Laundry Supervisor

Summary

This position performs as a Laundry Supervisor within the Environmental Management Service (EMS). He/she works at Martinez, California location of the VA Northern California Health Care System (VA NCHCS) and is responsible for performing all textile duties and tasks assigned to provide clean and disinfected linens to all areas within the healthcare system.

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Duties

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Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Incumbent supervises the uniform management program, laundry processing, and shares responsibility of managing the central linen distribution room(s).
• This includes work assignments and supervision for approximately 4 laundry workers and numerous Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) workers.
• Responsible for par levels of the facilities within Northern California Health Care System he/she oversees.
• Incumbent is responsible for all inventories to include quarters, semiannual, and annual inventories.
• Incumbent follows guidelines set by the Association for Laundry Management on procedures set by the industry.
• Performs minor adjustments to equipment and monitors preventive maintenance of equipment.
• Troubleshoots problems throughout the laundry section.
• Incumbent is responsible for maintaining the linen room and any pre-designated linen rooms.
• Incumbent must accurately and efficiently load and unload linen carts, utilizing linen that has been in storage the longest. Incumbent must exercise caution when moving 1000-pound carts around corners, through narrow hallways and congested patient areas, up and down ramps, constantly aware of possible hazards to patients, staff and visitors.
• Incumbent adjusts deliveries to meet the changing needs of the facility. Incumbent must utilize proper technique in distributing and picking up linen to prevent cross contamination.
• Incumbent must keep accurate records of uniforms, linen, pillows and surgical linen that is salvaged, in storage and in circulation.
• Incumbent receives, stores, inventories and distributes linen to the facility daily. Incumbent also controls and supplies all surgical linen required at the facility.
• Incumbent issues, marks, repairs and salvages surgical linen, drapes, pillows, employee uniforms, cubical and shower curtains. Incumbent sorts uniform apparel, using assigned numbers to document, and forwards the uniforms to the consolidated laundry facility for laundering; Places in Scrub-Ex machine, according to assigned number, when returned from the consolidated laundry facility. Incumbent is responsible for removing and hanging cubicle curtains and window curtain, this requires the ability to move safely on a ladder.

Work Schedule: To be determined upon hiring, schedule varies, may work weekends and holidays.

Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Supervisor/PD00685O

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Pre-employment physical required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/06/2026.

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:

• Customer Service
• Follow Directions
• Instruct
• Operation of Equipment/Machinery
• Technical Competence
• Technical 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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