Laundry Aide - Driscoll Children's Hospital : Job Details

Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our employees are family. Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below. GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:To provide clean linens and related items to patients, staff and user departments.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
• Exercising appropriate age-specific communication skills when interacting with customers, patients, and families (i.e. courtesy, smiling).
• Exercising appropriate age-specific safety practices when interacting with customers, patients, and families (i.e. lock up cleaning cart to prevent children from accessing any chemicals.)
• Performs linen processing that includes segregating soiled linen by types, load and unload, wash, dry, fold, iron and press linens.
• Loads and unloads linens from laundry carts
• Cleans working equipment, work areas and department restrooms.
• Prepares and delivers clean linen carts to user departments. Keeps record
• Picks up linen carts and replenishes needed linen items Keeps records.
• Picks up and handles soiled linens
• Maintains linen shelves in a neat and orderly manner.
• Replenishes supplies such as paper towels, toilet tissues, hand soap.
• Reports needed repairs and safety hazards.
• Ability to adjust schedule to meet department needs and changes.
• Handles regular wastes, infectious wastes and recycled wastes
• Adheres to infection control guidelines.
• Performs all STAT requests without delay.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Adheres to hospital and department attendance guidelines
• Adheres to hospital and department health and educational requirements. Attends department meetings and inservices.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of Safety Plan, Fire Plan, Disaster Plan and other codes.
• Communicates with supervisor(s) on areas that need clarification or guidance.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:Less than high school education; or up to one-month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience