Linen Services Technician (Part-Time)

maryfreebed; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Mary Free Bed in Grand Rapids is seeking a Day Shift, part-time Linen Associate (20 hrs/week). The role supports patient care by ensuring adequate linen supply, proper infection control, and timely distribution of clean and soiled linens across units.

Essential qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent; physical ability to lift up to 70 lbs and stand for extended periods. Sewing machine experience is preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/Equivalent preferred but not required.
• Physical demands: able to lift 50-70 pounds occasionally, stand/walk for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Fills linen orders and places linen orders.
• Receives clean linen from linen service.
• Places par level linen on exchange carts.
• Documents the distribution to provide sufficient, but not excessive linen to units.
• Checks linen stocks, calculates need/area, and delivers replacement linen to units.
• Monitors and transports soiled linen carts from patient floors and laundry chute to the soiled linen storage room.
• Collects linen use data and monitors indicators such as billings, census, reports, supplies.
• Decides order amounts and notes excesses or abuse.
• Budgets and plans; develops a historical file for cost accounting accountability.

Education

High School Diploma/Equivalent

Job description

Day Shift (United States of America) Hours: Part-Time (20 hours per week)

M-F 7:00am to 3:30pm including every other weekend/holiday rotation.

Mary Free Bed Summary

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients "Ask for Mary", they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care.

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition

• Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.
• Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.
• Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.
• A Proud Tradition . Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

Summary

Insures that sufficient linen is available for patient use and that soiled linen is promptly sent out for cleaning, all in a cost effective manner and that proper record keeping, infection control, and communications procedures are followed.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Fills Linen Orders Places linen orders
• Receives clean linen from linen service
• Places par level linen on exchange carts
• Documents the distribution to provide sufficient, but not excessive linen to units
• Checks linen stocks, calculates need/area, and delivers replacement linen via exchange carts by hand or by bin delivery in order to maintain sufficient but not excessive linen supplies
• Monitors and transports soiled linen carts from patient floors and laundry chute to the soiled linen storage room.
• Collects linen use data. Monitors indicators such as billings, census, reports, supplies, etc.
• Decides order amounts.
• Notes excesses or abuse.
• Budgets/plans.
• Develops a historical file for cost accounting accountability.
• Manages "specials system" (cycling of hospital-owned items with the WMSL system); labels new items, receives clean specials, weighs, records data, and distributes to user. Maintains quality control in order to respond to special patient linen needs (eg. patient clothing, restraints, binders, scoliosis pillows).
• Cleans all linen carts and linen stock area to maintain proper infection control. Monitors and assures all linen on each stock area is covered.

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

• High School Diploma/Equivalent preferred but not a required
• Physical Demands: Able to exert up to 50-70 pounds of force occasionally (up to 2/3 of the time); to lift, carry 25 pounds; to push, pull, up to 50-70 pounds occasionally; the ability to frequently stand, walk, bend, kneel, twist, grasp, reach, and occasionally climb; to hear, speak, write, and see (correctable vision).

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Experience with sewing machine.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification

• Levels :
• None (No specific requirements)
• Occasionally (Less than 1/3)
• Frequently (1/3 to 2/3)
• Majority (More than 2/3)

Other Physical Requirements

• Remain in a stationary position: None
• Traverse or move around work location: Frequently
• Use keyboard: None
• Operate or use department specific equipment: Occasionally
• Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder: Occasionally
• Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role: None
• Receive and