Laundry Attendant

Job description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Responsible to perform all aspects of laundry care ensuring a pleasing home-like environment for residents, employees and visitors. Starting pay rate is $10.50. Duties require being on your feet most of the day, bending, pulling, pushing and lifting. PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: - Bags and transports soiled laundry from resident rooms to laundry room - Observes sanitation guidelines and universal precautions. - Separates and sorts linens and clothing per company policies and procedures - Pre-rinses heavily soiled items when needed - Washes and dries each type of load on proper cycle at proper temperature - Removes cleaned/dried items and sorts by name - Properly hangs or folds all laundered items - Returns clean laundry to correct resident room; stores according to policy. - At all stages of laundry, observes items for damage or missing identification and sets aside for repair or labeling - Keeps housekeeping and laundry areas clean and organized - Ensures that hazardous cleaning products are properly used, labeled and stored when not in use - Establishes and maintains good relationships with residents and family members - Practices proper body mechanics...