Production Associate - Finishing Floor - 2nd shift

About the role

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.

• Get a basket of linen from storage. Position basket in front of ironer.
• Feed linen into the ironer.
• Inspect for stains, tears, holes. Use reject control lever while feeding to reject item.
• Catchers set the category on the folder control.
• Catchers fold and/or stack items in bundles of 5, 10, 20, or 50.
• Catchers remove any items found with stains, tears, holes. Place rejects into piles or baskets.
• Move empty basket to storage.

Incidental Duties for position

• Set the ironer speed and/or folder controls consistent with items being processed.
• Turn off equipment; remove jammed items.
• Watch/listen for equipment problems.
• Notify lead worker of equipment or linen problems.

Dry scrubs, hand folded. One to four positions.

• Move a cart of dry scrubs from storage to the sorting station.
• Remove item from cart.
• Inspect for stains, tears, holes; place rejects into proper basket.
• Fold item; place in bundles of ten according to size (color code).
• Load piles on conveyor directly, or hand to Lead Worker to load on conveyor.

Incidental Duties for position

• Remove belts from pants. Bundle in.
• At end of day, cover baskets

Large flat ironer. Five to ten positions.

• Dump the sling containing work onto table or position cart for feeding.
• Tie sling and release empty sling.
• Pull items out of cart or table and throw onto spreader with hems to the outside. Pace to match feeders.
• Center item in ironer. Keep leading edge straight.
• Catchers fold and/or stack items in bundles of 10; move to conveyor.

Incidental Duties for position

• Remove knots from jail sheets.
• Separate bedspreads according to color.
• Clean under machine after categories are changed.
• Remove mis-sorted linen and place in appropriate basket.
• Sort contours and ponchos into correct baskets.
• Patch holes in linen.
• Turn off equipment; remove jammed items.
• Watch/listen for equipment problems.

Incidental duties for Department.

• Move rewash to soilsort.
• Move stain to scale, weigh and record, move stain to washroom.
• Move final stain to scale, weigh and record, vacuum final stain to mending.
• Move mending to scale, weigh and record, vacuum mending to mending.
• Rotate among work stations hourly, unless under medical restriction.
• May clean work area and equipment.
• Cover baskets to be processed for the next day

What we can offer you as a full-time associate

• Competitive pay
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off Program (PTO)
• 401(k) w/Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Programs
• Basic Life/AD&D Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD)