Laundry Attendant; Split Shift

Overview Reports to

Housekeeping Supervisor

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English
• Physical Demands and Work Environment
• The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51-100 pounds with assistance
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus

• Under direct supervision, ensures facility linens and residents’ personal clothing are properly collected, sorted, laundered, distributed, and/or stored according to facility policy
• Handles all laundry in compliance with sanitary guidelines
• Sorts all soiled laundry into appropriate categories
• Lifts and carries loads of laundry to and from cleaning equipment
• Washes, dries, folds, and hangs all laundry neatly and properly
• Identifies personal laundry with resident’s names and remarks personal clothing items if needed
• Uses appropriate PPE when handling contaminated clothing
• Performs other related duties as required or requested
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines
• Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments
• All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities
• To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently