Laundry Linen Attendant

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

17h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for maintaining records, collecting and sorting soiled linen, planning and coordinating linen department functions to ensure clean, sanitary, and quality linens are supplied to all departments. The role involves checking floor linen supplies, stocking linens, delivering linens to user departments, and assisting with the care and maintenance of department facilities and equipment. The attendant must adhere to established policies, procedures, and safety standards, including infection control.

Requirements

• No experience required, will train.

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Maintains required records, reports, and statistics as directed.
• Keeps a log of completed work and disposition of unusable materials.
• Keeps records of linen distribution by department.
• Keeps a daily log of soiled linen pounds sent to laundry and clean linen pounds received from laundry.
• Receives and collects soiled linen.
• Sorts laundry according to type, condition, and weight, and records weight.
• Plans, organizes, and coordinates functions and activities of the linen department to supply clean, sanitary, and quality linens to all departments ensuring quality patient care.
• Checks floor linen supplies and lists linen usage by department.
• Counts and stocks linens for distribution or places them in supply storage.
• Reports linen supply shortages to the supervisor.
• Delivers linens to user departments according to pre-established par levels and schedules.
• Distributes emergency supplies as needed.
• Folds, sorts, and stacks both large and small articles.
• Examines articles for stains, tears, or other imperfections.
• Takes supply requests and delivers them.
• Assists in the care and maintenance of department facilities, equipment, and supplies.
• Performs cleaning duties.
• Establishes and maintains safety, environmental, and infection control policies and procedures.
• Keeps the linen room neat and orderly.
• Cleans delivery equipment and assists with other cleaning duties in the laundry and linen department.
• Assists with other Environmental Services department schedules and responsibilities as required.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, environmental and infection control standards.
• Completes and maintains job performance requirements and standards as established in the Career Ladder Program.
• Maintains standards as required in the Disciplinary Action Section of the Career Ladder Program.
• Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.
• Attends meetings as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

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