PRN Environmental (Housekeeping/Laundry)

Campbell Street•Denison, IA

About The Position

The Environmental (Housekeeping/Laundry) role promotes a professional and comfortable atmosphere for residents by ensuring the facility is clean and sanitized. The employee cleans and services assigned areas and performs routine, repetitive tasks as assigned by the Housekeeping Supervisor. Laundry duties include sorting, washing, drying, folding, and organizing clothing and linens; handling contaminated items; verifying item quantities; and delivering clean clothing to residents’ rooms. Housekeeping duties include cleaning and disinfecting resident rooms, dining areas, common areas, and public restrooms, as well as light office cleaning, maintaining hallways and entryways, and removing trash. Other duties may be assigned or required.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read, write, understand, and communicate in English at a minimum of 8th-grade proficiency.
Clear verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Sort items to be laundered, operate washers and dryers, and transfer wet laundry to carts and dryers.
Fold and sort dried articles by resident name, ID number, or room number.
Place residents’ clothing on hangers and store folded items in the appropriate bins or sorters.
Deliver clean clothing to residents’ rooms.
Sort and count linens, towels, washcloths, clothing protectors, and other articles to verify quantities.
Soak contaminated articles in neutralizer solution before washing.
Clean and disinfect resident rooms, dining areas, common areas, and public restrooms.
Perform light office cleaning, maintain clean hallways and entryways, and remove trash.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.