Linen Room Attendant - Part Time

Massachusetts General Hospital; Northampton (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading hospital located in Northampton offers an essential role as a Linen Room Attendant. This role involves maintaining linen for patient care, ensuring cleanliness, organizing deliveries, and adhering to safety standards. Ideal candidates have a high school diploma, experience in customer service, and a keen attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Prior experience with linen handling preferred.

Responsibilities

• Sort and store clean linen received from outside laundry service.
• Examine laundered items to ensure cleanliness.
• Restock linen exchange carts and maintain a safe work area.

Skills

Customer service skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Site: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

With energy and purpose, Cooley Dickinson Health Care, a member of the Mass General Brigham system, is advancing health care in western Massachusetts, and has been since 1886. Our network employs more than 2,00 medical professionals and support staff, at our main Hospital campus in Northampton and additional locations in twelve towns throughout the Pioneer Valley. Cooley Dickinson's VNA & Hospital is also a vital part of our network, providing home-based services through-out Hampshire and Franklin counties.

Job Summary

The Linen Room Attendant is responsible for working as part of a team to maintain consistent levels of clean linen in patient care areas of the facility. The Linen Room Attendant stores, inventories, issues, marks, repairs, inspects, and folds linen.

This position is part of the 1199SEIU Bargaining Unit at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred
• The ability to follow oral and written instructions required
• Six (6) months experience preferred
• High quality customer service skills, as well as attention to detail required

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Sort and store clean linen received from outside laundry service.
• Examine laundered items to ensure cleanliness and appropriateness.
• Neatly restock linen exchange carts with appropriate levels of clean linen and record amounts.
• Transport and distribute clean linen as directed in a timely fashion and in accordance with prerequisite standards.
• Assist with maintaining accurate linen delivery data.
• Mend torn linen.
• Stamp new linen with identifying marks.
• Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe work area.
• Courteously respond to requests in a timely manner.
• Maintain established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, confidentiality, quality improvement program, compliance, safety, infection control and environmental standards.
• Maintain professional growth and development through attendance at seminars, workshops, conferences or in-services, professional affiliations or journals to stay abreast of current trends in field of expertise.
• Meet annual competency and retraining requirements.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Perform other functions/duties as requested.

Remote Type

Onsite

Work Location

30 Locust Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours

16

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

EEO Statement:

Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

Mass General Brigham Competency Framework

At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership "looks like" by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.