Laundry Manager - Healthcare jobs in Jamestown, NY

  JOB SUMMARY:

 The Laundry Aide is responsible for ensuring ancillary department linen and residents’ personal clothing and linens are properly collected, sorted, laundered, distributed, and/or stored.  Follows facility policies and performs job duties in compliance with OSHA universal precaution, infection control and facility policies.

 Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Handles all facility laundry in accordance with sanitary guidelines set by federal, state and local regulations
• Assures that an adequate supply of clean linens is maintained and distributed to all departments to meet daily needs.
• Sorts all soiled laundry into appropriate categories. Uses proper formula for processing soiled linen to adequately clean/dry and protect linen.
• Applies basic math to fill carts and record poundage.
• Lifts and carries loads of laundry to and from cleaning equipment
• Washes, dries, folds, and hangs all laundry neatly and properly and weighs linens
• Identifies and processes personal laundry with resident’s name and labels personal clothing items
• Returns clean resident laundry to appropriate rooms, closets, dressers and supply areas. Remove all empty hangers from the closets.
• Keeps washing machine supplied with chemical product at all times.
• Keeps work area clean and neat at all times and performs cleaning assignments as scheduled or directed
• Reports broken or defective equipment, other maintenance or safety concerns that present an unsafe or unsanitary condition to the Maintenance Supervisor.   Disposes waste properly in accordance to facility policy.
• Contributes to facility Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives as requested
• Maintains HIPAA privacy, security and confidentiality standards

·         Follows facilities policies and procedures including Standard Precautions and Infection Control techniques ( handwashing /PPE)

 ·     Attends all meetings as requested by supervisor and Administrator

• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor