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2/22/2025 (7:00 PM EST)

25-00844

Housekeeper

Pay Grade

06

Salary

$19,578.00 - $29,367.12 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

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Hiring Agency

Cabinet for Health & Family Services | Dept for Behav Health, Dev & Int Disab

Location

2400 Russellville Road
Hopkinsville, KY 42240 USA

Description

Are you compassionate and caring? Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others? Western State Hospital (WSH) just may be the place for you. With a 168-year history in the Hopkinsville community, WSH is a state acute care adult psychiatric facility that is on the National Register of Historic Places. WSH provides inpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment for adults from 34 counties of Western Kentucky who have severe mental illness. The average length of stay for a patient is five days. We are seeking a Housekeeper that is an important part of our team in caring for our patients by ensuring clean linens and clothing.

A COVID19 vaccination is recommended for this position.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Collect and sort soiled linen and clothing.
Load and unload washing machines and dryers and operate machines.
Fold clean linen and clothing.
Count and deliver clean linen and clothing making proper deliveries to units.
Maintain cleanliness of work area including machines, tables and sorting areas.
Other duties as assigned or needed.

The ideal candidate would have:

Practical skills to operate and adjust machinery
Good attention to detail
Organized
Basic math skills
Teamwork

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in U.S. CHFS will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that CHFS has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or https://www.e-verify.gov/

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: NONE

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: NONE

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: NONE

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Working Conditions

May risk exposure to chemicals associated with cleaning supplies or burns in operation of laundry machinery.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Audrey Sivils at audreyl.sivils@ky.gov or 270-889-2667.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D

1 Jobs in Hopkinsville, KY, United States (US)

Housekeeper

Commonwealth of Kentucky