assist in the development and provides the Medical Center Management and the clinical staff informion on the methods, techniques and procedures necessary to integre the Environmental Management Service into the mission of the medical center; develops and implements an orderly system of management objectives and program review and evaluion procedures which will result in an effective service.
You red on the following Competencies for this position:
Administrion and Management
Financial Management
Industrial Equipment Operion
Leadership
Managing Human Resources
Oral Communicion
Organizional Awareness
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary, but does require frequent walking or standing for short periods or carrying light loads of papers, book, or reports th do not require special physical demands. Light lifting (under 15 pounds); Light carrying (under 15 pounds); Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers; Both hands required; Walking (up to 3 hours); Standing (up to 3 hours); Repeed bending (up to 1 hours); Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordinion simultaneously; Hearing aid permitted.
For more informion on these qualificion standards, please the United Stes Office of Personnel Management's website .
Educion
There is no educional substitution this grade level.
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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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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
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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.
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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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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
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.
Cover Letter
Performance Appraisal
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
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.
General Adjustment SF-50's do not provide the informion to reflect time-in-grade requirement has been met and therefore cannot be the only SF-50.
If you are currently serving in a Hybrid Title 38 position, your SF-50's must reflect you have been in the position longer than one year.
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.
How to Apply
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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 08/15/2025 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.
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified : applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Informion about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website .
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
Necory Smith
Phone
... X63901
...
Address
Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1201 Northwest 16th Street
Miami, FL 33125
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:
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.
Cover Letter
Performance Appraisal
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
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.
General Adjustment SF-50's do not provide the informion to reflect time-in-grade requirement has been met and therefore cannot be the only SF-50.
If you are currently serving in a Hybrid Title 38 position, your SF-50's must reflect you have been in the position longer than one year.
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.
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 08/15/2025 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.
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified : applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Informion about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website .
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
Necory Smith
Phone
... X63901
...
Address
Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1201 Northwest 16th Street
Miami, FL 33125
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 08/06/2025 to 08/15/2025 Salary $94,383 to - $122,703 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent 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 CBTC-12778823-25-NS Control number 842631200
Job ID: 488654307
Originally Posted on: 8/8/2025
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