Overall Responsibility

Reporting to the House Keeping Supervisor, the Laundry Attendant job exists to provide laundry services including operating washing or dry-cleaning machines to clean, dry, press and fold cloth-ware at the Hospital.

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Prepare work-plans and schedules, allocate work to laundry staff and set laundry production
• Receive or collect used up linen for cleaning and record or classify it according to its sources from different wards and units of the hospital.
• Sort and classify and mark or tag dirty linen according to its source in the hospital, type, color and maintenance specifications for laundering.
• Determine spotting procedures and proper solvents, detergents and other cleaning materials based on fabric and stain types in the laundry unit.
• Operate and maintain washer, dryer, dry cleaning machine.
• Report any technical problems or deficiencies to manager or maintenance team.
• Use other cleaning procedures to clean and dry non-dry-cleanable linen in the laundry unit of the hospital.
• Collect cleaned and dried up linen, sort, press and pack according to its source and type.

Qualification and Requirements.

• Certificate in Housekeeping and Laundry services
• Minimum of one years’ experience in a similar environment
• Computer literacy
• Resilient and self-motivated.