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• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
• Family-focused benefits
• Wellness incentives

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Shift Time: 7a-3:30p

The Lead Laundry Worker will assist the supervisor in providing leadership to staff; coordinating work activities, monitoring activities and attendance of staff in accordance with guidelines, and assists with disciplinary problems.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides direction to laundry staff in the absence of a supervisor. Assists in training staff on equipment operation, sorting soiled linens, distributing clean linens, and building exchange linen carts.
• Operates laundry equipment such as washers, dryers, iron pressing equipment, and other laundry equipment.
• Fills orders and ensures that linen supplies are available at all times.
• Inventories linen and counts items on exchange carts returned to laundry from hospital or returned from hospital to laundry.
• Maintains accurate itemized inventory records and completes laundry forms as necessary.
• Loads and unloads laundry into washers and dryers as necessary. Uses chemicals as prescribed for cleaning linen items.
• Cleans, maintains and replenishes linen exchange carts in an orderly manner. Inspects linens for defects such as holes, tears, or worn areas.
• Removes debris from linen, such as tape, staples and lint.
• Folds, stacks and may wrap and appropriately label linen items to prepare for distribution to using areas. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A high school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Must be able to read, write, and follow instructions. Two years of related experience in a hospital environment.

JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY! Emory Healthcare (EHC), part of Emory University (EUV), is the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia and the first and only in Georgia with a Magnet® designated ambulatory practice. We are made up of 11 hospitals-4 Magnet® designated, the Emory Clinic, and more than 425 provider locations. The Emory Healthcare Network, established in 2011, is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia, with more than 3,450 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties.

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at careers@emoryhealthcare.org. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.