What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laundry Aide position at Absolut Care LLC?
Job Details
Description
Full-Time
6a-2p
The Laundry Aide is responsible for ensuring linen and residents’ personal clothing are properly collected, sorted, laundered, distributed, and/or stored according to facility policy.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Description
Full-Time
6a-2p
The Laundry Aide is responsible for ensuring linen and residents’ personal clothing are properly collected, sorted, laundered, distributed, and/or stored according to facility policy.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Handles all laundry in accordance with sanitary guidelines
- Assures that an adequate supply of clean linens is maintained and distributed to all departments to meet daily needs.
- Sorts all soiled laundry into appropriate categories. Uses proper formula for processing soiled linen to adequately clean/dry and protect linen.
- Applies basic math to fill carts and record poundage.
- Lifts and carries loads of laundry to and from cleaning equipment
- Washes, dries, folds, and hangs all laundry neatly and properly and weighs linens
- Identifies personal laundry with resident’s name and remarks personal clothing items, if needed
- Returns clean resident laundry to appropriate rooms, closets, dressers and supply areas. Remove all empty hangers from the closets.
- Keeps washing machine supplied with chemical product at all times.
- Keeps work area clean and neat at all times and performs cleaning assignments as scheduled or directed
- Works in cooperation with all other employees of the facility to maintain a clean and sanitary environment for both residents and staff. Exhibit an attitude of helpfulness, team spirit and support to all team members.
- Disposes of waste properly
- Completes work in a timely manner
- Dress in appropriate uniform and be at appointed workstation when the shift starts and work consistently until the shift ends.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and complies with the Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program when performing work functions.
- Constantly maintains high performance standards at work with regards to personal behavior and interactions with staff, community, and residents under a variety of conditions and circumstances. Reports perceived problems to supervisor. Contributes ideas to rectify identified problems and follows corrective actions as directed by the supervisor.
- Acts as a source of direction to visitors, staff and external populations, i.e.: delivery staff, vendors, etc.
- Performs any other duties necessary as assigned by the supervisor
