Laundry Specialist

Maple Farm•Akron, PA

5d•$17

About The Position

Maple Farm has evolved into a community that thrives on purpose, opportunity and living life to its fullest. While others in our market space talk about seniors and retirement, here we talk about people and opportunity. Our heritage, mission and core values play a fundamental role as they ground us in the present and shape our future. At Maple Farm our Laundry Specialists are the behind-the-scenes hero of comfort and cleanliness!

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Treats all information about residents, their condition, and family as confidential.
Follows Residents’ Rights policies at all times.
Weighs soiled laundry loads.
Checks and cleans equipment for proper functioning.
Uses personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.
Sorts soiled articles according to type, color, contamination.
Removes stains as needed.
Washes soiled laundry, entering the correct wash program.
Reports equipment defects to the supervisor.
Removes PPE and washes hands before leaving soiled linen area.
Dries wet laundry load.
Removes dry linens.
Sorts and folds/hang personal clothes.
Loads carts and transports laundry.
Prints and affixes resident name labels to personal garments.
Follows waste disposal procedures in accordance with facility policy.
Identifies and reports any equipment malfunction to the supervisor.
Attends department and corporate in-service training programs.
Handles clean and soiled laundry according to established infection control policies and procedures.
Distributes clothing to resident rooms in accordance with the theft loss program.
Changes chemical drums.
Assumes Quality Assurance duties as assigned.
Consistently works cooperatively with volunteers, residents, resident representatives, and facility staff.
Accepts and performs all duties assigned in a cooperative, effective, timely and professional manner.
Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.