Wage Laundry Worker

DHRM•Roanoke, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for washing and drying residents' clothes, ensuring they are properly identified and returned promptly. The role involves managing laundry processes, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring equipment is in good working order. Additionally, the Laundry Worker may be involved in inventorying and delivering linens, folding clothing, labeling items, and maintaining a donation closet. The position also requires maintaining the assigned area of the facility in a clean and attractive appearance, promoting sanitary conditions to prevent infection, and performing other laundry-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Understanding of standard procedures used in laundry services for residents.
Understanding of caring for clothes, linens, equipment and supplies.

Nice To Haves

None

Responsibilities

Wash and dry residents' clothes, returning them promptly to the owners.
Ensure residents' clothes are properly identified and report losses and damages.
Remove non-launderable items from wash loads.
Inventory and deliver linens.
Fold clothing protectors and maintain quota on units.
Label clothing and other items.
Maintain donation closet.
Maintain assigned area of the facility in a clean and attractive appearance.
Promote sanitary conditions to prevent the spread of infection.
Ensure equipment is kept clean and in working order.
Report any problems with equipment to the Supervisor.
Maintain appropriate records of residents' clothing processed.
Maintain levels of supplies utilized to effectively process workload.
Notify supervisor of deficiencies or needs.
Perform all functions of the job by adhering to department and facility policies and procedures.
Perform other duties associated with laundry as assigned by the Textile Care Supervisor.
Inventory and deliver daily linens as well as maintain Clean Linen Rooms.
Assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.