Overview:
This position delivers clean linen and/or collects soiled linen.
Why UnityPoint Health?
- Culture At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
- Benefits Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options like 401K match, paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage youre in.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Were committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
- Development We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
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Responsibilities:
- Successfully completes hospital-wide orientation, annual hospital competencies and department/unit specific competencies.
- The associate is aware of hospital and department compliance for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse. Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of department or hospital administrative staff.
- For the safety of our patients and co-workers, St. Lukes Hospital requires seasonal and job related vaccinations. This is reviewed regularly during periodic health assessments.
- Purposefully conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner in support of the hospitals commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity.
- Load linen exchange carts and closets with clean linen from the laundry processors carts.
- Deliver and return linen exchange carts to designated areas within the hospital, using designated safety tugger. Clean delivery delivers linen to assigned areas using a wheeled cart, filling shelves to designated par levels.
- Separate unacceptable linens (stained, worn, torn, etc.) and return to laundry processor.
- Deliver additional requested items as they are requested within a desirable time frame.
- Collect soiled linen from various areas within the hospital using a wheeled cart and record the time the collection was made on the Log. Spot clean pillows, etc. as needed
- Wash and dry specified mops and linen items in washer/dryer.
- Report work problems, unsafe conditions, and maintenance needs to the Supervisor.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma
- Must be 18 years old
- Teamwork
- Customer/patient focused
- Communication-written & verbal
- Position does not involve direct patient contact.