Summary

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) - Hampton VA Medical Center (VAMC) - within the Environmental Management Service within the Textiles Section. The purpose of this position is to manage and provide clean linen services for the Medical Center.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required - but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge - skills - and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element - which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Interpret Instructions - Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Materials Operation of Equipment/Machinery Physical Strength Technical Practices Work Practices Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience - including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. - Peace Corps - AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates 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 will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Duties

• Major Duties: Linen Management: Separates and folds linen into appropriate categories prior to delivering to clinics and/or operating procedure rooms
• Incumbent will separate - fold - tie and/or stack rough-dry textiles by category
• Assignments include various linen duties - including counting - inventorying - and documenting when discrepancies occur
• Incumbent will rotate among workstations
• Pulls linens for assigned clinical areas and performs distribution tasks Marking Laundry Bundles: Incumbent marks laundry bundles
• Checks number of items on tickets against actual items submitted
• Notes number of items that do not agree with ticket
• Arranges into bins by matching identification symbols and colors
• Checks lot contents against ticket
• Transporting: The incumbent operates one or more vehicles (based on availability) including pickup trucks and/or cargo vans for linen transporting assignments
• Loads and unloads the vehicles by hand - sometimes receiving help from other workers
• The incumbent ensures all materials/cargo are protected from weather and that is properly distributed and secured to prevent damage or loss during transit
• The incumbent is responsible for making certain that any material/cargo being hauled does not exceed the maximum weight allowable for the vehicle being drive Performs other Duites as assigned The incumbent uses judgment in doing the work according to set procedure - seeing that laundry tickets agree with the number of items in bundles
• Deciding what identification symbol to use - sorting laundry by the washability of fabrics
• The incumbent must make decisions on whether a particular item is suitable for the use within the medical facility
• Must work in close coordination with the head nurses on wards and off-site locations
• Responsible for delivery of all types of clean linen to the wards and other using services
• Responsible for maintaining proper linen quota levels of linen in each linen room
• The incumbent will be exposed to the possibility of bruises from carts or machinery
• The incumbent will be subject to high temperatures - high humidity - unpleasant odors
• Subject to possible falls on wet floors - bruises from moving carts
• Works in close contact with patients and staff
• The incumbent is exposed to possible infectious materials in handling soiled linen
• If required to sort laundry from patients with contagious diseases - protective masks - gloves - and gowns are worn
• Most work is accomplished in an industrial building - but some outside activity is required in a variety of weather conditions
• Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30PM
• Tours may very based on needs of the service
• Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Worker/PD03056A Physical Requirements: Physical efforts pertaining to laundry duties involve standing or walking continuously on concrete floors
• The incumbent needs a certain amount of quickness in hand and arms movements to meet production standards
• Most of the jobs require frequent lifting of bundles weighing up to 25 lbs
• In receiving and shipping - occasional lifting of bulk bundles weighing over 30 lbs
• is required
• Physical efforts involving transporting duties involve reaching - bending - turning - moving hands - arms - feet - and legs to operate hand and foot controls for operate a motor vehicle
• Duties also include loading cargo with the assistance of other workers or utilizing weight handling equipment
• Lifting of linen weighing up to 100 lbs
• and stacking items on shelves over 60 inches off the floor is required
• The incumbent will push linen carts weighing over 500 pounds