Linen Processor - Full Time - Days

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:
Location: Shared Services Systems
Address: 1725 S 20th St. - Omaha, NE

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 7am to 3:30pm

To finish clean hospital linens within a production environment. Inspects for linen cleanliness / imperfections, while removing non-shippable linen. Accepts and elects to be rotated daily to operate all pieces of laundry processing equipment. Will also hand fold various general / surgical linens on a daily basis.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

1. Performs daily jobs in Laundry that may be needed.

2. Trains at key positions to help in emergency situations tunnels, rail lift, rails, etc.

3. Works alongside co-workers in areas assigned. This consists of soiled sort, washroom washer equipment, production floor, and distribution departments.

4. Assist management staff by ensuring OSHA and JCAH requirements are being met.

5. In supervisor absence, lead worker will become acting supervisor by assigning work, preparing work schedules and maintaining productivity of staff.

6. Builds a rapport with supervisors and hourly staff that will allow for a good working relationships and smooth flow of operation.

7. Assists supervisor in training and orientation of staff members.

8. Assists in inspection of work. Monitors and records quality and quantity of work of assigned laundry staff.

9. Provides input to the supervisor of assigned area and to the Laundry Manager.

10. Leads special projects within the Laundry and helps to monitor procedures essential to the daily work flow.

11. Monitors soiled linen loads, to ensure designated weights are correct before items are forwarded to washer and extractor equipment.

12. Transports baskets and rack of linens to designated processing areas.

13. Assists in correcting conditions that may be potential safety or fire hazards and follows established procedures when dealing with sharps, hazardous materials, or customers lost and found items.

14. Keeps equipment clean and work areas neat and organized.

Schedule:

Mon-Fri 7am to 3:30pm

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

- For safety reasons, qualified applicants must be able to speak and understand English sufficiently to perform safety requirements and demonstrate the ability to follow safety rules required.

Experience

- No experience necessary, will train

License/Certifications

- Must successfully complete Back School, an in-service and demonstration of safe body mechanics, within 90 days of hire, and annually thereafter.
- Must successfully complete Back School, an in-service and demonstration of safe body mechanics, within 90 days of hire, and annually thereafter.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

- Ability to exert up to 43 pounds of push and pull force.
- Involves various movement requirements especially upper body.
- Utilizes repetitive grasping, pulling, and reaching movements.
- Requires stooping and bending to process linen out of baskets and bins.
- Must be ab le to stand for eight hour shift.
- Visually must be able to discriminate detail.
- Environment is warmer during seasonal times.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

- Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

Not necessary for the position (0%):

- Climbing
- Crawling

Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):

- Balancing
- Crouching
- Keyboarding/typing
- Kneeling
- Sitting

Frequently Performed (34%-66%):

- Distinguish colors
- Grasping
- Pulling/Pushing
- Speaking/talking
- Twisting
- Walking

Constantly Performed (67%-100%):

- Carrying
- Fingering/Touching
- Hearing
- Lifting
- Reaching
- Seeing/Visual
- Standing
- Stooping/bending

Job Hazards

Not Related:

- Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
- Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Electrical Shock/Static
- Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
- Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
- Mechanical moving parts/vibrations

Rare (1-33%):

- Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)

Frequent (67%-100%):

- Equipment/Machinery/Tools

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.