Laundry Specialist

Maple Farm•Akron, PA

About The Position

The Laundry Specialist supports comfort and cleanliness by processing residents’ personal clothing and facility linens. The role weighs and sorts soiled laundry, removes stains as needed, selects and enters the correct wash program, dries laundry, and folds or hangs garments and linens. It also labels residents’ personal garments, transports laundry in carts, distributes clothing to resident rooms, changes chemical drums, and follows facility waste-disposal and infection-control procedures. The specialist checks equipment and reports malfunctions, attends training, may perform Quality Assurance duties, and cooperates with residents, volunteers, representatives, and facility staff. This is a full-time position scheduled from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a rotating weekend schedule.

Requirements

Ability to understand and follow oral and printed instructions.
Good physical and mental health, a sense of responsibility, and a high degree of personal hygiene and cleanliness.
Ability to cooperate with others.

Responsibilities

Weigh soiled laundry loads.
Check and clean equipment to ensure it functions properly.
Use personal protective equipment as required and remove it and wash hands before leaving the soiled linen area.
Sort soiled articles by type, color, and contamination; remove stains as needed; and wash laundry using the correct wash program.
Report equipment defects or malfunctions to the supervisor.
Dry laundry and remove dry linens.
Sort and fold or hang personal clothes.
Load carts and transport laundry.
Print and affix resident-name labels to personal garments.
Follow waste-disposal procedures in accordance with facility policy.
Handle clean and soiled laundry according to established infection-control policies and procedures.
Distribute clothing to resident rooms in accordance with the theft-loss program.
Change chemical drums.
Assume Quality Assurance duties as assigned.
Attend department and corporate in-service training programs.
Work cooperatively with volunteers, residents, resident representatives, and facility staff.
Perform assigned duties cooperatively, effectively, promptly, and professionally.
Perform other assigned duties and responsibilities.