Laundry Worker

Laundry Worker

Laundry Worker major duties consist of but not limited to:

• Receiving incoming supplies of clean linens from the laundry, unloading it from truck and transport carts, sorting it for further movement or storage if not immediately needed.
• Loading linen carts with specified quantities of the various types of linens for distribution towards clinics, wards and other hospital activities.
• Distributing linens, placing the required quantities of linens in nurse servers, cabinets, linen closets on shelves and on backup carts. As part of this distribution task, must rotate the stock of linen and straighten stocks so as to present a neat appearance. Clean nurse servers, cabinets, linen closets, shelves and carts to prevent contamination of linens.
• Picks up soiled linen and delivers it by cart to the soiled linen storage room.
• Loads soiled linen into transport carts and loads transport carts on truck for movement to laundry. Assures that carts are loaded on the truck in specified sequence to facilitate operations at laundry.
• Helps maintain the areas assigned to the linen section in a clean, neat and orderly manner to include vacuum, dust, sweep, scrub shelves, work surfaces, floors, ceilings and equipment.
• Occasionally issues and receives employee uniforms, mark items of linen and uniforms and patch linen using a heat patch machine.
• Sort soiled linen into like item containers in preparation for washing.
• Understand Infection Control measures are to be maintained between soil side operations and clean textiles and use proper aseptic techniques including proper hand hygiene.
• Open new linen as directed to help maintain par levels of linen for all customers.
• Has complete operating knowledge and skill to operate processing equipment at or above industry standards. Textile processing equipment includes spreader/feeders/ironer/folders, stackers and conveyors, both small and large piece folders.
• Must be able to understand and apply verbal and written instructions pertaining to all phases of textile processing techniques, including the ability to communicate professionally with all laundry workers and supervisors to ensure efficient linen flow on the production floor, responding to changing linen requirements as necessary.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 6:00am-2:30pm with occasional weekends and holidays

Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Worker/PD11259A

Physical Requirements: Must be in good physical condition and have no gross physical impairment. Position requires constantly, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, stooping and bending. Loads of more than 50 pounds must be lifted and heavy linen carts moved. Mental concentration and physical coordination are essential in the performance of assigned tasks. Judgment and sound decision-making are required in all aspects of work. During normal day to day operations, individual will be required to perform simple grasping and fine hand manipulation, reaching above shoulder height and frequent bending, stooping, bending, twisting and kneeling. Position requires that individual operate vehicles, electrical equipment, and push or pull soiled and clean laundry carts in and out of laundry trucks, to and from loading docks to various locations within the laundry and medical center.