Non-Clinical – Transportation/Logistics/Materials Handler

Shift: Night 5×8-Hour (22:00 – 06:30)

Description:

MISC DETAILS:
Job Title: Linen Technician
Schedule: 3rd shift, but also in process of getting approved is a second shift request. Second shift is 2-1030pm or 3-1130pm.
Parking: Meter street parking or ***-*** daily in the garage. Agency will need to coordinate reimbursements on their own. UMMS does not reimburse for parking.
Dress code: Scrubs are provided.
Interviews will be 2 rounds. 1st round will be a phone call. Second round will be teams or in person.
Temp to hire

JOB DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY:
Under general supervision, receives, sorts and distributes soiled and clean linen items in accordance with departmental procedures.
1. Sorts, checks and stocks clean linen and clothing (scrubs and hospital gowns) delivered by outside laundering service, daily, to assure that all items are not stained, torn or unusuable and to maintain the best available quality.
o Unloads newly cleaned linens and clothing from vendor trucks onto laundry carts.
o Unloads linens from laundry carts, sorts according to type and size. Stocks linens on department storage shelves or delivery carts, as appropriate. Loads designated department or hospital floor linen carts for delivery to designated area.
o Inspects cleaned linen and clothing for damage from laundering or wear to determine need for repair or replacement. Notifies supervisor of linens needing replacement and gives linens needing repair to the seamstress. Checks linens and clothing to ensure that they are sorted and folded according to color, size, usability and departmental standards.
2. Delivers linens and clothing to assigned hospital floors and other designated areas, daily, stocking linen closets with required amounts of various types of linens.
o Logs on record sheet, daily, the amounts and types of linens delivered to each area for usage tracking purposes to avoid overstocking.
o Inventories stock regularly and reports unusual discrepancies in usage and supply needs to the supervisor.
3. Prepares soiled laundry for shipping to external laundering service, daily.
o Monitors laundry chute, replacing filled laundry carts under the chute, as necessary.
o Covers carts filled with soiled laundry bags with a plastic bag, using appropriate Universal Precautions to avoid contact with infectious bacteria and wheels cart to dock for pick up by vendor.
4. Washes and dries baby clothing in on-site washing and drying machines, daily. Sorts, folds and stocks same for delivery to hospital floors. Manually loads soiled baby clothes into washers using appropriate Universal Precautions to avoid possible contact with infectious bacteria; sets water level and temperature controls within predetermined health department and internal departmental standards; adds cleaning agent and operates machines according to operating instructions.
5. Keeps linen room neat and orderly. Cleans delivery carts and assists with other cleaning duties in the laundry/linen department, as required.
6. Observes established departmental policies, procedures and practices related to work procedures, safety, environmental and infection control.
7. Stamps UMMS label on newly purchased clothing and linens as needed, using a stamping machine.
8. May operate embroidering machine to embroider information on laboratory coats, and other items, occasionally, as requested, in the absence of the seamstress.
9. May be responsible for distributing surgical scrubs in the operating room. Maintains appropriate par level of scrubs and issues them to the authorized O.R. personnel as requested. Inputs daily usage of scrubs and patient linens into computerized tracking system. Generates weekly and monthly reports of utilization, as requested.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
HS Diploma or GED
Experience with inventory, materials, handling materials and transporting.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS;
1. Demonstrated ability to understand and follow oral and written instruction. Basic understanding and ability to converse effectively using the English language to communicate with nursing and other allied health personnel in the process of delivering linens, reading work schedules and answering requests for linen.
2. Ability to perform simple mathematical operations, using addition and subtraction, to record increases and decreases in linen stock levels.
3. Ability to operate washing and drying machines, stamping machine for stamping UMMS labels in clothing and Pallet Jacket for unloading new linens from the vendors’ trucks.