| Location | Madison, Wisconsin |
Get to know us:NOVO Health Services offers linen management solutions to the healthcare industry. NOVO Health keenly focuses on safety and infection control and provides its partner hospitals with a value-driven linen management control system that measures and monitors linen utilization by department to eliminate excess internal costs. NOVO's wide range of service programs offer a variety of options to provide a seamless, single source distribution system. NOVO's regional healthcare linen facilities are HLAC accredited and operate with state-of-the-art processing equipment and processes.
Primary Function: Inspect and feed linen into ironer; fold, bundle, and place on conveyors or carts..
Representative duties within department:
Small Flat Ironer. Two to six positions.
1.* Get a basket of linen from storage. Position basket in front of ironer.
2.* Feed linen into the ironer.
3.* Inspect for stains, tears, holes. Use reject control lever while feeding to reject item.
4.* Catchers set the category on the folder control.
5.* Catchers fold and/or stack items in bundles of 5, 10, 20, or 50.
6.* Catchers remove any items found with stains, tears, holes. Place rejects into piles or baskets.
7.* Move empty basket to storage.
Incidental Duties for position:
1.* Set the ironer speed and/or folder controls consistent with items being processed.
2.* Turn off equipment; remove jammed items.
3.* Watch/listen for equipment problems.
4.* Notify lead worker of equipment or linen problems.
Dry scrubs, hand folded. One to four positions.
1.* Move a cart of dry scrubs from storage to the sorting station.
2.* Remove item from cart.
3.* Inspect for stains, tears, holes; place rejects into proper basket.
4.* Fold item; place in bundles of ten according to size (color code).
5.* Load piles on conveyor directly, or hand to Lead Worker to load on conveyor.
Incidental Duties for position:
1.* Remove belts from pants. Bundle in .
2.* At end of day, cover baskets
3.* Notify lead worker of equipment or linen problems.
Large flat ironer. Five to ten positions.
1.* Dump the sling containing work onto table or position cart for feeding.
2.* Tie sling and release empty sling.
3.* Pull items out of cart or table and throw onto spreader with hems to the outside. Pace to match feeders.
4.* Center item in ironer. Keep leading edge straight.
5.* Inspect for stains, tears, holes. Use reject control lever while feeding to reject item.
6.* Catchers set the category on the folder control.
7.* Catchers fold and/or stack items in bundles of 10; move to conveyor.
8.* Catchers remove any items found with stains, tears, holes. Place rejects into piles or baskets.
Incidental Duties for position:
1.* Remove knots from jail sheets.
2.* Separate bedspreads according to color.
3.* Clean under machine after categories are changed.
4.* Remove mis-sorted linen and place in appropriate basket.
5.* Sort contours and ponchos into correct baskets.
6.* Set the ironer speed and/or folder controls consistent with items being processed.
7.* Patch holes in linen.
8.* Turn off equipment; remove jammed items.
9.* Watch/listen for equipment problems.
10.* Notify lead worker of equipment or linen problems.
Incidental duties for Department.
1.* Move rewash to soilsort.
2.* Move stain to scale, weigh and record, move stain to washroom.
3.* Move final stain to scale, weigh and record, vacuum final stain to mending.
4.* Move mending to scale, weigh and record, vacuum mending to mending.
5.* Rotate among work stations hourly, unless under medical restriction.
6.* May clean work area and equipment.
7.* Cover baskets to be processed for the next day
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