Starting pay will vary based on job-related skills, experience, and qualifications
Job Status: Full-time
Shift Times: 7:00 am-3:30 pm
Rotating weekends is required, plus a $3.00 shift differential for weekends worked.
Position Overview & General Responsibilities:
The primary responsibility of the Laundry Assistant is to provide stellar customer service and perform all laundry activities with attention to standards of quality, quantity, and safety measures.
- Gather, sort, weigh, load, wash, iron, fold, and deliver items to appropriate rooms daily within time constraints.
- Collect and process laundry and distribute it daily, and ensure resident laundry is sorted and returned correctly.
- Monitor and sort items requiring mending. Check the condition of linens.
- Ability to discern the cleanliness of laundry; detect stains and sort by color, and apply additional treatment if necessary.
- Count and record pounds of laundry service, and maintain accurate records for budgetary purposes.
- Count and record items identified for personal changes; keep accurate records for billing purposes.
- Handle laundry chemicals and solvents safely and keep them stored properly.
- Communicate washing procedures for isolation and special washes.
- Remember names, places, and changes of occupancy among residents to ensure laundry is returned to the appropriate resident or location.
- Operate general laundry equipment safely, including but not limited to commercial washers and dryers, presser machines, weighing scales, and handheld irons.
- Report laundry and maintenance requests by completing the appropriate form within the appropriate time frame. Also, report all unsafe working conditions or equipment malfunctions immediately to the supervisor
- Discern cleanliness of laundry
- Other duties as assigned
