Laundry Worker

Laundry Worker

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Houston, Texas

Salary Range: $17.74 - $20.7 Per Hour

Job Summary: As a Laundry Worker in the Medical Center to perform a wide variety of rotated, standard, related practices and procedures to maintain the availability of linens and uniforms in a visually clean and aseptic condition.

Major Duties:

• Major duties: - Unloads soiled linen from carts and empties bags onto a conveyor belt system. - Sorts soiled linens into designated classification categories by operating soiled sorting system to maintain continual availability of linens to support operation of washers. - Feeds damp flat sheets and small pieces such as OR towels, hand towels and pillowcases through flatwork ironer. Properly feeds bath towels, patient gowns and other full dried linen items into small piece folders. - Hand folds and stacks pajama tops, pajama pants, robes, mattress pads and blankets. - Fan-folds and stacks surgical towels and other surgical linen items. - Assembles and wraps surgical packs. - Inspects all linen items; identifies and separates those items from circulating inventory for condition correction if found to be stained, torn or otherwise unacceptable. - Operates equipment safely and properly as specified in section training and manufacturers' operation manuals. - Removes processed linen items from conveyor belt and places items in prescribed quantities, direction and location of flow rack system. - Accurately fill linen orders for distribution by neatly placing linen items on designated racks or carts and by following established distribution schedules. - Loads linen carts onto automated delivery bases and program computer system for dispatch to appropriate location following established schedules. Unload linen carts from automated delivery bases and deliver to designated delivery locations. - Transports special linen requests to requesting areas. - Collects soiled uniforms and scrubs and delivers to designated area for processing. - Receives pre-conditioned uniforms and scrubs, places on hangers and inspects for quality and condition to ensure product acceptability. - Processes uniforms and scrubs by operating steam tunnel and assures availability from uniform and scrub issue areas. - Makes necessary and authorized minor adjustments to equipment; reports needed equipment repairs to the Supervisor or Work Leader. - Assures daily, weekly and monthly cleaning of equipment in accordance with section policies. - Assures daily, weekly and monthly cleaning of assigned area in accordance with section policies. - Assures all trash, drops and rewash are removed from assigned work area and taken to designated pick-up areas in accordance with section policies. - Maintains accurately assigned daily production reports. - Uses proper handling, dilution and selection of chemicals, tools and equipment for assigned duties. - Uses good body mechanics to prevent injury to self and others. - Uses and stores protective attire appropriately in designated area and manner. - Reports to supervisor all safety issues and maintenance needs. - Serves as resource to assist lower grade operators to become proficient in the safe performance of duties. Work Schedule: Friday thru Tuesday 7:00am to 3:30pm. Days Off Wednesday and Thursday, schedule may change depending on the need of the Laundry Service. Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Worker/PD03742A Physical Requirements: Most tasks require varying degrees of muscular effort and hand-to-eye coordination to assure safe and efficient use of equipment and supplies. Work requires frequent bending or stooping, prolonged walking, and standing. Frequently lifts laundry items weighing up to 25 lbs. and occasionally items weighing over 30 lbs. Work requires visual acuity to assure completion of tasks in acceptably clean and aseptic manner. Working Conditions: You will generally work in a well-ventilated, airconditioned, and well-lighted area. He/She follows predetermined work procedures but must determine independently when a job is done well. However, he/she is constantly exposed to potential contamination and unclean surroundings and must be able to understand and follow procedures. The work environment demands the ability to focus. Must be able to work independently and under stressful conditions.

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: Dexterity and Safety Interpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading) Materials Operation of Equipment/Machinery Technical Practices Without more than normal supervision 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.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/02/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12831700. 1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. 2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. You may check the status of your application at any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applications. Information regarding your application status can be found in the USAJobs Help Center. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. If initial application submission is updated and resubmitted with a new resume, only the most current resume will be reviewed for consideration. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-02