Position summary:
Maintaining a clean and healthful environment by utilizing proper laundering procedures to ensure clean and sanitary personal and communal articles.
Essential Functions:
- Collect, wash, dry, and fold residents’ and communal laundry on a scheduled basis. Return laundry to proper owner/department.
- Practice safe infection control procedures including cross-contamination of personal artifacts.
- Safely follow cleaning products and chemicals directions of usage. Be aware of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- Keep laundry carts and equipment clean and in working order. Promptly notify manager of needed repairs.
- Keep laundry machines clean and free of lint and debris.
- Keep laundry room and linen storage areas well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
- Attend all required orientation/training and staff meetings.
- Use proper protective equipment when necessary.
Non Essential Functions:
- Assist in light housekeeping task when necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Maintain a positive and professional demeanor toward residents, visitors, families, and co-workers.
- Adheres to all policies and procedures of Spring Hills.
Skills:
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Time Management - Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Attributes:
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Extent Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Experience And Education: High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate); experience with commercial grade laundry equipment a plus.
Physical Requirements: Standing (over 2/3), walking (over 2/3), using hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2/3), reach with hands and arms (over 2/3), climb and balance (under 1/3), stoop, kneel(1/2-2/3), talk or hear (1/2-2/3), taste or smell (under 1/3). Lifting up to 10 pounds (over 2/3), Up to 25 pounds (1/3-2/3); Up to 50 pounds (under 1/3)
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion