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Hospital Housekeeping Officer

The Boise VA Medical Center (BVAMC) Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Chief of EMS) is responsible for the planning, organization, staffing, controlling, evaluating, and directing the environmental management functions. The incumbent is responsible for integrating short, intermediate, and long-range planning that meet the changing environmental management dynamics of a highly active, affiliated Medical Center complex.

Responsibilities major duties include :

• Identify long and short range goals, and formulate policies independently and / or jointly with other BVAMC management staff.
• Plans and initiates improvement actions on a progressive basis.
• Implement and maintain a sound environmental sanitation program; an effective infection prevention program; a cost-efficient laundry, linen, uniform operation; integrated pest management, and wide-ranging recycling programs including a waste management program consisting of solid waste, regulated medical waste, RCRA, non-RCRA waste, and medical sharps.
• Formulates program policy; plans, organizes, directs, staff and budgets; and coordinates a comprehensive Environmental Management Service (EMS) program for this affiliated Medical Center.
• Responsible for making decisions and taking actions that have substantial impact on facility program objectives, goals, funding, scheduling, organizational structure, and allocation of resources.
• Responsible for the comprehensive planning, direction, and coordination of the entire EMS operation, as well as the evaluation of the Medical Center's Environmental Management Service programs and functions.
• Analyzes the broad implications of higher levels of authority, laws, regulations, policies, as well as managerial, administrative, and technical trends.
• Contracts with private janitorial, pest control, and data privacy companies to augment in-house staff operations for the facility and for remote CBOCs.
• Routinely reviews and appraises the effectiveness of each phase of EMS activities.
• Serves as a member of the Environment of Care Rounds throughout the medical center complex, reporting, and directing the follow up of EMS issues to ensure timely correction of any identified deficiencies.
• Develops standards for the handling of toxic, and highly contagious bio-hazardous waste and sharps to assure the Medical Center complies with Local, State, and Federal regulations.
• Serves as a member of the Infection Control Committee and is responsible for recommending policies, procedures and products relative to the infection control responsibilities of Environmental Management Service, along with the infection control policies of the Infectious Disease department of the facility.
• Responsible for the Medical Center's Waste Management and Recycling Programs and the required compliance reporting.
• Responsible for directing efforts to meet regulatory goals for reducing solid waste disposal.
• Responsible for maintaining and managing various contracts as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for Regulated and Non-regulated waste, and Hazardous waste, tracks waste management and recycling; maintains records; and acts as point of contact for all environmental contracting issues.
• Serves as the facility Textile Care Officer (TCO) and oversees the Textile Care Processing Facility.
• Responsible for all activities related to linen, uniforms, and laundry functions, including determining the type of linen and uniforms to be used, overseeing the purchasing of the linen and uniforms, overseeing and managing the laundry department, determining stock level, distributing linen, assuring linen and uniforms are properly laundered, overseeing the transportation of clean and dirty items, determination of when linen is no longer usable, disposal of unusable linen, conducting annual linen inventories, and all other functions related to linen, uniform, and laundry management.
• Responsible for the planning, controlling, and directing the service to include budget development, staff needs, equipment needs, and utilization of all available resources to ensure adequate supplies of linen for a multi-facility operation.
• Serves as the facility Pest Management Officer directly responsible for the management of the Integrated Pest Management Program for the BVAMC, to include planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and evaluating the effectiveness of the program.
• Develops and maintains a continuing strategic plan for all patient and staff areas throughout the BVAMC to provide an aesthetically pleasing, appropriate, and safe environment.

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 07 : 30 am - 4 : 00 pm (MST). Telework : This is not a telework position. Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Position Description / PD# : Hospital Housekeeping Officer / PD603820

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : May Be Authorized

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12 / 31 / 1959. Subject to background / security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. A valid current, valid state-issued driver's license. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 01 / 21 / 2026. 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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

In addition to the Selective Placement Factor(s), applicants must also meet the below Specialized Experience requirements :

You may qualify based on your experience as described below :

Specialized Experience : You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Your experience must be in two or more of the following areas, or other work related to the position to be filled :

Physical Requirements : Incumbent is required to walk constantly, must climb stairs and ladders. Incumbent must be able to bend, stoop, crawl, for extended periods of time. Incumbent must be able to work with arms extended over head for extended periods of time. Incumbent must be able to lift 50+ pounds to shoulder height repeatedly. Incumbent must travel from building to building (30+ buildings on facility and 27 acres of improved grounds) in extreme weather conditions, in order to direct the work of the programs assigned.

Work Environment : Incumbent's work is primarily conducted in air conditioned office or building space, but due to the physical layout of the facility, incumbent is be required to travel out of doors 11 while moving from building to building to direct the work of the programs assigned to the position. Incumbent's work requires the handling and use a variety of industrial strength cleaning chemicals, which creates a potential for exposure to hazardous chemicals, fumes, and vapors. Incumbent handles medical center waste, contaminated linen, waste receptacles, sharps containers, etc., all of which have a potential for exposure to infectious or pathological waste (as defined by CDC). Incumbent may also be exposed to carcinogenic substances because of this same reason. Incumbent operates a variety of industrial type equipment, including gasoline or diesel powered motor vehicles with weight ratings up to 2 tons, aerial high lifts, pallet jacks and fork lifts, air compressors, steam generating cleaning equipment, ultra-high speed buffers, large industrial scrubbers, etc. Incumbent is exposed to a variety of loud noises generated by industrial grade equipment, i.e., industrial vacuum cleaners, floor burnishing or scrubbing equipment, carpet extraction systems, miscellaneous types of hydraulic, steam, mechanical and electrical equipment, gasoline and diesel powered motors, etc.