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Blueridgesl

Laundry Aide Henrico, VA

Blueridgesl, Virginia, Minnesota, United States, 55792

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Perform duties to maintain the cleanliness of resident and facility linens and clothing.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Sorts laundry by proper category: color, fabric, type, etc. and prepares for washing by presoaking asappropriate

Loads and removes articles into washers anddriers

Mixes and adds detergents, dyes, bleaches, starches, and other solutions and chemicals to clean, color, dry, or stiffenarticles

Starts washers and driers, and turns valves or levers to regulate machine processes and the volume of soap, detergent, water, bleach, starch, and otheradditives

Sorts and count articles removed from dryers, and fold, wrap, or hangthem

Inspects soiled articles to determine sources of stains, to locate color imperfections, and to identify items requiring specialtreatment

Cleans and disinfects floors, appliances, folding tables, delivery carts and all laundry areas, including, but not limited todryers

Assures proper storage of supplies and that proper equipment is available and in goodrepair

Labels laundry, numbers and dates incoming resident lifting equipment slings and restraints per the facilityprocedures

Eliminates crossing of soiled and clean linen and stocks linens areas perguidelines

Picks up and delivers linens to units per schedule and delivers soiled linens tolaundry

Uses proper equipment to distribute personal laundry to residents’closets

Maintains fire aisles when picking up and deliveringlaundry

Reports any repair needs to supervisor or maintenance department asappropriate

Observes for resident safety when in resident careareas

Complies with state, federal, and all other applicable health care and safetystandards

Assists families and other visitors asneeded

Attends/completes required in-services and other requiredmeetings

Performs other duties asdirected

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE an equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.

High School diploma or equivalent preferred; previous experience in housekeeping or maintenance; oranequivalent combination of education andexperience

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS

This position does not require supervisoryresponsibility

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES

Sanitation and Safety -Knowledgeofprinciples and requirementsofsanitation and safety in handling housekeeping tasks and equipment

Math Ability- Basic knowledge of arithmetic andalgebra

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles for providing customer and personal services. This includes meeting quality standards forservices

Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; completes tasks correctly and ontime

Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events

Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; advises for additional resources

Attendance/Punctuality - Ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time

Dependability - Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan

Professionalism - Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions

COMPUTER SKILLS/EQUIPMENT USED TO PERFORM THE JOB

Laundry-type washing machines, including but not limited to light commercial washing machines, washer extractors,etc.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The employee is occasionally required to wear protectiveclothing

The employee may be exposed to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants, and hazardouschemicals

The noise level in the work environment is usuallymoderate

PHYSICAL ABILITIES

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear, stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel or crouch, use hands to use hands to grasp, manipulate or feel objects and reach with hands andarms.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionallylift upto 50pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color discrimination, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjustfocus.

Blue Ridge Senior Living is an Equal Opportunity / Aff…

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, race, color, veteran status, religion, sex, or national origin.

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