Laundry Aide

STARTING RATE: $15.00/hr.

SHIFT: Full-time, Day Shift, 6:00am-2:00pm, every other weekend and holidays.

BENEFITS:

• Weekly Paychecks
• Referral Bonuses
• Peer Mentorship
• Generous Paid Time Off

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Handles all facility laundry in accordance with sanitary guidelines set by federal, state and local regulations
• Assures that an adequate supply of clean linens is maintained and distributed to all departments to meet daily needs.
• Sorts all soiled laundry into appropriate categories. Uses proper formula for processing soiled linen to adequately clean/dry and protect linen.
• Applies basic math to fill carts and record poundage.
• Lifts and carries loads of laundry to and from cleaning equipment
• Washes, dries, folds, and hangs all laundry neatly and properly and weighs linens
• Identifies and processes personal laundry with resident’s name and labels personal clothing items
• Returns clean resident laundry to appropriate rooms, closets, dressers and supply areas. Remove all empty hangers from the closets.
• Keeps washing machine supplied with chemical product at all times.
• Keeps work area clean and neat at all times and performs cleaning assignments as scheduled or directed
• Reports broken or defective equipment, other maintenance or safety concerns that present an unsafe or unsanitary condition to the Maintenance Supervisor. Disposes waste properly in accordance to facility policy.
• Contributes to facility Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives as requested
• Maintains HIPAA privacy, security and confidentiality standards
• Follows facilities policies and procedures including Standard Precautions and Infection Control techniques (handwashing /PPE)

Education

• High School or better

Skills

• Communication Skills
• Infection Control Practices
• People Skills
• Problem solving abilities

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)