Load Builder

NOVO•Madison, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

NOVO Health Services offers linen management solutions to the healthcare industry, focusing on safety and infection control. They provide partner hospitals with a value-driven linen management control system that measures and monitors linen utilization to eliminate excess internal costs. NOVO's facilities are HLAC accredited and use state-of-the-art equipment. They are the only "one stop shop" service provider in the U.S. serving all healthcare-related end markets with both Healthcare Laundry Services and Sterilized Reusable Surgical Solutions. This specific role is for a Load Builder at their Madison, TN Healthcare Laundry facility. The ideal candidate is confident in decision making, acts quickly, and has excellent communication skills, with a commitment to measurable performance and continuous improvements.

Requirements

Confidence in decision making
Ability to act quickly
Excellent communication skills
Commitment to measurable performance and continuous improvements
Knowledge of how many items per stack to identify
Ability to bend down and lift flat sheets and blankets
Ability to feed items into a spreader and ironer
Ability to identify various lines of linen products and their functions
Ability to read individual customer tickets
Ability to use a hand-held electronic scanner
Adherence to all quality standards
Understanding and adherence to all safety procedures and Standard Operating Procedures

Nice To Haves

Training and experience in various production function areas

Responsibilities

Hand fold, stack, and place items from washer or ironer onto appropriate carts for transport.
Remove product from previous processes and identify the number of items per stack based on job knowledge.
Adjust carts to a comfortable waist level for folding.
Fold items and place them on the appropriate cart or table, including group folding for larger items.
Run clean product through the ironer, catch, and count items for folding or the next production stage.
Bend down and lift flat sheets and blankets from baskets or feed tables, feeding them into the spreader and then the ironer.
Catch items from the ironer, inspect for quality, stack, and place them in a nearby cart.
Load various types of linen items according to individual client orders, in the correct order and to the correct cart for delivery.
Identify the various lines of linen products and their respective functions.
Build bulk carts by filling them with individual linen products.
Read individual customer tickets to ensure the proper product and count is loaded into the cart.
Weigh carts in/out and enter data into a computer program.
Use a hand-held electronic scanner.
Adhere to all quality standards associated with different tasks.
Understand, observe, and adhere to all Novo Health Services safety procedures and Standard Operating Procedures.
Assist in other areas as directed by a team leader or management.
Perform other duties as required.