Laundry Aide - Housekeeping (PRN)

Baybrooke Village Care and Rehab Center•McKinney, TX

19d•Onsite

About The Position

Baybrooke Village Care and Rehab Center is hiring a Laundry Aide to support long-term and rehabilitative care. The role collects, sorts, washes, dries, folds, and distributes facility linens and residents’ clothing in accordance with infection-control, safety, and sanitation standards. It helps ensure residents have clean, properly handled linens and personal clothing while respecting their comfort, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality. The position also performs assigned housekeeping and environmental-services tasks, including cleaning resident and common areas, maintaining floors and carpets, handling trash and linens, replacing linens and making beds, and reporting repair needs. The Laundry Aide follows facility procedures and safety precautions when using laundry equipment and cleaning chemicals, including guidance in Safety Data Sheets.

Requirements

Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
Dependable attendance and punctuality.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect resident privacy.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in laundry operations is preferred.
Previous laundry, housekeeping, environmental-services, healthcare, hospitality, or commercial-laundry experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Collect soiled linens, towels, blankets, resident clothing, and other washable items from designated facility areas.
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 chemicals according to manufacturer instructions and facility policies.
Inspect laundry for stains or damage and identify items requiring special handling; pre-treat stains 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; label and identify belongings as required.
Maintain adequate supplies of clean facility linens and resident clothing.
Keep the laundry room, equipment, work surfaces, storage areas, and surrounding areas clean, organized, and sanitary.
Follow procedures for contaminated or infectious laundry and use appropriate personal protective equipment when handling soiled or contaminated items.
Maintain confidentiality and respect resident privacy and dignity.
Follow facility infection-prevention and control, OSHA, safety, and emergency procedures.
Dust and clean assigned resident rooms and living areas, including furniture, fixtures, vents, lavatories, and basins.
Dust-mop, wet-mop, or spot-mop floors using appropriately proportioned cleaning chemicals; strip, seal, wax, or buff floors as necessary.
Vacuum, extract, or shampoo carpets as necessary, and wash and dry windows using appropriately proportioned cleaning chemicals.
Empty trash containers, replace liners, and dispose of trash in proper receptacles.
Dispose of soiled linens in appropriate receptacles, replace linens, and make residents’ beds as scheduled.
Report repair needs to a supervisor or the maintenance department as appropriate.
Use cleaning chemicals according to Safety Data Sheets, use appropriate safety equipment and tools to identify hazards, and follow community safety policies and procedures.
Assist with other housekeeping or environmental-services duties as assigned.