FULL TIME Laundry Aide
About The Position
The Laundry Aide maintains clean clothing and linens for resident use. The role includes collecting, sorting, washing, drying, folding, hanging, and returning resident clothing and linens while keeping services organized, efficient, clean, and timely. The aide helps preserve residents’ dignity by ensuring clothes are properly labeled, returned to the correct resident, and neatly stored, and observes closet signage indicating when family members handle a resident’s laundry. The aide also helps ensure clean linens and clothing are available during emergencies. The Laundry Aide reports issues involving the operation, cleanliness, or safety of departmental equipment and represents the facility professionally. The position requires courteous communication with residents, families, coworkers, and vendors; confidentiality and HIPAA compliance; attendance at required in-service training; accurate clocking of working and training hours; and adherence to Legacy’s Compliance program, Code of Conduct, and Dress Code. Duties may be changed according to facility needs.
Requirements
- Be free from illegal drug use.
- Be free from the use and effects of drugs and alcohol in the workplace.
- Individuals found guilty by a court of law of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating individuals in a health care-related setting are ineligible for employment in this position.
Nice To Haves
- Laundry experience preferred.
- Long-term care (LTC) experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Gather, sort, wash, dry, fold, hang, and return resident clothing and linens efficiently.
- Maintain organization, cleanliness, and timely laundry service.
- Report issues with the working order, cleanliness, or safety of department equipment, including laundry carts, washers, dryers, and mixing units.
- Ensure clothes are properly labeled to maintain resident dignity.
- Return clothes to the correct resident and store them neatly.
- Observe signage indicating when family members are doing a resident’s laundry.
- Assist during emergencies by keeping clean linens and clothing available.
- Represent the facility professionally and positively to the community.
- Communicate professionally and courteously with residents, families, coworkers, and vendors.
- Maintain confidentiality of department, resident, and employee information, communications, and documentation, and comply with HIPAA.
- Attend required in-service training.
- Clock in and out for all working and training hours; do not work off the clock.
- Comply with Legacy’s Compliance program and plan, Code of Conduct, and Dress Code.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
