This position is located within (EMS) Environmental Management Services at the Lebanon VA Medical Center in Lebanon, PA. The purpose of this position is to provide leadership and direction to: (6) WG-7305-4 Laundry Machine Operators, (1) WG-3111-03 Sewing Machine Operator - Housekeeping Aid, (1) WG-7601-02 Personal Effects Worker, and (1) WG-5703-05 Motor Vehicle Operator.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Assists in providing clean linen to wards, clinics, canteen, surgery, etc.; Refills linen ward carts to established quotas and returns excess supplies to linen shelves; Distributes clean uniforms to uniform issue room; Prepares linen carts for distribution and maintains clean delivery carts and storage shelves; Establishes daily priorities and deadlines for laundry workers in accordance with guidelines, plans, and prioritizes established goals by EMS Supervisor; Provides input in writing for possible disciplinary action and for performance appraisals; Monitors the operation of the laundry and reports any malfunctions to the EMS supervisor; Acts as Motor Vehicle Operator in the absence of the incumbent of that position and assists Housekeeping Aid Supervisors with daily assigned duties; Performs other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 7:00AM-3:30PM; Weekends and holidays as necessary. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: The incumbent must stand and/or walk continuously on hard surfaced floors and is continually bending and reaching when performing duties. They frequently lift linen weighing more than 50 pounds and occasionally lifts bags of linens weighing up to 75 pounds. Incumbent needs strength and stamina for performing heavy tasks for long periods of time. Must pull wet, compacted textiles from washer/extractors and push or pull heavily loaded carts. Manually move carts in filling linen orders and places the cart at the loading dock area for pick up. They assist loading/unloading truck from vendor; checks and verifies seals, checks and records number of carts and weights. Physical strength is required when moving, turning, and pushing the carts, which may weigh up to 800 pounds. 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 (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). 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)Lead or SuperviseMaterialsOperation of Equipment/MachineryTechnical 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 Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 South Lincoln Avenue Lebanon, PA 17042 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]