Laundry Aide

BETHESDA

LAUNDRY AIDE

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Summary: Provide all residents with clean personal clothes delivered to their individual room each day. All non-personal laundry is sorted and loaded washed and delivered.

Job Relationships:

1. Reports to: Environmental Services Supervisor.
2. Internal Contact: laundry staff, Housekeepers, Nursing Assistants, and Maintenance and Scheduling.

Hours of Work: 6:00am-2:00pm

Dress Code: Clean, fitted scrubs in solid colors or simple patterns. Bethesda shirts. Black, khaki, or jeans with no holes or rips. Footwear: Closed-toe, comfortable, slip-resistant shoes. Hair and Hygiene: Maintain a high standard of cleanliness, oral hygiene and deodorant. Neatly tied back if long, Identification: Visible name badge, worn on chest area. PPE: Compliance with facility guidelines for masks, gloves, goggles, etc. if applicable. Piercings: Covered or removed if posing infection or safety risk. Tattoos: Covered if unprofessional or offensive. General Appearance: Clean, well-maintained attire.

Essential Requirements of Work: (Sufficient to do required duties)

1. Knowledge of how to do laundry tasks.
2. Have genuine desire to have the resident look well
3. Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
4. Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers.
5. Ability to cooperate with residents and families.

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability to Perform at Full Performance:

1. Knowledge of each residents name and location.
2. Ability to sort residents' laundry in an orderly and efficient manner.
3. Sense of responsibility.
4. Ability to follow directions.

Physical Demands of The Job:

1. Pushing and pulling approximately 100 pounds on wheels.
2. Continual standing and walking.
3. Bending, and stooping frequently.
4. Exposure to communicable diseases through direct resident contact.
5. Exposure to disinfectants and various cleaning units.
6. Exposure to potentially contaminated laundry and dressings.
7. Exposure occasionally to disorientated or unpredictable residents who may be physically or verbally abusive.

Quality Performance results in:

1. Better basic care provided for the residents.
2. Keeping residents comfortable, neatly dressed, and satisfied.
3. Assisting residents that may be missing clothing so that they feel comfortable that you have made your very best efforts.
4. Families are pleased that residents have clean clothing.

Effective Error:

1. Residents lose clothing.
2. Residents become dissatisfied.
3. Others would have to work harder.

Principle Job Responsibilities:

Responsibility:

Tasks:

1. Wash clothes according to procedure understanding chemicals and equipment.
2. Sort, wash, and fold clothing and hang dry clothing.
3. Sort clothing by color and type of fabric.
4. Wash clothes using proper chemicals.
5. Dry according to instructions on clothing.
6. Fold all clothes neatly.
7. Iron any personal items that need ironing and sewing when needed.
8. Assist in the transportation of linens as assigned.
9. Sweep floors in laundry room at the end of the day.
10. Mop floors daily as needed.
11. Maintain laundry in a neat and orderly manner.
12. Deliver all personal clothes to residents' room closet and per request.
13. Cleaning the laundry department spaces and equipment as needed.
14. Special laundry soaps clothing per resident request.

Professional and Personal Growth:

1. Participate in all required Educare programs at Nursing Home.
2. Be willing to learn and change to meet needs that arise.
3. Maintain professional conduct.
4. Maintain a pleasant attitude toward staff, family, and residents.
5. Perform other duties as requested by staff or supervisors.
6. Write yearly personal goals.