Linen Service Tech

University of Maryland Medical System Corporation; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Maryland Medical System Corporation is hiring a Linen Clerk to support hospital laundry and linen inventory operations. Under general supervision, you will receive, sort, clean and issue linens and clothing items, helping maintain safe, available supplies for patient care.

This entry-level role requires a completed eighth grade education and involves inspecting textiles, stocking storage, and assisting with carts and deliveries within the linen department.

Qualifications

• Completion of an eighth grade level of education is required.

Responsibilities

• Sorts, checks and stocks clean linen and clothing delivered by outside laundering service.
• Unloads newly cleaned linens carts and transports to linen department.
• Unloads linens from laundry carts, sorts according to type and size. Stocks linens on department storage shelves or delivery carts, as appropriate. Loads designated department or hospital floor linen carts for delivery to designated area.
• Inspects cleaned linen and clothing for damage from laundering or wear to determine need for repair or replacement. Notifies supervisor of linens needing replacement and gives linens needing repair to the seamstress. Checks linens and clothing to ensure that they are sorted and folded according to color, size, usability and departmental standards.

Education

Eighth grade education

Job description

I. General Summary

Under general supervision, receives and cleans linens from laundry service and issues clothing and linen items in accordance with departmental procedures. Fulfillment of the job duties requires the employee to have access to medication storage areas.

Job Requirements

Under general supervision, receives and cleans linens from laundry service and issues clothing and linen items in accordance with departmental procedures. Fulfillment of the job duties requires the employee to have access to medication storage areas.

Responsibilities

II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

• Sorts, checks and stocks clean linen and clothing (scrubs and hospital gowns) delivered by outside laundering service, daily, to assure that all items are not stained, torn or unusable and to maintain the best available quality.
• Unloads newly cleaned linens carts from vendors’ trucks then transported to the linen department to be weighed and stored.
• Unloads linens from laundry carts, sorts according to type and size. Stocks linens on department storage shelves or delivery carts, as appropriate. Loads designated department or hospital floor linen carts for delivery to designated area.
• Inspects cleaned linen and clothing for damage from laundering or wear to determine need for repair or replacement. Notifies supervisor of linens needing replacement and gives linens needing repair to the seamstress. Checks linens and clothing to ensure that they are sorted and folded according to color, size, usability and departmental standards.

Work Experience

III. Education and Experience

• Completion of an eighth grade level of education is required.