Intermediate Laundry Worker

INTERMEDIATE LAUNDRY WORKERPrintINTERMEDIATE LAUNDRY WORKERSalary$31,320.00 AnnuallyLocationLos Angeles County, CAJob TypeFull timeDepartmentHEALTH SERVICESJob NumberY6834TClosing6/7/2019 5:00 PM Pacific

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Position/Program InformationEXAM NUMBER:Y6834TJOB TYPE:OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITYFIRST DAY OF FILING: MAY 23, 2019 @9:00 a.m. PTThe Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest health system in the nation, providing compassionate quality care through its integrated system of hospitals and community-based clinics. DHS annually cares for about 600,000 unique patients, employs over 22,000 staff and has an annual operating budget of $4.3 billion. DHS leads the County's effort to provide health services to the residents of Los Angeles County, of which approximately two million are uninsured. DHS hospitals also conduct post-graduate medical education through university affiliations for interns, residents and fellows to train the physician workforce for tomorrow.MISSION:Our mission is to ensure access to high-quality, patient-centered, cost-effective health care to Los Angeles County residents through direct services at DHS facilities and through collaboration with community and university partners.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 FunctionsLoads 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 re-washing and records weight of items received.Assists in keeping records of soiled linen poundage, re-washes, daily usage, and badly worn linen.Issues hospital uniforms and maintains records of uniforms issued.Receives orders and complaints from personnel of other hospital units, and takes action to see that orders are made up and complaints are resolved.Assists in counting linen during inventory.Operates and acts as lead worker in the operation of flat work ironers, keeping records of time worked by staff.Issues and receives personal laundry to and from hospital employees.Marks uniforms using hot stamp machines when needed.Provides relief for the supervisor a substantial portion of the time.RequirementsMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:Six (6) months of experience in laundry work in an institutional or commercial laundry facility. PHYSICAL CLASS III: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.SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:Institutional laundry facilities are defined as juvenile detention centers, jails, prisons or residential care facilities.Commercial laundry facilities is defined as experience working in hotels or industrial laundry facilities.Additional InformationEXAMINATION CONTENT: This examination will consist of an oral interview covering Job Preparation, Knowledge and Skills, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Oral Communication Skills weighted 100%. Candidates must achieve a passing score of 70% or higher on this examination in order to be placed on the eligible list.Applicants with disabilities who require special accommodations must provide the Examination Unit with written advance notification. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: Applications will be processed on an "as-received" basis and those receiving a passing score will be promulgated to the eligible list accordingly.The names of candidates receiving a passing score in the examination will be placed on the eligible list in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation.SPECIAL INFORMATION: Appointees may be required to work any shift including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.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 migrating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, regency of the offense(s), and age at the time of offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court do not have to be disclosed. VACANCY INFORMATION: The eligible list resulting from this examination will be used to fill the current vacancies located within Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and Olive View Medical Center; however, will also be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services as they occur.APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION: APPLICATIONS MUST BE FILED ONLINE ONLY. HARDCOPY/PAPER APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY U.S. MAIL, FAX OR IN PERSON WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.Applications electronically received after 5:00 pm PT, on the last day of filing, will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking on the green "Apply" button at the top of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website.Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the REQUIREMENTS. Provide any relevant education, training, and experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. Do not group your experience. 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.IMPORTANT NOTES:

ALL information supplied by applicants and included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION.

We may reject your application at any time during the examination and hiring process, including after appointment has been made.

FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION or RESCISSION OF APPOINTMENT.

Utilizing VERBIAGE from the Class Specification and/or Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. Comments such as "SEE RESUME" or "SEE APPLICATION" will not be considered as a response; in doing so, your application will be REJECTED.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: Please include your social security number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons 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.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.ADA COORDINATOR PHONE:(323) 914 - 7111CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE:(800) 735-2922DEPARTMENT CONTACT:Shandel Lewis, Exam [email protected]: (323) 914-7071Fax: (323) 869 - 0942For detailed information, please click here01All correspondence to applicants, including any test invitations (if applicable), will be sent electronically to the email address you provide on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. DO NOT select "Off" under Email Preferences within your profile, or click "Unsubscribe" on any notice you receive from us; otherwise, you risk not receiving important information. Moreover, please add [email protected] and [email protected] to your email address book and to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being blocked or filtered as SPAM/JUNK mail by your email provider. The County of Los Angeles will not consider allegations of not receiving email notification as an acceptable reason to accommodate rescheduling any candidate for a test or late exam administration.Final exam notices will be mailed via the United States Postal Services. It is important that applicants provide a complete and valid mailing address. Examination results cannot be given over the phone.

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