Soiled Laundry Handler

Job Description

Receives, sorts, stores, transports, and issues soiled and new hospital linens and uniforms.

Job Responsibility :

• Verifies that bagged laundry received has been sorted correctly and when necessary, separates incorrectly bagged soiled linen according to color and type. Places sorted laundry in appropriate carts.
• Performs a variety of duties such as distributing carts with fresh linens to floors, pushing filled carts to platform for transmittal to laundry, and maintaining work area in a clean and orderly condition by sweeping floors, arranging carts, etc.
• Receives soiled uniforms and dispenses clean ones to appropriate employees over the counter in the Linen Department.
• Stocks new linen inventory in department storeroom and stamps new linen, in accordance with established procedures. Confers with other departments such as Nursing, to coordinate distribution of uniforms, as directed.
• Performs related duties, as required.

ADA Essential Functions :

High School Diploma or equivalent, required. Ability to communicate effectively and follow instructions is essential.

Additional Salary Detail :

The salary range and / or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and / or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget, and internal equity). The salary range for this position is $23.21-$25.26 / hour. It is Northwell Health's policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of their age, race, creed / religion, color, national origin, immigration status or citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex / gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.