INTERMEDIATE LAUNDRY WORKER

Job Description:

INTERMEDIATE LAUNDRY WORKER

Description

Position/Program Information

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT

Open Competitive Job Opportunity

EXAM NUMBER

Y6834V

FIRST DAY OF FILING

October 8, 2024 @ 8:00 AM, PT - until needs of the department are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES:
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. DHS operates as an integrated health system, operating 25 health centers and four acute care hospitals, in addition to providing health care to youth in the juvenile justice system and inmates in the LA County jails. Across the network of DHS' directly operated clinical sites and through partnerships with community-based clinics, DHS cares for about 600,000 unique patients each year, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual operating budget of 6.9 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov .

Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition, to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing.

MISSION:
To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

DEFINITION:
Performs the more difficult work in an institutional or hospital laundry or linen service or acts as a lead person of a small team of workers.

Essential Job Functions

Loads linen carts in accordance with established linen supply requirements and delivers clean linen from laundry processing areas or linen rooms to hospital wards, clinics, and institutional live-in units, keeping records of deliveries.

Assists in the unloading of clean linen from delivery trucks, transports linen in carts to the linen room, unloads linen carts and stores linen on storage shelves.

Checks clean linen received from laundry vendor services for items needing rewashing and records weight of items received.

Provides relief for the supervisor a substantial portion of the time.

Receives orders and complaints from personnel of other hospital units, and takes action to see that orders are made up and complaints are resolved.

Issues hospital uniforms and maintains records of uniforms issued.

Assists in counting linen during inventory.

Assists in keeping records of soiled linen poundage, rewashes, daily usage, and badly worn linen.

Operates and acts as lead worker in the operation of flatwork ironers, keeping records of time worked by staff.

Issues and receives personal laundry to and from hospital employees.

Marks uniforms using hot stamp machines as assigned

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Six (6) months of experience in laundry work in an institutional* or commercial** laundry.

*Institutional laundry facilities are defined as juvenile detention centers, jails, prisons or residential care facilities.

**Commercial laundry facilities are defined as experience working in hotels or industrial laundry facilities.

PHYSICAL CLASS III - MODERATE:
Includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally lifting objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10 - 25 pounds.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Additional points will be awarded for additional experience beyond the Minimum Requirements
• Experience in using Microsoft Excel, Word or Access: To receive additional points, applicants must clearly demonstrate experience using one of these programs on their application or in the supplemental questionnaire section.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Prime Variance Reports (PVRs), also known as Master Time Records, are not accepted, or required as part of the application process; this includes the selection interview and the background-check.

Additional Information

EXAMINATION CONTENT:
This examination will consist of an evaluation of experience based upon application information and desirable qualifications weighted 100%.

Candidates must achieve a passing score of 70% or higher on this examination in order to be placed on the Eligible Register.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:
Applications will be processed on an "as-received" basis and those receiving a passing score will be promulgated to the eligible register accordingly.

The names of candidates receiving a passing score in the examination will be added to the eligible register in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation.

NO PERSON MAY COMPETE IN THIS EXAMINATION MORE THAN ONCE EVERY TWELVE (12) MONTHS.

SPECIAL INFORMATION

AVAILABLE SHIFT:
Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

FAIR CHANCE INITIATIVE:

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment . The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, regency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.

VACANCY INFORMATION:
The resulting eligible register from this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services as they occur.

APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION :
Applications must be submitted online only. We must receive your application before 5:00 p.m. (PT), on the last day of filing. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this web site.

Plan to submit your online application well in advance of the 5:00 p.m. deadline as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty , you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address .

Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the exam requirements as listed on this job posting. Provide any relevant job experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected.

Please note that all information included in the application materials is subject to verification at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of appointment. Utilizing verbiage from Class Specification and requirements serving as your description of duties will not be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the exam requirements. Comments such as “See Resume” or referencing other unsolicited materials/documents will not be considered a response. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and you may be disqualified.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: Please provide your social security number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed person have a social security number. COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES
For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (ARDI): The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD: All applicants must file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member's or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Andrew Munoz, Exam Analyst
Phone: (213) 288-7000
E-mail: AMunoz4@dhs.lacounty .gov

ADA COORDINATOR PHONE:
(323) 914-7111

CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE:
(800) 735-2922

TELETYPE PHONE:
(800) 899-4099

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Salary:

$39,956.88 - $45,685.20 Annually