What are the responsibilities and job description for the Textile Associate position at Avon Hospital?
Responsibilities:
- Collects, stocks and distributes clean and soiled linens.
- Performs daily inventory to ensure clean linen and scrubs are accurately stocked for distribution.
- Identifies items for replacement.
- Records and processes orders for lab coats and uniforms.
- Helps employees with fitting of new uniforms. Issues lab coats and uniforms to authorized users.
- Sorts and inspects uniforms returned from offsite laundry for quality.
- Operates heat seal, button and embroidery machines.
- Delivers lab coats and uniforms to staff physicians locker rooms or coat closets.
- Unloads soiled items from gravity fed chutes.
- Assembles various linen packs for use in Surgery and other departments.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
Certifications:
- None required.
Complexity of Work:
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Work Experience:
- No previous Textile experience is required.
- Will receive on the job training.
- Computer or data entry experience preferred.
- Six months of experience in a customer service or laundry environment preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Requires full body motion, including ability to perform work while bending, stooping, and stretching. Requires continuous walking and standing on hard surfaces.
- Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
- Medium Work: carrying and lifting up to 20 lbs. occasionally and a push/pull force up to 30 lbs. occasionally.
- Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light work.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
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