Environmental Service Aide

Environmental Services & Laundry Aide At St. John's Home

St. John's is leading and inspiring a shift in society's views of elderhood. Join our family of dedicated, talented employees who are at the forefront of innovative senior services delivery in this community. St. John's embraces living every day by fostering a culture that is friendly, respectful, responsive, compassionate, innovative, and fun for both employees and the elders and residents that call St. John's home.

Position Summary: The Environmental Services Aide is responsible for providing clean and pleasant surroundings and providing clean clothes and linens to Elders and staff by using proper washing, drying and cleaning methods. Responsibilities include:

• Stores and releases resident's belongings as needed.
• Inspects all floors and common areas.
• Submits in writing the condition of inspected areas to manager.
• Assists department with companywide coverage when needed.
• Help pack and clean vacant rooms when needed.
• Coordinates the training of new employees in all required phases of housekeeping provides feedback to manager upon completion of training period.
• Performs closet inspections.
• Fold and iron clean clothes and house linens by hand and machine.
• Sort and count articles removed from dryers fold and wrap.
• Examine and sort into lots articles to be cleaned, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.
• Deliver the clean clothes to rooms.
• Loads and restocks carts and racks for delivery to the various departments and units in the facility.
• Operates the marking machine to adhere labels to the resident's belongings to deliver them to the proper rooms.
• Operates washers, dryers, steam tunnels and folding machinery.
• Start washers, dry cleaners, driers, or extractors, and turn valves or levers to regulate machine processes and the volume of soap, detergent, water, bleach, starch, and other additives.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to interact with elders and care for their needs.
• One (1) year of related experience required.
• Previous experience working for environmental services preferred.
• Basic computer knowledge.

St. John's is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by laws and regulations.