Job Description

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.

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

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 6:30am to 3pm

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. Operates various laundry processing equipment in a safe productive manner.

2. Folds and stacks linens into different categories meeting production standards set by supervisor.

3. Inspects all linens, surgical and general for tears, holes and overall cleanliness.

4. Removes from clean shippable linens, those that need rewashed, are stained or rags.

5. Works the tie machine area bundling linens and loading racks in quantities specified by the distribution department. Places linens into assigned holding bins.

6. Alternates job assignments with fellow staff members as scheduled by the supervisor.

7. Keeps work areas clean, during and at the close of each shift. Changes out ragged, mending, and stain wash bags.

8. Performs needed housekeeping functions to maintain a clean working environment and to keep equipment clean.

9. Hand folding Standards:

• Baby Clothes - 280 pc. Per hour
• Laundry Bags - 190 pc. Per hour
• PJ’s - 160 pc. Per hour
• Robes/Long Sleeve Gowns - 180 pc Per hour
• Scrub Clothes - 160 pc. Per hour
• Soft Contours - 180 pc. Per hour
• Surgery Towels - 500 pc. Per hour
• Wash Cloths - 1000 pc. Per hour
• 18” micro mops - 500 pc. Per hour

10. Equipment Processing Standards:

• Bath Blankets (blanket folder) - 325 pc. Per hour
• Bath Towels - 625 pc. Per hour
• Baby Blankets - 400 pc Per hour
• Contours - 240 pc. Per hour
• Isolation/IV/Robes - 230 pc. Per hour
• Patient Gowns - 260 pc. Per hour
• Thermal spreads (blanket folder) - 180 pc. Per hour
• Underpads - 370 pc. Per hour
• Ironer production:
• Bath Blankets - 325 pc. Per hour
• Sheets/Draws - 350 pc. Per hour
• Aprons - 300 pc. Per hour
• Pillow Cases - 500 pc. Per hour
• Surgery Towels - 680 pc. Per hour
• Press Production:
• Lab Coats - 40 pc. Per hour

11. Practices set safety guidelines that pertain to equipment and the work environment. Takes action to correct unsafe conditions.

Schedule:

Mon-Fri 6:30am to 3pm

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

• N/A

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
• 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.