LAUNDRY WORKER(Job Id 45771)

Location: US:NH:TILTON

Occupation Category: 51-0000 Production Occupations

Employment Type: PART-TIME

Post Date: 01/07/2025

Close Date: 03/13/2025

Salary: 14.400-18.460

New Hampshire Veterans Home

139 Winter St, Tilton, NH 03276

LAUNDRY WORKER

Position #TMPPT3183

$14.40 - $18.46 hourly

The New Hampshire Veterans Home has a part-time, 1st shift vacancy for a Laundry Worker.

Proposed Schedule Includes:

Varying weekday shifts from 4:00am - 3:00pm

Including weekends (additional $2.00/hour)

Rotating holidays

Make a difference in a Veterans 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

Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience and/or each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.

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 drivers license in the state in which the employee resides, with appropriate endorsements required for the type of vehicle being operated.

Special Requirements:

1. 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.
2. Must be available to work weekends and holidays and a flexible schedule as needed.

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 institutions 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 f r 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 instruct