Laundry Aide

Shoreside Health & Rehabilitation Center; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Shoreside Health & Rehabilitation Center in Miami is seeking a Laundry Aide to manage laundry for residents, including sorting, washing, drying, folding, and distributing items across the facility.

This role requires a high school diploma and 1+ year of housekeeping/laundry experience in a long-term care setting; safety and infection-control awareness are important.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 1+ year experience in housekeeping/laundry in long-term care.

Responsibilities

• Collect, wash, dry, fold and distribute laundry for residents.
• Press/iron garments as requested.
• Label and sort residents' laundry; maintain clean laundry areas.
• Notify supervisor when supplies are low; keep equipment in working order.
• Report any equipment needs or health concerns to supervisor.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

OVERVIEW

The Laundry Aide provides a variety of laundry duties in maintaining the nursing center in an orderly, sanitary condition and in collecting and laundering of linens, garments, and washables.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collects, sorts, washes, dries, folds and distributes all laundry items to residents.
• Presses/irons garments as requested.
• Labels residents’ personal laundry and linens as directed.
• Cleans dryer filters as necessary.
• Ensures adequate supply of laundry supplies are in stock.
• Notifies supervisor when supplies are low.
• Keeps laundry carts clean and in good working order.
• Properly stores equipment, tools and supplies.
• Keeps a log of missing items and returns them when found.
• Reports any mechanical or equipment needs to supervisor.
• Reports any questionable resident conditions to supervisor.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Minimum a high school diploma or equivalent
• 1 or more years’ experience in housekeeping/laundry duties in a long-term health care setting

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This job operates in a health care setting. This role requires regular walking to various locations around the care center.
• Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease and infection from patients and specimens in working environment.
• May experience traumatic situations, including psychiatric, and deceased patients.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up 30 pounds

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a Florida AHCA Level 2 background screening in accordance with state regulations. https://info.flclearinghouse.com

TRAVEL

• There is no travel expected for this position