Laundry Assistant

@ Valley West Health Care Center
Valley West Health Care Centervalleywesthealthcarecenter.com

Laundry Assistant

Eugene, OR
Posted 3 days ago

About the job

Valley West provides skilled and long-term care, prioritizing residents and staff. The laundry aide role focuses on laundry services, ensuring quality, safety, and confidentiality in a caring environment.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Prior healthcare experience
  • Knowledge of sanitation practices
  • Ability to follow policies

Qualifications

  • Professionalism
  • Good communication skills
  • Dependable attendance
  • Ability to lift and move
  • Teamwork skills

Full job description

At Valley West we strive to be the premier provider of skilled and long-term care. We believe our residents are our highest priority and our associates are our most valuable resources. It is our desire to be the facility of choice in our community. Our programs and services are designed to operate with superior quality in order to satisfy the needs of our residents and staff. We have an exceptional team of dedicated associates and we are looking to expand the team with like-minded and motivated individuals looking to make a positive impact in others lives. We have had consistently low COVID 19 infection rates of our residents and staff along with positive outcomes and feed back from state infection control surveys. All employees are eligible for referral bonuses for certain high need positions.


Position Summary

The Laundry Aide performs day to day laundry services ensuring patients’ laundry needs are met in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards.

Education, Experience, and Licensure Requirements

  • High school graduate or equivalent preferred
  • Prior health care experience preferred

Specific Job Requirements

  • Make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action
  • Knowledgeable of practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing functions in the post acute care facility
  • Implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the department
  • Perform proficiently in all competency areas including but not limited to: patient rights, and safety and sanitation
  • Maintains professional working relationships with all associates, vendors, etc.
  • Maintains confidentiality of all proprietary and/or confidential information
  • Understand and follow company policies including harassment and compliance procedures
  • Displays integrity and professionalism by adhering to Life Care’s Code of Conduct and completes mandatory Code of Conduct and other appropriate compliance training

Essential Functions

  • Perform day to day laundry functions including: collecting, sorting, ironing, folding, stacking, hanging, and distributing
  • Exhibit excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards patients
  • Assist in the evacuation of patients
  • Demonstrate dependable, regular attendance
  • Concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment
  • Communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary team
  • Sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours
  • Read, write, speak, and understand the English language

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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