Laundry Aide

Vestracare
City of Dunkirk, NY
Category Hospitality
Job Description
The Laundry Aide ensures that ancillary department linen and residents' personal clothing and linens are properly collected, sorted, laundered, distributed, and/or stored. Follows facility policies and performs job duties in compliance with OSHA universal precaution, infection control, and facility policies.

Requirements

  • 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
  • Lifts and carries loads of laundry to and from cleaning equipment
  • Washes, dries, folds, and hangs all laundry neatly and properly and weighs linens
  • Returns clean resident laundry to appropriate rooms, closets, dressers, and supply areas
  • Keeps washing machine supplied with chemical products 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 facility employees to maintain a clean and sanitary environment for residents and staff
  • Disposes of waste properly
  • Completes work in a timely manner
  • Dress in an appropriate uniform, be at the 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
  • Acts as a source of direction to visitors, staff, and external populations, i.e., delivery staff, vendors, etc.
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