Laundry Aide HCC

PruittHealth • Macon, GA

3d

About The Position

The Laundry Aide tends laundering machines to clean sheets, blankets, pillow coverings, and patients’ personal articles. The role involves loading washers, adding specified amounts of detergent or other cleaning agents, transferring wet laundry to dryers, sorting dry items, and folding and storing laundry appropriately. The Laundry Aide also delivers resident laundry and helps keep the laundry area and equipment clean, organized, and operating according to established schedules and policies.

Requirements

• On-the-job training is provided.
• High school degree preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in healthcare laundering processes.

Responsibilities

• Folds and sorts laundry, including blankets, sheets, towels, and personal clothing items.
• Hangs clothes on racks according to names and numbers.
• Delivers patient/resident laundry to designated areas.
• Ensures patients’/residents’ clothes are ready to wear, not in disrepair, and placed properly.
• Understands the functions of various soaps and bleaches.
• Follows MSDS precautions for all chemicals used.
• Washes and dries clothes and linens.
• Keeps equipment clean and follows cleaning schedules.
• Maintains a clean and organized area, including sweeping and mopping the laundry area.
• Reports needed repairs to the maintenance department.
• Operates large filters according to established schedules.
• Ensures proper handling of soiled laundry items.
• Cleans and disinfects linen carts as required by policy and procedure.
• Empties washers and dryers as requested or necessary.
• Operates water, gas, and electric cutoff switches and valves.
• Understands the proper process for stain removal.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED