Soil Sort

Sri Healthcare; Rockmart, Northern (GA, KY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

401k with match

FSA

HSA

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life/AD&D insurance

Long-term disability

Job summary

NOVO Health Services is seeking a Soiled Linen Separator to remove soil from bags, sort and prepare items for washing in the soil room. You will open bags at the breakout table, move carts, break bags and feed the belt, ensuring efficient flow and accurate weighing.

The position emphasizes safety, quality standards, and teamwork. Benefits include competitive pay, paid holidays, PTO, 401(k) with employer match, FSA/HSA options, and health/dental/vision coverage.

Responsibilities

• Open up bags at the breakout table and send linen up the belt.
• The primary cart mover moves carts, puts a new cart in area, and retrieves empty carts to the cart area.
• The bag breaker attendant breaks open the bags.
• Attendants sort large pieces (bath blankets, flat sheets, draw sheets, thermals), then underclothes (underpants, patient gowns, fitted sheets), then remaining pieces (bath towels, washcloths, hand towels, scrubs).
• The last stage involves hoist and weigh or staging; weigh full slings, record, and hang.
• Adhere to soil sorting, cart cleaning, and all safety procedures and policies.
• Assist and perform other duties as assigned.

Job description

Get to know us: NOVO Health Services offers linen management solutions to the healthcare industry. NOVO Health keenly focuses on safety and infection control and provides its partner hospitals with a value-driven linen management control system that measures and monitors linen utilization by department to eliminate excess internal costs. NOVO's wide range of service programs offer a variety of options to provide a seamless, single source distribution system. NOVO's regional healthcare linen facilities are HLAC accredited and operate with state-of-the-art processing equipment and processes.

POSITION TITLE

Soiled Linen Separator

REPORTS TO

Team Leader and Plant Supervisor

POSITION SUMMARY

The Soil Room Attendant is responsible for removing soil from bags, sort and prepare for washing.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Open up bags at the breakout table and send linen up the belt.
• The primary cart mover (the attendant closest to the soil cart) brings the empty soil cart away from the belt, puts a new cart in area and takes the empty cart and pushes it to the cart area.
• The bag breaker attendant breaks open the bags.
• The attendants on the belt perform the following tasks:
  • One attendant sorts of large pieces consisting of bath blankets, flat sheets, draw sheets and thermals.
  • The second attendant sorts the second largest pieces – underpants, patient gowns, and fitted sheets.
  • The third attendant will handle all the rest of the pieces such as bath towels, washcloths, hand towels, and scrubs.
• The last stage of the soil room process is hoist and weigh or staging. The attendant pulls the full slings away as they fill up, puts an empty sling in, weighs the full one, records the information and hangs it.
• Adhere to quality standards in terms of soil sorting and cart cleaning.
• Understand, observe and adhere to all safety procedures and policies.
• Assist and perform other duties as assigned.

What we can offer you as a full-time associate

• Competitive pay
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off Program (PTO)
• 401(k) w/Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Programs
• Basic Life/AD&D Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD)

Why work for Novo Health Services?

NOVO Health Services strives to be the employer of choice in the hospital sterile and hygienically clean linen industry. To do that, we provide a safe, positive work environment where our associates experience tremendous growth and related opportunities for advancement.