Laundry Attendant - Full Time - Nights

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional ethical physical and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth dignity and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET Managing Up Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees experiential journeys to ensure strong communication ease of access to information and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organizations vision fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

• Promotes a positive work environment and contributes to a dynamic team focused work unit to achieve optimal results. Responds promptly and positively to requests for assistance from patients staff and visitors.

• Actively participates in meetings huddles and with other team members using positive communication.

• Consistently provides linen deliveries based on par levels to support patient care.

• Follows Infection Control guidelines in the removal transport and storage of clean and soiled linen as appropriate.

• Ensures completion of delivery during assigned shift improving unit based response times.

• Uses appropriate transporting techniques for clean or soiled linen to avoid contamination.

• Uses appropriate equipment and techniques to ensure safe lifting pushing and pulling practices to avoid injury.

• Assists with quality assurance by examining identifying and rejecting poor quality linen as appropriate.

• Maintains an organized and clean linen room to minimize lint buildup.

• Operates all linen transport equipment in a safe manner by maintaining an awareness of patients and surroundings.

• Uses department resources equipment supplies properly and efficiently.

• Reports and tracks (and assesses) wasteful practices to meet our goal pounds per equivalent patients days.

• Utilize linen tracking systems to ensure adequate supplies deliveries and par/supply level changes for assigned units.

• Contributes ideas towards improving the efficiency and effectiveness of department processes.

• Fosters a positive and constructive teaching environment by engaging coworkers and learning opportunities that are valuable and in alignment with business objectives.

• High School diploma or equivalent education (examples include: GED verification of homeschool equivalency partial or full completion of postsecondary education etc. preferred

• One year of linen experience preferred

• N/A

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job determined through ongoing skills competency assessments and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking reading and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients physicians family members and coworkers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Demonstrates the ability to access information both in the department and within the hospital system to support the department as appropriate

• Multitask oriented ability to complete work within designated time frames

• Ability to accurately and efficiently perform duties with minimal supervision

• Demonstrate efficient and safe use of housekeeping equipment and chemicals

• Ability to effectively communicate in a manner consistent with a customer service focus

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform Yes
• Scrubs Yes
• Business professional No
• Other (department approved) No

ONCALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be oncall during emergencies (ie. DIsaster Severe Weather Events etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area No
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Houston Methodist The Woodlands opened in 2017 as the eighth hospital in the Houston Methodist system. This 187bed 470000squarefoot fullservice acute care hospital offers many of the same services as our flagship hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Also on the $380 million hospital campus located at the intersection of I45 and TX 242 is a medical office building which opened in 2016. Medical Office Building 1 includes a breast care center cancer center & infusion center orthopedics & sports medicine rehabilitation services wellness services and an outpatient laboratory in addition to multispecialty physician practices. A second medical office building and 785car parking garage opened in 2018.