Healthcare Laundry Aide: Clean, Organized & Impactful

PruittHealth; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

PruittHealth is seeking a Laundry Aide HCC to tend laundering machines and prepare sheets, blankets, and patient personal items for use. You will load articles, add detergents, run wash and dry cycles, and sort/deliver clean items while maintaining clean, organized work areas.

The role emphasizes following MSDS precautions, handling stains, and operating laundry equipment. On-the-job training is provided; healthcare laundering experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• On-the-job training provided.
• Healthcare laundering experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Folds and sorts laundry (blankets, sheets, towels etc.) and personal clothing items
• Hangs clothes on racks according to name and numbers
• Delivers patient/resident’s laundry to designated areas
• Ensures that patients/residents clothes are ready to wear, not in disrepair and put in proper place
• Understands functions of various soaps and bleaches
• Follows precautions as stated on MSDS for all chemicals used
• Washes and dries clothes and linens
• Keeps equipment clean and follows cleaning schedules
• Maintains a clean and organized area; sweeps and mops laundry area
• Reports any needed repairs to maintenance department
• Operates large filters according to established schedules
• Ensures proper handling of soiled laundry items
• Cleans and disinfects linen carts as required per policy and procedure
• Empties washers and dryers as requested/necessary
• Operates water, gas, and electric cutoff switches and valves
• Understands the proper process for stain removal

Skills

Laundry operations

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

PruittHealth is seeking a Laundry Aide HCC to tend laundering machines and prepare sheets, blankets, and patient personal items for use. You will load articles, add detergents, run wash and dry cycles, and sort/deliver clean items while maintaining clean, organized work areas.

The role emphasizes following MSDS precautions, handling stains, and operating laundry equipment. On-the-job training is provided; healthcare laundering experience is preferred.