Be part of something special.

If you enjoy working with older adults, caring for and talking with them, learning from their stories and seeing them smile, this is the job of a lifetime. At Freedom Pointe at The Villages, you can jump-start a senior living career or build the one you have. You’ll grow, advance, and gain knowledge in senior services — one of the fastest-growing career fields in the country.

Our community is a wonderful place to work. We’re located in the heart of The Villages®, FL, one of Florida’s friendliest hometowns. There’s easy access to our community via Route 441 or Morse Boulevard.

We offer jobs at all levels and for all types of skills and expertise. You’ll join a team that’s passionate about working with seniors. We work hard to deliver the very best resident-centered care and high-quality hospitality through our Extraordinary Impressions program. With integrity and a solid work ethic, you can create a long, satisfying and fruitful senior living career at Freedom Pointe at The Villages.

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status. Employees that work in the Skilled Nursing building will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or apply for and receive an approved exemption, as a condition of employment.

The pay for this position is $12.50 an hour. **Actual salary may fall outside of the posted salary range as it is dependent on skills and experience.

Essential Job Duties:

1. Collects, cleans, and redistributes the Community laundry.

2. Ensures that all Health Center laundry is properly sorted, washed, and dried

according to State and Federal regulations.

3. Ensures that the laundry is maintained in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.

Other Duties:

1. Maintains all equipment and supplies in proper condition.

2. Accomplishes all work in the order of priority set by the supervisor.

3. Attends in-service training and education sessions, as assigned.

4. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

The Community fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises as a guide for our interpersonal interactions with residents, co-workers, and guests:
1. We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile.
2. We treat everyone with courteous respect.
3. We strive to anticipate resident, employee and guest needs and act accordingly.
4. We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.
5. We hold ourselves and one another accountable.
6. We embrace and value our differences.
7. We make residents, employees and guests feel important.
8. We ask “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
9. We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.
10. We pay attention to details.

WELLNESS FOCUS:
The Community employees are expected to promote a healthy community culture for all residents and employees. This is a whole-person approach to health and wellness which includes eight dimensions of wellness: Emotional, Environmental, Health Services, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Vocational. Through these efforts we can ensure and exceed residents’ wellness needs relating to their mind, body and soul, which may also have a positive effect on the employees, as a result.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Ability to understand and follow instructions in English and communicate effectively.
2. Commercial laundry experience is desirable, but not required.
3. Ability to process 50-100 pounds of laundry at a time.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

Moderate to heavy physical effort 80% of the workday including repetitive folding movements, and strenuous pulling movements. Must be able to lift and carry up to 30 lbs. independently. Must be able to push and/or pull wheeled carts and equipment weighing up to 100 lbs. over tiled and carpeted surfaces over long distances. Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach, and stoop 90% of the workday. May be exposed to communicable diseases from contaminated linens including influenza, HIV and Hepatitis.

May be exposed to unpleasant odors, high heat levels, and laundry and cleaning chemicals.

Moderate to heavy physical effort 80% of the time.

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