Production NV Soil Sort

Novo Building Products•Skokie, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

NOVO Health Services offers linen management solutions to the healthcare industry. NOVO Health keenly focuses on safety and infection control and provides its 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 wide range of service programs offer a variety of options to provide a seamless, single source distribution system. NOVO's regional healthcare linen facilities are HLAC accredited and operate with state-of-the-art processing equipment and processes. Synergy Health is a service company which requires that you are always providing some level of service to either an internal or external customer. You are expected to make decisions that will in effect, positively impact and exceed the expectations of the customer base you serve. Accuracy, delivering on our commitments and the manner in which we execute each transaction must be done in such a manner that it positively spreads our organization’s reputation. Although we can not always choose the specific work assigned to us, we can however determine the attitude, behavior and personality we portray in completing our work.

Requirements

Able to follow directions and procedures accurately.
Detail-oriented, organized and efficient.
Able to keep accurate records of laundry poundage by hospital.
Good mechanical aptitude.
Able to meet productivity standards and work quickly.
Able to multitask.
Self-motivated / Self-starter.
Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors and coworkers.
Ability to read and understand applicable Standard Operating Procedures.

Nice To Haves

Previous production/laundry experience or shipping linen work may be considered a substitute for education.

Responsibilities

Able to understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Open laundry carts and empty hamper bags onto sorting table.
Sort linen by fabric type.
Accurately weigh sorted loads and send linen to washers via negative air system as well as operate laundry equipment in either automatic or manual mode.
Identify instruments, sharp items, hospital-owned linen and other foreign objects and place them in appropriate receptacles.
Place empty laundry carts in cart wash and operate washing machinery.
Deposit all instruments and other washable, returnable objects in wash rack and process through dishwasher or commercial washer, as well as wash all stainless basins.
Completely clean and disinfect soil sort area at end of shift.
Mentor / train fellow associates.
Other duties as assigned.