Laundry Associate

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Cleans and services building areas as assigned (including medication storage areas) according to established procedures and schedule assignment.
• Maintains secured access to designated medication storage areas when assigned to work in those areas and alerts nursing/clinical supervisor immediately if medications are discovered in any unlocked, unsupervised area.
• Sorts soiled linen into proper categories.
• Loads, unloads, and moves carts of clean linen as needed. Performs accurate linen counts.
• Maintains carts and work area in a neat and clean condition.
• Practices consistent communication with staff and management to ensure linen orders are filled.
• Operates linen-processing equipment safely and at the required production rate according to manufacturer instructions.
• Processes all other linen at the required production rate to meet all orders.
• Reports any unsafe equipment or condition to plant management.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required

• A high school diploma or GED is preferred.
• Ability to follow / understand verbal communications and written procedures required and to verbally communicate with others.
• Must be able to read, write legibly, speak and comprehend English.