Job Description

Summary

Responsible for providing a clean, sanitary, and safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors. Facilitates the laundering of clothing and linen for Country Manor residents and performs other laundry services as directed. Communicates with residents, employees, and management regarding all laundry-related concerns. May be required to perform cleaning and sanitizing tasks in independent living, assisted living, or general areas. Remains flexible and able to cover all housekeeping areas, including event clean up.

Essential Functions 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Monitors for potential safety issues and follows all safety procedures to ensure the safety of residents, employees, and guests. 
• Launders, folds, and returns residents’ laundry including personal clothing, bed linens, towels, and miscellaneous items. Puts clean laundry away according to resident preference. Takes soiled linen to the main laundry rooms. 
• Reports resident needs, concerns, or changes in resident behavior to the appropriate staff member. Remains observant regarding resident behavior and general needs. 
• Operates washing machines, dryers, irons, and steamer; selects correct cycles, formulas, temperatures, and drying times; prepares and loads laundry chemicals; monitors machines for problems and reports equipment issues to maintenance through the online work order system. 
• Empties lint traps from dryers after each load 
• Keeps laundry rooms clean and organized 
• Keeps detergent, bleach and dryer sheets stocked 
• Adheres to established laundry protocols to prevent the spread of infection or infestation. • Communicates laundry schedule to residents and follows up with their questions/concerns. • Communicates to staff and department supervisors or manager regarding any laundry changes, resident concerns, etc. 
• Ensures all laundry is properly ironed and neatly folded before returning to the resident. • Reports any damaged laundry to manager immediately. 
• Sorts clothing appropriately before washing based on fabric type, color, etc. Never combines multiple residents’ laundry unless the residents are married. May occasionally complete specialized cleaning processes on specific laundry items. 
• Locks up all carts, equipment, and supplies when not in use. Keeps cleaning supplies out of residents’ reach at all times. 
• Follows all SV policies and procedures including, but not limited to, safety, infection control, privacy, confidentiality, and the reporting of elder abuse. 
• May assist with Village Mall floors as assigned.

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Job Description 

• Follows correct procedures when cleaning all areas. Takes extra safety precaution while cleaning near residents, staff, and visitors. 
• Follows procedures for processing laundry and linens. Maintains knowledge of cleaning procedures for various areas, i.e., IL, AL, and general areas. Maintains an understanding of the chemicals used to process laundry. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

This job has no supervisory responsibilities. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations 

• One year of related experience 

Additional Requirements

• 18 years of age or older. 
• Fluent in English. 
• Clear DOJ/FBI criminal background check. 
• Negative TB test. 
• Negative drug screening. 
• Health screening clearance. 

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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