Laundry Aide

at  SE Health

MAKE AN IMPACT ON SENIORS HEALTH!

We provide care and independence to our residents, using a client- and family-centered approach that incorporates the most current research into practice. When you choose to join SE Health, you become part of a diverse and collaborative care team where you’ll apply your skills – and your heart – to provide services that support our residents to live and age well. You’ll make a difference in their lives, and they’ll make a difference in yours! This position would be for our facility in Calgary Millrise Seniors Living located at 14911 5 Street SW Calgary, Alberta, T2Y 5B9: https://seniorsliving.sehc.com/locations/millrise
Status: Casual

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?

• Develop yourself with SE. We have education bursaries, Tuition Assistance Programs, continuing education, training, and professional development to support your life-long learning. You’ll benefit from our orientation, mentorship, and coaching programs. And our leadership team will support you to practice to full scope, to integrate the most current evidence into your practice, and are fully available to you 24x7 to support you in delivering the best possible care to your patients.
• Empowerment. At our facilities, our nurses are provided with a full degree of autonomy of practice, provide clinical leadership to our multi-disciplinary team every day, and are supported with leading-edge training related to Palliative and aging.
• Grow your career. SE health is a large national organization with diverse healthcare business lines. You’ll have an opportunity – and will be supported – to do different types of roles in different locations if that is what you’re interested in. Or you can pivot to supporting or leadership positions where you can use your nursing skills to contribute and make an impact in different ways.
• Innovative. At SE we are always looking for new innovative ways to improve. You’ll be encouraged and supported to identify and make improvements to the way we do our work. As a social enterprise we support research into Senior’s Health and Aging. You’ll have the ability to be part of this research firsthand, to learn from it, and will be supported to integrate that research into your practice.
• Competitive compensation . Our Total Rewards package includes a competitive salary, group benefits, RRSP pension, and exclusive perks/discounts available only to SE Health staff.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Support Service Manager and/or designate, the dedicated Laundry Aide will help maintain a safe and welcoming environment for our residents. In this role, you will be responsible for collecting soiled laundry from each of our buildings, transporting the laundry carts to the laundering facility, washing and drying the laundry in commercial machines, folding the clean laundry, and distributing them as appropriate to residents. There is a high volume of laundry that must be handled promptly, so you need to be able to work in a fast-paced environment.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• A high school diploma or equivalent (preferred)
• Familiarity with efficient washing methods
• Proficiency with laundering equipment and tools
• Hardworking and efficient

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to demonstrate professionalism in providing quality services to residents.
• Ability to take direction, follow instruction, and learn procedures.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of the team.
• Must be able to lift a maximum of 25 kg or 55 lb, push, pull, stretch, reach, crouch and kneel as needed.
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and orally in English.

Include but not limited to:

• Gather and transport soiled laundry from all buildings to the laundry facility
• Wash and dry laundry
• Fold all clean laundry and distribute to residents
• Keep accurate records of linens
• Notify management of any issues with equipment