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Laundry Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
On-site Bedford, MA $19.5 – $22.8/hr Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Laundry Working ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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The Laundry Worker position is in Environmental Management Service (EMS) services at the VA Bedford Healthcare System, located at the Bedford location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →The purpose of this position is to provide on-site laundry washing services for items such as inpatient personal laundry, employee VA-issued clothing, cubicle curtains and specialty items such as safe patient handling devices.
- →The position performs laundry duties and collects and transports textiles to various facility locations.
- →This position also supports the sanitation, and logistics/warehouse product lines.
- →Evaluates the workplace environment, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
- →Follows instructions and uses protective procedures when handling chemicals.
- →Assists with orders for laundry products and textiles.
- →Performs textile processing tasks during slack periods or periods of leave by other employees.
- →Ensures laundry items are returned to correct areas.
- →Loads machines to obtain maximum utilization and to prevent over processing of or damage to garments.
- →Assists in maintaining accurate records of all laundry received and processed.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 6:00am-2:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Worker/PD03349A Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: Laundry workers need strength and stamina for doing heavy physical tasks for long periods.
- →Incumbent must be able to pull wet textiles from washer and place into dryer/extractor without damaging them.
- →The incumbent must be able to push heavy carts weighing up to 500 pounds.
- →Must be able to lift heavy bundles of linens weighing over 50 pounds.
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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 89de995e-cdd1-4dca-8f64-64d110615071
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