Location: Reedsburg,WI, USA
Position Summary:
The Laundry Technician provides clean linens such as sheets, towels, gowns and resident clothing. The Housekeeper I performs a wide range of housekeeping duties to maintain a safe, neat and clean environment.
This position will be located at our Senior Life Center.
Job Relationships: Reports to Director of Environmental Services and Assistant Director of Housekeeping; collaborates with coworkers, other departments/staff at RAMC.
Primary Customer Served:
◾No direct patient care.
Education and Training Required:
◾High school graduate or equivalent.
Experience:
◾Prior laundry experience helpful.
◾Prior sewing experience helpful.
◾Prior housekeeping experience helpful.
Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
◾Good verbal/written communication skills.
◾Ability to apply common sense to carry out detailed and involved written and/or oral instructions.
◾Ability to plan, organize and develop priorities.
◾Knowledge of various types of fabric.
◾Ability to work self-supervised.
◾Ability to be a team player.
Physical Requirements:
◾Physical Demands:⚬Continuously stand to perform tasks.
⚬Frequently walk to perform tasks.
⚬Continuously lift up to 10 pounds.
⚬Frequently lift up to 25 pounds
.⚬Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
⚬Frequently push or pull up to 50 pounds.
⚬Frequently carry up to 25 pounds.
⚬Occasionally carry up to 50 pounds.
⚬Occasionally requires climbing stairs/ladders.⚬
Frequently requires bending below the knee and to the knee, crouching/squatting, and reaching overhead.
⚬Frequently requires reaching in front of the body.⚬
Frequently need to use touch (texture).
⚬Frequently handle objects using sustained grip/pinch.
⚬Occasionally need to use sense of smell.
◾Sight:
⚬Frequent use of far and near vision.
⚬Occasionally use color visualization.
◾Cognition/Communication:⚬Frequently required to communicate effectively with other staff, volunteers, patients, and visitors using hearing skills (ordinary conversation), comprehensive speech, simple math, simple reading and simple writing skills.
◾Environmental Conditions:⚬Mostly work in an indoor environment.
⚬Occasionally work around fumes and odors.
◾Potential Hazards:
⚬OSHA Blood Borne/TB Classification Class II – Occupational exposure to blood and Other Potentially Infectious Materials (OPIMs) is reasonably expected to occur in routine performance of duties.⚬Continuously exposed to needles/syringes/sharps, waste handling (general trash) and red infectious waste.⚬Frequently exposed to toxic/caustic chemical hazards & hazardous waste.
◾Psychological, Situational, Functional Factors:
⚬Frequently change tasks throughout shift.
⚬Frequently uses interpersonal skills sufficient enough to work closely with others.
⚬Provide speed, consistency and accuracy in work.
⚬Occasionally required to work independently under stressful situations.