Linen Technician
About The Position
The Linen Distribution Technician position is responsible for completing daily responsibilities in a safe, timely, and efficient manner. This role involves managing linen inventory, delivering clean linen, collecting soiled linen, and responding to customer service calls within a healthcare facility. The technician must adhere to company policies and procedures, maintain organization in linen storage areas, and accurately record inventory data. The position requires a strong communication and customer-first attitude, with the ability to work effectively in a team and handle physically demanding tasks.
Requirements
- Excellent communication skills
- Customer-first attitude
- Comfortable in a team-based environment
- Must be willing and able to work with both clean and soiled linen.
- Must be able to pass a background check and pre-employment drug screening as well as any vaccine requirements or non-vaccine attestations.
- Walk 3-5 miles per day at the healthcare facility.
- Load/unload linen from transportation devices by reaching, bending, and lifting up to 10 pound individual bundles.
- Push/pull linen transportation devices, which may include carts that require up to 70 pounds push/pull displaced weight.
- Encounter, and be expected to safely handle, soiled healthcare textiles.
Responsibilities
- Deliver clean linen in a neat and orderly fashion.
- Collect and transport soiled linen.
- Accurately record inventories and quantities of linen.
- Organize and clean linen storage areas.
- Receive customer calls for service, record the nature of the call, and satisfy requests.
- Observe, record, and report instances of linen abuse and poor utilization.
- Manage linen inventory levels.
- Inventory exchange carts and build back to prescribed par levels.
- Transport carts to designated areas.
- Inventory top-off carts and build back to prescribed par levels.
- Record data utilizing the appropriate method (i.e. tablets, order sheets).
- Maintain the linen room in a neat and orderly fashion.
- Fulfill the job duties of any other position on their shift in the event of absenteeism by other team members.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
