Linen Technician, Days (6:00am- 2:30pm) Rotating Weekends & Holidays

Children's National Medical Center; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 39,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's National Medical Center is seeking a Linen Technician responsible for managing the distribution and retrieval of patient linen. The role entails maintaining inventory levels and ensuring quality assurance standards are met in a fast-paced hospital environment. Applicants should have at least a high school diploma and one year of related experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of related experience required.

Responsibilities

• Distribute and retrieve patient linen and materials for nursing units.
• Maintain PAR levels of inventory linen on patient units.
• Enter linen inventory into the computer.

Skills

Basic calculations

Ability to enter inventory information into computer system

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Description

Description

Description The Linen Technician will be responsible to distribute and retrieve patient linen, and materials for nursing units according to prescribed procedures,
techniques and universal precautions. Will maintain P AR levels of inventory linen on patient units. Complete computerized inventory records of linen and materials.

Qualifications

Qualifications Minimum Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
1 year Related experience (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Basic calculations; ability to enter inventory information into computer system

Functional Accountabilities
Materials Availability

• Maintain the availability of linens and issue linen to user department as required.

• Maintain PAR levels of linen in specified areas.

• Enter linen inventory into computer as required.

Quality Assurance

• Ensure work is accomplished in a technically correct manner consistent with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

• Collect and dispose of soiled linen following hospital universal precautions and procedures.

• Ensures that quality assurance standards are met by rotating linen in department and nursing units on a weekly basis

Work Station

• Maintain work station in clean and orderly fashion, break down boxes, dispose of trash and use supplies according to established procedures.

• Maintain par-levels on emergency or disaster carts as scheduled before and during use.

Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior

• Partner with all team members to achieve goals

• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment

• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change

• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes

• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Use resources efficiently

• Search for less costly ways of doing things

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Primary Location

Primary Location

: District of Columbia-Washington

Work Locations

Work Locations

: CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010

Job

Job

: Facilities / Security

Organization

Organization

: Operations

Position Status : R (Regular) - FT - Full-Time

Shift : Day

Work Schedule : 6:00am- 2:30Pm

Job Posting

Full-Time Salary Range

Full-Time Salary Range

: 39062.4 - 76502.4

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.