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SalaryState of New Hampshire Job Posting
New Hampshire Veterans Home
139 Winter St, Tilton, NH 03276
LAUNDRY WORKER
Position #TMPPT2622
Part-Time: up to 29 hours/week
$14.12 - $18.10 hourly
The New Hampshire Veterans Home has a part-time, 1st shift vacancy for a Laundry Worker.
Proposed Schedule Includes:
Varying shifts from 4:00am - 3:00pm
Every Sunday (additional $2.00/hour)
Rotating Holidays
Make a difference in a Veteran’s Life!
Build a career and a life in the beautiful lakes region.
Be part of a team committed to providing the best quality of life for NH Veterans with dignity, honor and respect. Learn more about the NH Veterans Home on our website: Welcome | New Hampshire Veterans Home (nh.gov) and view our Facebook page to see the NHVH team working together.
Summary:
Performs varied laundry work independently within a NH healthcare or home health facility. Oversees laundry area and related activities to ensure daily/weekly productivity and quality standards are met.
YOUR EXPERIENCE COUNTS - Under a recent change to the rules, an applicant's relevant experience now counts towards formal education degrees referenced in the posting See Per 405.1.
18 Months of additional relevant experience = Associate's degree
36 Months of additional relevant experience = Bachelor's degree
54 Months of additional relevant experience = Master's degree
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Completion of eighth grade or its equivalent.
Experience: Six months' experience in a commercial or institutional laundry.
License/Certification: May be required to possess a valid driver’s license in the state in which the employee resides, with appropriate endorsements required for the type of vehicle being operated.
Special Requirements:
- Must be able to work in environment of high temperature and humidity with exposure to minor injuries such as cuts, bruises, burns and slipping on wet floors. Personal Protective equipment may be worn for job-related occupational safety and health purposes.
Responsibilities:
- Collects, sorts, and loads soiled linen and garments into washer(s) and loads items into the dryer(s), removes stains from garments, folds clean linens, counts, and records the linen processed each day, making proper deliveries to assigned units/areas as needed. Checks for items left in any pockets such as valuables and removes fecal matter and food if present. Washes contaminated laundry in proper manner. Codes laundry by building, floor or unit and ensures laundry is returned to its proper locations.
- Cleans and sanitizing work areas including machines, worktables, and sorting areas and ashes windows, sweeps, vacuums, and mops floors to ensure good housekeeping habits in the laundry area.
- Operates a variety of large and small laundry machines and laundry related tools appropriate to work area such as ironers, dryers, folders, presses, and washers. Utilize protective gear in all appropriate functions and demonstrates knowledge for safe use of equipment, ensures basic maintenance of machines and tools, reports issues or malfunctions to supervisor in a timely fashion.
- Lifts and carries clean and soiled laundry weighing up to 80 pounds on a frequent basis and items weighing up to 25 pounds on a continuous basis. Follows infection control and universal precautions policies and institution’s procedures to ensure a sanitary environment is always achieved. Follows proper reporting, isolation, and handwashing procedures/techniques.
- Responsible for the safe and proper mixing and use of cleaning solutions while adhering to all safety precautions. Fills supply containers to ensure supplies are on hand when needed. Maintains proper supply level for assigned area of responsibility by replacing and stocking work area with appropriate products and reorders or informs Supervisor when items require re-ordering.
- Positively represents the institution by answering routine questions and following instructions, being courteous, and cooperative with patients, residents, coworkers, and supervisors. Acts as mentor to new staff and/or volunteers with particular emphasis on proper laundry procedures and safety; reports any issues to supervisor.
- Attends staff meetings as scheduled and assists in communicating departmental policies, procedures, standards or issues to new employees, volunteers, or trainees.
DISCLAIMERS: The supplemental job description lists the essential functions of the position and is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. An employee may be required to perform other related duties not listed on the supplemental job description provided that such duties are characteristic of that job title.
For further information please contact Annabelle Maccini, Laundry Foreman, at annabelle.a.maccini@nhvh.nh.gov or (603) 527-4870.
