Laundry Aide

Reunion Plaza Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center•Texarkana, TX

17d•Onsite

About The Position

Reunion Plaza Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center in Texarkana, Texas, is seeking a Laundry Aide to support residents in a long-term and rehabilitative care facility. The role is responsible for collecting, sorting, washing, drying, folding, and distributing facility linens and residents’ clothing in accordance with infection-control, safety, and sanitation standards. The Laundry Aide helps ensure an adequate supply of clean, properly handled linens and personal clothing to support residents’ comfort, dignity, and care.

Requirements

Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
Dependable attendance and punctuality.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect resident privacy.
Previous laundry operations experience is preferred but not required.
Previous laundry, housekeeping, environmental services, healthcare, hospitality, or commercial laundry experience is preferred but not required.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in laundry operations.
Previous laundry, housekeeping, environmental services, healthcare, hospitality, or commercial laundry experience.

Responsibilities

Collect soiled linens, towels, blankets, resident clothing, and other washable items from designated areas throughout the facility.
Sort laundry by fabric type, color, soil level, and infection-control procedures.
Safely operate commercial washers, dryers, irons, steamers, folding equipment, and other laundry equipment.
Measure and use detergents, disinfectants, stain removers, and other laundry chemicals according to manufacturer instructions and facility policies.
Inspect laundry for stains, damage, or special handling needs, and pre-treat stained items using approved products and procedures.
Wash, dry, fold, hang, and organize clean linens and resident clothing.
Return clean resident clothing and personal items to the appropriate residents or designated locations.
Maintain adequate supplies of clean facility linens, including sheets, blankets, towels, washcloths, and gowns.
Label and properly identify resident clothing and personal belongings as required.
Keep the laundry room, equipment, work surfaces, storage areas, and surrounding areas clean, organized, and sanitary.
Follow procedures for handling contaminated or infectious laundry and use appropriate personal protective equipment when handling soiled or contaminated items.
Maintain confidentiality and respect residents’ privacy and dignity.
Follow facility policies and procedures, including infection prevention and control, OSHA, safety, and emergency procedures.
Assist with other housekeeping or environmental services duties as assigned.
Use cleaning chemicals according to Safety Data Sheets, use proper safety equipment and tools to identify hazards, and follow community safety policies and procedures.