2026-075 Laundry Aide

Elte Carpets Limited; Moose Factory; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

WAHA invites applications for a Laundry Aide at Moose Factory, ON. This casual, support-services role supports patient care by maintaining clean linens and a safe facility environment.

You will work under the Manager of Environmental Services in a remote northern community, contributing to a pivotal health system that stretches across six communities. We value reliability, clear communication, and the ability to perform washing and cleaning tasks with diligence.

Qualifications

• Secondary school completion or equivalent.
• Experience in health care facilities is an asset.
• Reliable, personable and courteous.
• Certification in WHMIS or willingness to obtain.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to communicate in Cree language is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide laundry services in a health care facility setting.
• Operate washing equipment to provide clean, sanitary linen.
• Perform cleaning tasks within the Laundry area.
• Create and maintain safe working conditions.

Skills

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Communication

Motivated professional

Education

Secondary school completion

WHMIS certification

Job description

Title: Laundry Aide

Division: Support Services

Affiliation: Public Service of Alliance

Location: Moose Factory, ON

Reports to: Manager of Environmental Services

Status: Casual

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA)

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is looking for an experienced professional to fill the key role of Laundry Aide.

Life at WAHA

A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overlooked by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder.

What We Do

There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.

#WeAreWAHA

Who You Are

• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical skills
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, written and verbal
• Motivated professional who can work with minimal supervision

What You’ll Do

• Provide laundry services in a health care facility setting
• Will operate all washing equipment in a manner that will provide the patients with clean and sanitary infection free linen
• Perform cleaning tasks as required within the Laundry area
• Create and maintain safe working conditions

What You Bring

• Successful completion of secondary school, equivalency or experience
• Job related experience in health care facility is an asset
• Reliable, personable and courteous
• Certification in WHIMIS or willingness to obtain
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset

Why Choose Us

• Defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP)
• Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
• Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow

Salary

$25.12 /per hour

Competition #:

2026-075

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Deadline:

This position will remain open till filled.

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.