Production – Soil Sort

Novo Building Products•Madison, WI

About The Position

Get to know us: 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. Primary Function: Sort soiled linen and fill appropriate slings or other containers for washing. Representative duties within department: Cart Dumper position. Move soiled cart from storage area. Position in automatic dumper. Notify bagger by voice as to which facility is being processed whenever a change occurs. Use dumper controls to dump cart contents onto conveyor. Assure that all bags fall onto conveyor. Remove stuck bags from cart in dumper using stick or metal pole as needed. Remove empty cart from dumper; inspect for defects; remove debris, strings, etc. Label any damaged cart with a numbered plastic tag and route to maintenance. Move cart to cart washer; properly position cart for automatic system. Incidental Duties for position: Move full hamper bag slings and heavy soil slings to monorail loading area. Replace with empty sling and sling caddy. Move rags, dust mops and wet mops to scale. May weigh mops or rags. Move to elevator; send downstairs. Monitor plastic bag containers. Recycle or discard as appropriate. May correct simple mono-rail errors such as stopped sling. Bagger position. Notify sorters by voice when a change of facility occurs. Open soiled linen bags; dump soiled linen onto conveyor. Maintain a pace which ensures a steady flow of work to the sorters. Notify Pre-Sorter by voice if mops, rags, or specials items are dumped onto conveyor. Sort plastic bags into designated containers for re-cycling or disposal. Incidental Duties for position: May start or stop conveyor. Pre-Sort position. Notify sorters by voice when a change of facility occurs. Remove rags and mops and sort into appropriate carts or slings. Remove “specialty” items and sort into appropriate carts or slings.(3) Remove folded sheets. Separate sheets and spreads, if time. Prepare linen for sorters by pulling apart rolled-up linen and/or moving like items together. Incidental Duties for position: May start or stop conveyor. Sort Deck positions. Sort linen according to type of item into one of twenty four different slings. Make sure items into correct sling and are not hanging out of sling. Stop loading sling when sling registers full. May place sorted linen on deck floor. Remove folded sheets. Sorters must work as a team, assisting co-workers as required based on linen mix being processed. Incidental Duties for position: May start or stop conveyor. Scale Operator. Move soiled cart from receiving area to scale. Scan bar code. Scan member code. Place member weight ticket on printer. Print weight. Move soiled cart to storage area. Incidental Duties for position: May weigh mops and rags. May weigh new linen, rewash linen, or other linen prior to washing. Incidental duties for Department. May clean work area and equipment. Move soiled specials (carts or bags) to designated wash area. Obey all Blood Borne Pathogen rules. Put on clean work gown, hair net, and gloves at start of shift and after each break. Dispose of contaminated protective gear in designated containers after use. Unfold folded sheets. Untie knots in jail sheets. Remove and turn in to Lead Worker all member property found. Notify lead worker of equipment or linen problems.

Responsibilities

Sort soiled linen and fill appropriate slings or other containers for washing.
Cart Dumper position. Move soiled cart from storage area. Position in automatic dumper. Notify bagger by voice as to which facility is being processed whenever a change occurs. Use dumper controls to dump cart contents onto conveyor. Assure that all bags fall onto conveyor. Remove stuck bags from cart in dumper using stick or metal pole as needed. Remove empty cart from dumper; inspect for defects; remove debris, strings, etc. Label any damaged cart with a numbered plastic tag and route to maintenance. Move cart to cart washer; properly position cart for automatic system.
Move full hamper bag slings and heavy soil slings to monorail loading area. Replace with empty sling and sling caddy. Move rags, dust mops and wet mops to scale. May weigh mops or rags. Move to elevator; send downstairs. Monitor plastic bag containers. Recycle or discard as appropriate. May correct simple mono-rail errors such as stopped sling.
Bagger position. Notify sorters by voice when a change of facility occurs. Open soiled linen bags; dump soiled linen onto conveyor. Maintain a pace which ensures a steady flow of work to the sorters. Notify Pre-Sorter by voice if mops, rags, or specials items are dumped onto conveyor. Sort plastic bags into designated containers for re-cycling or disposal.
May start or stop conveyor.
Pre-Sort position. Notify sorters by voice when a change of facility occurs. Remove rags and mops and sort into appropriate carts or slings. Remove “specialty” items and sort into appropriate carts or slings.(3) Remove folded sheets. Separate sheets and spreads, if time. Prepare linen for sorters by pulling apart rolled-up linen and/or moving like items together.
Sort Deck positions. Sort linen according to type of item into one of twenty four different slings. Make sure items into correct sling and are not hanging out of sling. Stop loading sling when sling registers full. May place sorted linen on deck floor. Remove folded sheets. Sorters must work as a team, assisting co-workers as required based on linen mix being processed.
Scale Operator. Move soiled cart from receiving area to scale. Scan bar code. Scan member code. Place member weight ticket on printer. Print weight. Move soiled cart to storage area.
May weigh mops and rags. May weigh new linen, rewash linen, or other linen prior to washing.
May clean work area and equipment. Move soiled specials (carts or bags) to designated wash area. Obey all Blood Borne Pathogen rules. Put on clean work gown, hair net, and gloves at start of shift and after each break. Dispose of contaminated protective gear in designated containers after use. Unfold folded sheets. Untie knots in jail sheets. Remove and turn in to Lead Worker all member property found. Notify lead worker of equipment or linen problems.