Linen Services Technician PRNOn-Call

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families rebuild their lives. Its extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients Ask for Mary they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee from support staff and leadership to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed is a notforprofit nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient outpatient subacute rehabilitation orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation Mary Free Bed physicians nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition

At Mary Free Bed we take pride in our valuesbased culture:

• Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An interdisciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create everchanging opportunities and activities.
• Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.
• Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that coworkers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family patients staff and community.
• A Proud Tradition. Years of dedicated quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

SummaryInsures that sufficient linen is available for patient use and that soiled linen is promptly sent out for cleaning all in a cost effective manner and that proper record keeping infection control and communications procedures are followed.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Fills Linen Orders
  • Places linen orders
  • Receives clean linen from linen service
  • Places par level linen on exchange carts
  • Documents the distribution to provide sufficient but not excessive linen to units
• Checks linen stocks calculates need/area and delivers replacement linen via exchange carts by hand or by bin delivery in order to maintain sufficient but not excessive linen supplies
• Monitors and transports soiled linen carts from patient floors and laundry chute to the soiled linen storage room.
• Collects linen use data.
  • Monitors indicators such as billings census reports supplies etc.
  • Decides order amounts.
  • Notes excesses or abuse.
  • Budgets/plans.
  • Develops a historical file for cost accounting accountability.
• Manages specials system (cycling of hospitalowned items with the WMSL system); labels new items receives clean specials weighs records data and distributes to user. Maintains quality control in order to respond to special patient linen needs (eg. patient clothing restraints binders scoliosis pillows).
• Cleans all linen carts and linen stock area to maintain proper infection control. Monitors and assures all linen on each stock area is covered.

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages coaches and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with coworkers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

• High School Diploma/Equivalent preferred but not a required as of 4/20/2021.
• Physical Demands: Able to exert up to 5070 pounds of force occasionally (up to 2/3 of the time); to lift carry 25 pounds; to push pull up to 5070 pounds occasionally; the ability to frequently stand walk bend kneel twist grasp reach and occasionally climb; to hear speak write and see (correctable vision).

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Experience with sewing machine.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification

Levels:

• None (No specific requirements)
• Occasionally (Less than 1/3
• Frequently 1/3 to 2/3
• Majority (More than 2/3

Remain in a stationary position: None

Traverse or move around work location: Frequently

Use keyboard: None

Operate or use department specific equipment: Occasionally

Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder: Occasionally

Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role: None

Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding: Occasionally

Transport position and/or exert force:

Up to 10 pounds: Majority

Up to 25 pounds: Majority

Up to 50 pounds: Occasionally

Up to 75 pounds: Occasionally

More than 100 pounds: None

Other weight: Up ton/a pounds n/a

Other: n/a

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) it is the policy of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact the Talent Acquisition team at

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin age genetic information veteran status disability or other legally protected characteristic.