Materials Handler

Summary

This position is located within the Environmental Management Service (EMS) as part of the Textile Care Processing Facility (TCPF) in Chillicothe, OH.

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Duties

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The Materials Handler performs a wide variety of duties in the laundry facility. These duties include but are not limited to the handling and distribution of the Medical Center's linens, patient clothing and employee uniforms.

• Receives, stores, issues, and sorts a wide variety of medical linens for all facilities;
• Receives, identifies, validates, loads exchange carts and delivery carts with correct par levels of clean linen items;
• Prepares linen carts for distribution to various end users, using existing Par Tracker to ensure proper stock levels;
• Performs inventory of linen by counting quantities of items remaining on wards and clinics linen racks and adjusts daily linen order to replenish par level.
• Follows established standard operating procedures to wipe down carts prior to re-delivery.
• Performs various duties in the Uniform Distribution room including issuing and receiving uniforms to hospital staff, inventory, stocking and records keeping.
• Moves linen supplies via hand cart, dolly, or motor vehicle delivering or picking up to or from wards, clinics, or the laundry.
• Ensures that records are maintained of linen sent to and returned from laundry, enters data into Linen Management database.
• Performs other duties as it relates to the position.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, 6:00am - 2:30pm

Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Pre-employment physical required
• Subject to background/security investigation
• 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 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.

Qualifications

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT : This position requires a current, valid driver's license. Do not upload a copy of your driver's license at this time. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your current, valid, and unrestricted Driver's License.

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Heavy physical effort is required in daily handling of carts loaded with items weighing from 300 to 450 pounds or more. These carts are loaded from a dock into the truck for delivery. At the delivery point, they are pushed or pulled onto a power lift tailgate, lowered to the ground, then pushed or pulled into buildings. The same physical effort is required to move items weighing 425 pounds or more from the building to the truck. The Materials Handler must be able to maneuver push carts in and out of small areas, such as linen rooms. She/He must be able to stoop, bend, push and lift. He/she must be able to load bags of soiled linen weighing 125 pounds into push carts. The Materials Handler is required to work outside and inside and is occasionally exposed to bad weather conditions while loading and unloading vehicles. She/he may drive in all types of traffic and weather and is exposed to the possibility of serious accidents. The handler is subject to cuts, bruises, and broken bones as a result of accidents involving the loading and unloading of vehicles. Transportation of soiled linen and wet linen makes task disagreeable at times. Required to wear proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume.

You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Dexterity and Safety
• Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
• Materials
• Technical Practices
• Without more than normal supervision
• Work Practices

IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.

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; religious; 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.

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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