Production Associate - Finishing Floor - 2nd shift

NOVO•Madison, WI

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 by department to eliminate excess internal costs. NOVO's regional healthcare linen facilities are HLAC accredited and operate with state-of-the-art processing equipment and processes.

Requirements

Ability to inspect linen for stains, tears, and holes.
Ability to fold and bundle linen.
Ability to operate or learn to operate ironer and folder equipment.
Ability to follow instructions and work in a team environment.
Ability to stand for extended periods.
Ability to lift and move linen carts and baskets.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a production or manufacturing environment.
Experience in the laundry or textile industry.

Responsibilities

Inspect and feed linen into ironer; fold, bundle, and place on conveyors or carts.
Get a basket of linen from storage and position it in front of the ironer.
Feed linen into the ironer.
Inspect linen for stains, tears, and holes, using the reject control lever to reject items.
Set the category on the folder control.
Fold and/or stack items in bundles of 5, 10, 20, or 50.
Remove any items found with stains, tears, or holes and place rejects into piles or baskets.
Move empty baskets to storage.
Set the ironer speed and/or folder controls consistent with items being processed.
Turn off equipment and remove jammed items.
Watch and listen for equipment problems.
Notify the lead worker of equipment or linen problems.
Move a cart of dry scrubs from storage to the sorting station.
Remove items from the cart.
Inspect dry scrubs for stains, tears, and holes; place rejects into the proper basket.
Fold dry scrubs and place them in bundles of ten according to size (color code).
Load piles on the conveyor directly, or hand to the Lead Worker to load on the conveyor.
Remove belts from pants and bundle them.
Cover baskets at the end of the day.
Dump the sling containing work onto the table or position cart for feeding.
Tie the sling and release the empty sling.
Pull items out of the cart or table and throw onto the spreader with hems to the outside, pacing to match feeders.
Center items in the ironer, keeping the leading edge straight.
Catchers fold and/or stack items in bundles of 10; move to conveyor.
Remove knots from jail sheets.
Separate bedspreads according to color.
Clean under the machine after categories are changed.
Remove mis-sorted linen and place it in the appropriate basket.
Sort contours and ponchos into correct baskets.
Patch holes in linen.
Move rewash to soilsort.
Move stain to scale, weigh and record, move stain to washroom.
Move final stain to scale, weigh and record, vacuum final stain to mending.
Move mending to scale, weigh and record, vacuum mending to mending.
Rotate among work stations hourly, unless under medical restriction.
May clean work area and equipment.
Cover baskets to be processed for the next day.