Laundry Aide- Laundry General

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The Greater Manchester Region has approximately 2,500 employees. It includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 249-bed community hospital, Rockville General, a campus of Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 102-bed facility, a large multispecialty provider group and visiting nurse services. The Greater Manchester Region serves a region of 300,000 people in 19 towns. 

Position Summary:

The Laundry Aide is responsible for meeting the linen needs of all departments throughout the hospital. The Laundry Aide collects soiled linens and delivering clean linens throughout the hospital. Responsible for monitoring and documenting linen usage and notifying management if more linen is needed.

TMinimum Qualifications:

• Understand verbal and written instructions in English as well as be able to speak, read and write simple English to communicate with internal customers, outside vendors, co-workers and Environmental department management.
• Be able to push and pull carts of laundry in addition to lift items of various weight. This will require standing and walking around the location for up to 8 hours.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Following infection control and safety guidelines, picks up soiled linens throughout the hospital.
• Delivers soiled linens to the laundry sort room. Logs linen usage per department; sorts, bags and weighs linen in preparation for outside cleaning service pick-up.
• Retrieves clean linens delivered by the outside cleaning service, while inspecting for soiled or damaged items, sorts and stocks linens on laundry carts for delivery to departments. Sets aside soiled or damaged items.
• Notifies management of all items damaged or not properly cleaned so that a credit from the outside cleaning firm may be obtained.
• Delivers clean linens to various locations throughout the hospital.
• Receives and responds to immediate linen need requests from departments and delivers linens in a courteous and timely manner.
• Makes alterations to PAR levels and adjusts department linen deliveries based on usage.
• Trains new Laundry Aides.
• Assists in maintaining the cleanliness of the linen drop-off and sorting area.