Laundry Assistant

About the Role

Permanent-part Time -3 days/week (Wed Sat & Sun)

A working day in this role will involve supporting the comfort wellbeing and dignity of residents by ensuring all laundry services are delivered to a high standard within the aged care home. You will play an important role in maintaining a clean safe and hygienic environment for residents and staff while assisting with the daily operation of the facilitys laundry services.

This includes:

• Compliance to policies and procedures in relation to laundry services and infection control.
• Maintenance of laundry equipment and checking of filtration devices.
• Maintain stock inventory and personal inventory of residents.
• Ironing mending and tagging of laundry items as necessary.
• Promptly reports problems to the Facility Manager.
• Handles laundry chemicals in accordance with safety information and safe handling techniques.
• Return personal clothing to residents cupboards and maintain in tidy condition.
• Other duties as directed by the Facility Manager.

About Aegis

Founded in 1983 Aegis began with a vision to provide compassionate and respectful care in a safe and welcoming environment. From its early beginnings as a small family-founded organisation it has grown steadily while maintaining its core values of dignity integrity and personalised support. Today Aegis is now Western Australias largest aged care provider and continues to focus on person-centred care clinical excellence meaningful lifestyle programs and exceptional dining experiences ensuring every resident can live with comfort purpose and the highest possible quality of life.

We value the work you do and the dedication involved in caring for the elderly. Our mission statement acknowledges that our driving force is a quality workforce. Aegis Aged Care can offer you job stability diversity and career growth across our 30 Facilities.

While working at Aegis we will provide you with a range of benefits including:

1. Contributions towards your professional development.
2. Competitive rates of pay.
3. Ongoing training and opportunities for career growth.

About You

You should ideally be an empathetic person who:

• Enjoys working with the elderly.
• Can work independently and as part of a team.
• Is able to supervise organise and guide staff to deliver high quality catering outcomes.
• Has availability and flexibility to work a variety of shifts over weekdays and weekends.
• Can communicate effectively both verbally and written.

You should possess the following:

• Ability to communicate in spoken and written English.
• Preferred - 1 year experience in laundry services