Laundry Supervisor

Veterans Health Administration • Martinez, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Laundry Supervisor works within the Environmental Management Service (EMS) at the VA Northern California Health Care System in Martinez, California. The position provides clean and disinfected linens to areas throughout the health care system by overseeing textile services, including laundry processing, uniform management, and central linen distribution. The supervisor assigns and oversees work for approximately four laundry workers and numerous Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) workers, and manages linen par levels, inventories, storage, and distribution. The role also involves equipment monitoring and minor adjustments, troubleshooting, recordkeeping, and safe handling and movement of linen carts and supplies.

The work schedule will be determined upon hiring, varies, and may include weekends and holidays. Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized. No education qualification is required, and a specific length of training or experience is not required; applicants must demonstrate sufficient training or experience to perform the work.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must provide resume evidence of training or experience sufficient in scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Must meet the position’s screen-out element and demonstrate relevant abilities, including customer service, following directions, instructing, operating equipment or machinery, technical competence, and technical practices.
• Must undergo a pre-employment physical and background/security investigation.
• Applicants tentatively selected for employment in a testing-designated position must undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusing the test results in denial of VA employment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel employee.
• Must complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• The work requires safely moving linen carts weighing up to 1,000 pounds and safely using a ladder to remove and hang curtains.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the uniform management program and laundry processing, and share responsibility for managing central linen distribution rooms.
• Assign and supervise work for approximately four laundry workers and numerous Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) workers.
• Maintain appropriate linen par levels for facilities within the Northern California Health Care System under the supervisor’s oversight.
• Conduct quarterly, semiannual, and annual inventories.
• Follow procedures and guidelines established by the Association for Laundry Management and the laundry industry.
• Make minor equipment adjustments, monitor preventive maintenance, and troubleshoot problems throughout the laundry section.
• Maintain the linen room and designated linen rooms.
• Load and unload linen carts accurately and efficiently, using linen that has been in storage the longest.
• Move carts safely, including 1,000-pound carts, through corners, narrow hallways, congested patient areas, and ramps while watching for hazards to patients, staff, and visitors.
• Adjust linen deliveries to meet changing facility needs.
• Distribute and collect linen using proper techniques to prevent cross-contamination.
• Maintain accurate records of uniforms, linen, pillows, and surgical linen that is salvaged, in storage, or in circulation.
• Receive, store, inventory, and distribute linen to the facility daily.
• Control and supply surgical linen required at the facility.
• Issue, mark, repair, and salvage surgical linen, drapes, pillows, employee uniforms, cubicle curtains, and shower curtains.
• Sort uniform apparel using assigned numbers for documentation and forward uniforms to the consolidated laundry facility for laundering.
• Place returned uniforms in the Scrub-Ex machine according to assigned numbers.
• Remove and hang cubicle and window curtains, using a ladder safely.

Benefits

• Federal employees receive a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position eligibility and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Selected applicants may request prior work or military service credit toward annual leave accrual, subject to approval and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed