The Laundry Aide is responsible for laundry tasks such as, but not limited to, picking up and sorting soiled linens and residents’ clothing, laundering, labeling, folding and delivering linens and personal clothing.  Assistance with housekeeping duties may be requested.

Brief Summary of Responsibilities:

• Collect, sort, launder and deliver personal clothing to residents.
• Maintain records of processed resident clothing as requested.
• Assist in finding missing clothing, marking them, then returning them to the proper owner.
• Keep resident clothing in good repair; mend as needed.
• Follows all safety precautions and use universal precautions in providing resident services.  Use personal protective equipment appropriately.  Dispose of biohazardous waste according to policy.
• Keep up to date with chemicals currently in use along with their proper usage.