This position serves as the Assistant Chief of Environmental Management Service (EMS) (Hospital Housekeeping Officer) located at the Charles George Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Asheville, North Carolina. *This is a Detail/Temporary Promotion Not to Exceed 365 days, but may be extended or made permanent without further competition. *
Major duties and responsibilities include: Directs and supervises staff, coordinating activities to ensure required services are provided with minimum disruption. Plans, organizes, directs, controls and evaluates services provided by staff and, establishes schedules, and sets guidelines. Directs personnel management program for the organization, performing or overseeing the full range of human resources requirements.
Liaison with Human Resources in areas of personnel recruiting, promotion, training, equal opportunity employment, disciplinary action, and performance evaluation. Responsible for managing personnel costs to ensure maximum utilization of personnel and funding resources. Serves as advisor and consultant to top management and responsible for implementing and maintaining a sound environmental management program.
Provides advisory services to management officials, supervisors, and staff of other services when directed. Reviews, adapts, develops, and advises on policies, procedures, and regulations to facilitate programs and new initiatives. Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives.
Performs managerial/administrative work concerned with analyzing, developing, evaluating or promoting improvements in the policies, plan, methods, procedures or techniques of the environmental management program. Ability to seek solutions to existing and possible future challenges, identify long and short-range goals, and formulate proposals for consideration.
Demonstrates a practical working knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and bacteriology as applied to environmental sanitation, infection control, and to the choice and use of antimicrobial agents in the disinfection, sanitization, and/or sterilization of surfaces and equipment. Demonstrates a knowledge of waste management, including the requirements relating to hazardous, toxic, and infectious wastes and provisions for their final disposition.
Responsible for coordination of collecting soiled linens throughout facility, issuance of clean linen, and providing services for employee uniform program. Responsible for the Integrated Pest Management Program for the facility. Position requires travel to the offsite CBOCs. Incumbent will be driving a motor vehicle when visiting sites up to a maximum of 70 miles, one way.
Work Schedule: 07:30-4:00pm Monday-Friday (Nights and Weekends Possible) Position Description/PD#: Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Detail NTE 1 year)/PD044260
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
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raegen.finley@va.gov · 906-396-9362
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $89508 – $116362/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-09.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-06 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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