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Laundry Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
On-site Kansas City, MO $19 – $22.2/hr Apply by Jul 3, 2026 Laundry Working ESFPESTPISTJISTP Transportation
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of the Kansas City VA Medical Center and performs a wide variety of laundry and linen distribution work to include: receiving, storing, distributing, and maintaining stock levels of government linens and garments. Click the "Learn more about this agency" link below to discover the perks and benefits of a Laundry Worker career!
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Assists in the maintenance of all records required in the distribution process of laundry linens to include totaling weights of daily weight sheets, and incoming and outgoing cart weights from the medical center and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).
- →Receives linen request orders from CBOC's, fills orders, and prepares the orders for shipment by inspecting, folding, and stocking to specified quantities for delivery.
- →Inspects ward linen rooms for linen abuse, misuse, cleanliness, stockpiling, and accuracy of linen quotas, and advises supervisor of any deficiencies or abnormalities.
- →Responsible for delivery to multiple departments within the medical center.
- →Collects soiled linens from bins and receptacles, ensuring separation of clean and soiled linens is maintained.
- →Assists with semi-annual and annual linen inventory counts.
- →Practices safe work habits and keeps work area orderly and organized to provide a safe work environment.
- →Responsible for delivering linen outside of scheduled delivery days and times due to shortages and other unforeseen circumstances.
- →Total Rewards: https://vacareers.va.gov/employment-benefits/total-rewards/ Work Schedule: Facility is open 24 Hours.
- →Shifts will be determined by the needs of the Service upon selection.
- →Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service Recruitment & Relocation Incentive: Not authorized.
- →Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Worker/PD10396A Physical Effort: This position ranges from light to heavy manual effort and lifting with occasional long periods of walking, standing, bending, and repetitively lifting up to 50 pounds.
- →The duties necessitate considerable dexterity, coordination, and range of motion to maneuver wheeled linen carts weighing up to 1,000 pounds.
- →Working Conditions: Work is normally performed indoors with adequate heat, light, and ventilation.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There are no education requirements for this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 023ce08b-4436-465e-a447-03665e157cc6
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