This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division at the Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The position performs sorting and marking soiled textiles and apparel, processing flatwork and roughdry items, assembling carts for delivery, shaking out wet laundry, feeding into the flatwork ironer, catching, using small and large piece folders, and stacking ironed flatwork, and folding roughdry laundry.

Duties

Major Duties: Rotates through a variety of work sites in the textile care processing facility to meet workload processing or production standards; Assists in unloading soiled linen bags from the soiled linen; Shakes out articles of wet linen items checking for knots and damage; Feeds garments and apparel through spreader feeder; Folds rough dry items by hand; Prepares clean textiles for shipment; Receives soiled textiles and weighs and records soiled and clean weights; Loads and prepares clean textiles in bulk carts for shipment; Rotates and maintains a linen distribution system along with other laundry workers; Maintains a clean and safe work environment; Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: This position will be exposed to repetitive motion of arms, wrist, and hands and is required to perform simple grasping and fine hand manipulation, reaching outward and above the shoulder, lift soiled linen bags up and onto soiled linen carts and frequent stooping, bending, twisting and kneeling, standing, walking, sitting. You must be able to lift and carry fifty (50) pounds. Must be able to stand and walk consistently perform light to moderate bending and stooping, and able to wear PPE for extended period of time as dictated by the work setting. You will be involved with the loading unloading and transporting clean and soiled linen cart weighing up to 700 pounds. You will be exposed to disagreeable odors and possibly infectious organisms from soiled linens, patient clothing, and employee uniforms. Is exposed to noise and hot and humid conditions. You will be exposed to the possibility of cuts and bruises from carts and machinery and minor burns from the presence of steam pipes and the flatwork ironer. You will be exposed to needle sticks and sharps. You may be subjected to weather while performing the duties of the position. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element. Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)MaterialsOperation of Equipment/MachineryReliability And DependabilityTechnical PracticesWork Practices IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Fayetteville AR VA Medical Center 1100 North College Avenue Fayetteville, AR 72703 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]