LAUNDRY WORKER(Job Id 52071)

Summary

Performs varied laundry work independently within a NH healthcare or home health facility. Oversees laundry area and related activities to ensure daily/weekly productivity and quality standards are met.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education/Experience: 8th grade education. Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience and/or each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.
• License/Certification: None
• Other Requirements: None

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial or institutional laundry

Responsibilities

• Collects, sorts, and loads soiled linen and garments into washer(s) and loads items into the dryer(s)
• Removes stains from garments
• Folds clean linens, counts, and records the linen processed each day, making proper deliveries to assigned units/areas as needed
• Checks for items left in any pockets such as valuables and removes fecal matter and food if present
• Washes contaminated laundry in proper manner
• Codes laundry by building, floor or unit and ensures laundry is returned to its proper locations
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas including machines, worktables, and sorting areas and washes windows, sweeps, vacuums, and mops floors to ensure good housekeeping habits in the laundry area
• Operates a variety of large and small laundry machines and laundry related tools appropriate to work area such as ironers, dryers, folders, presses, and washers
• Utilizes protective gear in all appropriate functions and demonstrates knowledge for safe use of equipment, ensures basic maintenance of machines and tools, reports issues or malfunctions to supervisor in a timely manner

Schedule

• Part-time, 1st shift vacancy
• Various shifts beginning between 4:00am and 12:00pm
• Weekend requirements vary (additional $2.00/hour)
• Rotating holidays

Pay

$14.40 - $18.46 hourly