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EXAM NUMBER Y6834U First Filing Date January 15, 2020 at 8:00 A.M., (PT) Applications will be accepted until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without notice. OPEN COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY ABOUT THE 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. Through its integrated system of 27 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for over 600,000 unique patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $6.2 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 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. Requirements MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS : Six (6) months of experience in laundry work in an institutional* or commercial** laundry facility. 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. 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. Out-of-Class experience will not be accepted. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Additional credit will be given to applicants that possess the following desirable qualifications: Any additional experience in excess of the Minimum Requirements for the qualifying option. Additional Information EXAMINATION CONTENT: This examination will consist of an evaluation of training, experience and desirable qualifications based upon your application information, 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 individual 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, recency 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 eligible register resulting 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 filed online only. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, Fax, or in person will not be accepted. Applications electronically received after 5:00 p.m., PT, on the last day of filing will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" tab for this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website. For the foreseeable future, all notices including invitation letters, result letters and notices of non-acceptance will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that applicants provide a valid email address. Please add AMunoz4@dhs.lacounty.gov and info@governmentjobs.com to your email address book and to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as SPAM/JUNK mail. Please note, if you opt out of receiving emails, you can visit governmentjobs.com, log into your profile and check your inbox. The inbox retains a copy of all emails sent, for your records. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Requirements. Fill out your application completely and correctly to receive full credit for related education, and/or experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the position. Please do not group your experience. For each position held, give the name and address of your employer, your position 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 and documents provided by applicants 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 Class Specification and/or Minimum/Selection Requirements serving as your description of duties will not be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the Requirements. Comments such as "See Résumé" or referencing other unsolicited materials/documents will not be considered as a response; in doing so, your application will be rejected. This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met. Application filing may be suspended at any time with or without advance notice. NOTE : If you are unable to attach documents to your application, you may email the documents to the exam analyst, Andrew Munoz at AMunoz4@dhs.lacounty.gov within 15 calendar days of filing online . Please include your name the exam number and the exam title. 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. 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 (323) 914-7927 AMunoz4@dhs.lacounty .gov ADA COORDINATOR PHONE : (323) 914-7111 CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE : (800) 735-2922 Closing Date/Time: