Linen Services Attendant

About the role

This position involves performing all activities associated with the retrieval of soiled linen, processing of linen, and distribution of clean linen.

Core duties and responsibilities

• Provides efficient and courteous customer service to all people while performing duties of Linen Service Attendant.
• Answers telephone in an efficient, courteous manner within 5 rings.
• Responds to walk-in and telephone requests and provides or sends items to the requestor.
• Delivers exchange cart or requisitioned linen to designated area.
• Performs housekeeping related duties necessary to maintain the laundry in an orderly and professional condition.
• Inventories and records linen orders filled for delivery to offsite designations.
• Operates hand-held computers to inventory and restock clean linen exchange carts.
• Insures sufficient quantities of linen are stocked on the exchange carts for delivery to patient and ancillary areas.
• Logs/document all issues of linen items.
• Operates computers to perform educational requirements through Net Learning.
• Assists in the training of new employees.

Physical requirements

• Ability dexterity and physical ability to stand, walk, and handle linens for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to push heavily loaded carts weighing up to 600 pounds.

Working environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Ability and willingness to work, as directed, at repetitive tasks in hot, humid, and noisy surroundings.

Skills and abilities

• Skills necessary to operate computerized laundry equipment safely and within guidelines are preferred.
• Miscellaneous math skills necessary to use hand-held computers to count, inventory, and stock carts to specific quantities are preferred.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

Works 7:00am-3:30pm works every other weekend and rotates holidays

Benefits

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Company

WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals

Cost Center

612

Address

1 Medical Center Drive Morgantown West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.