Laundry Tech (3197)
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Job Summary
Position Summary:
The Laundry Tech supports the hospitals environmental services operations by ensuring a continuous supply of clean safe and properly processed linens for all patient care and support areas. This role is essential to maintaining daily hospital readiness contributing directly to patient comfort infection prevention and staff efficiency. The Laundry Tech collects sorts transports and distributes linens in alignment with established infection prevention practices and departmental workflows helping ensure consistency and reliability across all service areas. Working as part of a collaborative and supportive team this position partners closely with clinical and support staff to ensure linens are available when and where they are needed. The role contributes to a well-organized efficient linen supply system and operates within a respectful team-oriented environment where coordination communication and shared accountability support smooth hospital operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Licenses and Certifications Required:
Educational Requirements:
Experience Requirements:
Special Skills or Training Requirements:
Physical Requirements:
The Laundry Tech is frequently required to stand walk bend and reach while sorting and processing linens. The role involves lifting pushing and pulling linen bags carts and supply bundles often requiring moderate physical effort throughout the shift. Adequate vision hearing and manual dexterity are needed to operate machinery safely read labels and identify soil or damage on linens.
Environmental Requirements:
This position works in a hospital laundry environment with exposure to heat humidity moving mechanical equipment and cleaning chemicals. The role may encounter soiled linens that could contain bodily fluids and requires strict adherence to infection prevention and PPE guidelines. Work volumes may vary throughout the day and the Laundry Tech must adapt to fast-paced periods and fluctuating unit needs while maintaining safety and cleanliness standards.
The Laundry Tech supports the hospitals environmental services operations by ensuring a continuous supply of clean safe and properly processed linens for all patient care and support areas. This role is essential to maintaining daily hospital readiness contributing directly to patient comfort infection prevention and staff efficiency. The Laundry Tech collects sorts transports and distributes linens in alignment with established infection prevention practices and departmental workflows helping ensure consistency and reliability across all service areas. Working as part of a collaborative and supportive team this position partners closely with clinical and support staff to ensure linens are available when and where they are needed. The role contributes to a well-organized efficient linen supply system and operates within a respectful team-oriented environment where coordination communication and shared accountability support smooth hospital operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collect and transport soiled linens from patient care units and designated areas following established infection control and handling procedures.
- Sort load and process linens through washing drying and finishing equipment to ensure proper cleaning and quality standards are met.
- Deliver clean linens to units stock designated storage areas and rotate inventory to maintain appropriate levels throughout the hospital.
- Inspect linens for damage or contamination and remove items from circulation according to departmental guidelines.
- Maintain cleanliness and safe operation of laundry equipment and work areas reporting any mechanical or safety concerns promptly.
- Document linen quantities deliveries and usage patterns to support accurate inventory control and operational efficiency.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Educational Requirements:
- Previous experience in a hospital healthcare or commercial laundry setting preferred.
Experience Requirements:
- None
Special Skills or Training Requirements:
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
- Dependable detail oriented and able to follow instructions.
- Knowledge of infection control standards preferred.
Physical Requirements:
The Laundry Tech is frequently required to stand walk bend and reach while sorting and processing linens. The role involves lifting pushing and pulling linen bags carts and supply bundles often requiring moderate physical effort throughout the shift. Adequate vision hearing and manual dexterity are needed to operate machinery safely read labels and identify soil or damage on linens.
Environmental Requirements:
This position works in a hospital laundry environment with exposure to heat humidity moving mechanical equipment and cleaning chemicals. The role may encounter soiled linens that could contain bodily fluids and requires strict adherence to infection prevention and PPE guidelines. Work volumes may vary throughout the day and the Laundry Tech must adapt to fast-paced periods and fluctuating unit needs while maintaining safety and cleanliness standards.
About Company
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity ... View more
