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SalaryFull time (80 hours biweekly)
Monday - Friday 6am-2:30pm
Weekend and holiday rotation
Shift differential pay
Starting pay rate: $17.00/hr
Sorts, cleans and processes laundry for the Hospital and other facilities.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Unit Based Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Core Values: Service, Integrity, Compassion
1. Demonstrates service excellence and patient and family centered care by showing respect, honesty, fairness and a positive attitude toward all customers.
2. Maintains confidentiality.
3. Demonstrates dependability, to include attendance and punctuality.
4. Is accountable - takes initiative and ownership of issues.
5. Displays a professional demeanor. Represents hospital in a positive way. Has a compassionate working relationship with patients and families.
6. Assumes personal responsibility for 2-way communication. Communicates and listens effectively with patients, families, coworkers, other departments, physicians/providers and community.
7. Supports coworkers, initiatives and a patient and family centered philosophy; pitches in; does own part and helps others.
8. Works to continuously improve work environment/processes (Performance Improvement). Demonstrates a patient and family centered focus when considering/developing improvement solutions.
9. Represents willingness/enthusiasm to create, embrace and facilitate change.
10. Develops self and others; supports a learning environment; leads by example. Encourages patients and families to give feedback and suggestions for improvement.
11. Develops working relationships critical to the organization including patients, families, coworkers, other departments, physicians/providers and community.
12. Encourages others by providing recognition and support.
Technical Excellence
1. Thinks critically; utilizes sound judgment; promptly reports potential risks.
2. Maintains state of art knowledge of area of specialty, healthcare trends and practice and populations served.
3. Maintains a level of computer literacy appropriate to their role.
4. Meets and maintains current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required.
5. Completes hospital-required reviews, e.g. HIPAA, safety, health screening, care concerns, and others as assigned.
6. Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals.
Job Specifics
1. Prioritizes workload at beginning of shift, so that important deadlines can be met.
2. Applies personal protection practices and Infection Control techniques; keeps work area and equipment clean.
3. Wears protective clothing (i.e., gown, cap, gloves, goggles, as indicated); washes hands before and after handling soiled linen.
4. Follows established Infection Control Guidelines.
5. Reports linen shortages to supervisor.
6. Answers phone; receives requests for linen and pick-up of soiled linen; relays information..
7. Operates dryers; loads and unloads linen to keep production flowing.
8. Counts remaining linen on clean linen carts from each area; adds appropriate amount and type of linen.
9. Cleans and disinfects linen carts daily.
10. Dry mops and dusts Laundry as per procedure.
11. Receives and inspects linen for tears, holes, etc, inspects green towels for holes, sends to seamstress for repair as needed.
12. Folds surgical drapes and wraps packs at a rate of 6 per minute.
13. Assists in maintaining linen room and its equipment.
14. Assists with linen inventory, annually.
15. Demonstrates knowledge of various departmental jobs; maintains ability to assist in other positions.
16. Attends departmental in-services and educational programs to develop communication skills, learn new forms/procedures, etc.
17. Sorts soiled linen for washers, according to established procedures. Can sort one basket - 7 to 10 minutes.
18. Operates flat work ironer; feeds sheets and other flat items. Able to produce 350 folded sheets per hour.
19. Operates towel and gown folder; able to produce 130 folded gowns in 30 minutes; 160 towels in 30 minutes.
20. Delivers linens to floors promptly in the morning. All carts to be delivered by 7:30 am.
21. Completes pick-up schedule as posted within established time frames.
22. Folds large blanket items and fitted sheets. A basket of bath blankets in 10 minute - spreads in 5 minutes - fitted sheets in 20 minutes.
23. Loads packs and linen supplies on cart.
General Requirements
Core Values: Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, Service
Annual Health Screening with Infection Control and Blood Borne Pathogens Education
Safety Awareness: Hospital Fire, Safety, and Disaster Procedures
Confidentiality: Maintains Employee and Patient Confidentiality.
Attendance: Regular attendance is an essential function of the position
Leadership Standards:
Character: Attitude, Integrity, Role Modeling
Job Performance: Results Orientation, Customer Focus, Decision Making, Awareness
Interpersonal Skills: Communication, Relationship-building, Team Player, Celebration
Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking, Knowledge-Building/Sharing, Coaching/Empowering, System Vision & Management
Physical and Mental Requirements: Classified as heavy work by the Dictionary of Ocupational Titles: May exert 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 20 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly in order to move objects.
- Stands and walks constantly on carpet or tiled surfaces.
- Lifts up to 70 pounds from floor to waist and/or shoulder level frequently.
- Carries up to 20 pounds for distances of up to 300 feets occasionally.
- Frequently pushes/pulls up to 300 pounds throughout the hospital.
- Constant bending and twisting.
- Occasionally squats and kneels.
- Reaches up to two feet overhead on a constant basis.
- Ability to occasionally operate hand controls on various laundry equipment.
- Near-visual acuity for detecting soiled or torn linen; color perception required.
- Auditory acuity adequate for hearing normal voice tones when not facing an individual and to detect noises in malfunctioning equipment.
- Manual dexterity, digital sensitivity, and flexibility in order to operate equipment and manipulate laundry.
Working Environment: Work is performed in an indoor environment. Frequent exposure to extreme heat, hot pipes, linen, high noise level, slippery and wet floors, and possible exposure to infections bodily fluids, which is mitegated by the use of gowns, gloves, etc.to reduce the risk of exposure.
Reporting Structure: Reports to the Environmental Services Manager. In his/her absence, reports to the Director of Environmental Services.
Disclaimer: These essential job functions are requirements of the position which must be performed either with or without reasonable accommodation. The essential job function list is intended to be a guide rather than a limitation. The Chambersburg Hospital possesses the right to add new responsibilities to the list as business demands dictate. Some of the essential job functions may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat/significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or others.
By identifying essential job functions, we are in no way stating or implying that these required tasks are the only activities that are to be performed by the employee occupying this position. In addition, employees will also be expected to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties that are included in the job description. The preceding requirements represent only the minimum acceptable levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities that a job incumbent must possess; in order to perform the job successfully, the incumbent will possess additional aptitudes so as to perform the other duties that the job description entails.
Revised Date: 09/12/2017
Qualifications and Standards
Education: High School Graduate or G.E.D. preferred.
Experience: Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required. Previous experience as a laundry helper preferred.
Certifications/Licensure: None Required
Employment Benefits
- Sign-on incentives for new employees
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Life and accidental death insurance
- Supplemental life insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- PTO bridging
- Short-term disability
- Educational assistance
- Forgivable loan
- Flexible spending
- Credit union
- Employee recreational activities
- Childcare
- Complimentary medicine discounts
