Laundry Technician/Housekeeping

Easterseals Arkansas•Little Rock, AR

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves performing both housekeeping and laundry duties to ensure the living spaces of individuals served are clean, safe, and comfortable. Housekeeping responsibilities include cleaning and organizing bedrooms, making beds, changing linens, and sanitizing surfaces. Laundry duties involve collecting, sorting, washing, drying, folding, and delivering soiled and clean clothing and linens. The position also requires compliance with infection control procedures and maintaining adequate supplies.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's and perform weight and volume measurements.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.
Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

One to three months related experience and/or training preferred.

Responsibilities

Cleans and organizes bedrooms of individuals served to include cleaning and organizing closets, drawers, shelves, counters and activities of daily living (ADL) boxes.
Makes designated beds daily.
Changes linens at least 2 times per week or as needed.
Cleans shower and bath chairs daily.
Washes bed mattresses 1 time per week or as needed, observing for cracks, cuts, or other damage.
Cleans, sanitizes, and dusts tables, counter tops, and other furniture with appropriate cleaning agents.
Assists in orienting new employees on housekeeping and laundry procedures.
Complies with all infection control procedures including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (gloves, gown, mask) when cleaning depending on the space being cleaned and reason for cleaning.
Collects and separates soiled clothing and linens from residential living areas.
Pretreats or soaks soiled or contaminated items as required.
Loads articles into washer and adds specified amount of detergent, soap, or other cleaning agent.
Operates washers and dryers per manufacturer’s instructions.
Transfers clean articles from washers into dryers for measured time cycles.
Sorts and folds dried articles according to identification labels or type.
Places items in appropriate storage bin.
Delivers clothing to rooms of individuals served accurately and in a timely manner, according to identification labels.
Maintains adequate supply of clean towels, bibs, and linens in designated areas, including individuals’ rooms, hallway linen carts, and dining room cabinets.
Complies with all infection control procedures including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (gloves, gown, mask) as needed with performing specific laundry duties (i.e., soiled laundry from room’s where individuals are in quarantine).