Housekeeping​/Laundry Aide

Position Purpose

Performs a variety of general laundry and housekeeping/cleaning duties to provide quality laundry service and to maintain the nursing center in a sanitary, attractive, and orderly manner.

High School Diploma or equivalent preferred; ability to read and understand directions.

Previous housekeeping/laundry experience preferred.

Nursing home experience preferred.

• Inventories, clothing, and personal items were brought in with new patients and marks with proper identification.
• Maintains equipment used in performing duties; cleans washers and dryers, dryer lint filters, and soap dispensers at the end of near end of shift.
• Washes contaminated lines separately from other linens.
• Press garments: checks condition of clothing, folds linen and returns sufficient amount of clean linen to clean linen room on each unit.
• Picks up soiled linen from units throughout shift. Prepares articles for washing. Dries linens and patients’ clothing using dryer.
• Sort soiled laundry into appropriate loads for washing.
• Follows standard washing procedures.
• Cleans, dusts, washes and disinfects all fixtures, floors and walls, doors and ceilings, as directed.
• Scours and policies water fountains, sinks, mirrors, doors and panels, movable and stationary furnishing, and fixtures.
• Change slipcovers, scarves, doilies etc. when soiled and arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion.
• Vacuums and shampoos carpeting and rugs.
• Maintains order in supply room by cleaning lockers and equipment and arranging supplies.
• Performs any miscellaneous work assignments as may be required.