Casual Laundry Attendant - Devonshire Seniors Community

Company : Park Place Seniors Living

Job Type : Contract

Edmonton, Ab

Number of Applicants

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Job Description - Casual Laundry Attendant - Devonshire Seniors Community

Closing Date: February 10, 2026 at 0900H

POSITION AVAILABLE – Laundry Attendant
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – Casual
WAGE RATE - Dependant on Qualified Experience

JOB SUMMARY:
As a valued interdisciplinary team member, the Laundry Attendant, under the direction of the Support Services Supervisor, collects, sorts, launders and returns laundry to source in the Home including Resident and site laundry, following infection prevention and control guidelines and laundry equipment procedure. Treats Residents with dignity and demonstrates an attitude of caring. The Laundry Attendant ensures a commitment to Resident safety and to our “culture of safety” as per Park Place Strategic Directions.
TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Duties and Responsibilities may include all or some of the following responsibilities depending on the size of the home and may be combined with another Job Title if applicable.
1. Collects soiled linens as required (including Residents’ personal laundry, bed and flat linens, kitchen linens), sorts, washes and dries following laundry equipment instructions and delivers folded and sorted clean linens back to source as per Home’s procedure.
2. Within the laundry room, follows ‘dirty’ and ‘clean’ protocols to meet all infection and prevention policy and procedure guidelines to prevent clean laundry contamination.
3. Ensures laundry equipment is clean and reports any equipment needing repair to the supervisor, Maintenance and/or the Site Leader.
4. Understands and uses Infection Prevention and Control Park Place procedures and Universal Precautions in handling body fluid.
5. Assists in the orientation and sharing information with new employees, students, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
6. Participates in continuous quality improvement and program evaluation activities, education sessions, team conferences, meetings, and committees.
7. Assists Residents in preventing and/or finding lost laundry.
8. Maintains a safe environment for Residents, significant others, and employees by adhering to established safety policies, standards and procedures including emergency procedures and infection control guidelines. Reports unsafe conditions and malfunctioning equipment to the manager.
9. Performs other related duties as assigned.

HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible to read, understand and comply with Park Place’s and provincially mandated
Occupational Health and Safety policies and safe work practices
Involved in all aspects of the Health and Safety Program including:
Uses safe work procedures
Promotes health and safety policy and awareness
Makes safety suggestions
Reads OHS minutes posted
Responsible to take every reasonable precaution to protect the safety of Residents, self, other
workers, and the public
Reports any near miss, injury, accident, or equipment damage to supervisor immediately and
completes required reports
Corrects and/or reports unsafe conditions
Sets a good example

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Grade 8
facility cleaning experience an asset
equivalences may be considered

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
Ability to organize work
Ability to operate related equipment
Ability to work in teams collaboratively and communicate with others in a respectful manner
Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position

EQUIPMENT USED:

Computer, facsimile, and photocopier

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Must, on a daily basis, be able to:

stand, lift, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, climb ladders, use stairwells, operate self-powered
equipment
carry up to 9.1kg, push/pull object of 23kg
look over both shoulders, use both arms at full length, works with arms above the shoulders
use vibrating tools
have full use of both hands
work in hot environment
walk 330ft/90m. or longer distances on even surfaces.

HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS – ENVIRONMENT:
Physical: Strain on shoulder, neck and back, eye strain, cuts and scrapes, electrical shock
Environmental: Draught, dust exposure, working alone situation, exposure to temperatures
Chemical: Chemical exposure
Biological: Exposure to communicable diseases, i.e. colds, influenza, GI.
Radiation: Light exposure
High Risk Element: Inhalation, slips/trip/falls and ergonomics related to building and equipment maintenance
Psychological Demands: requires average problem solving, flexibility in dealing with residents, co-workers and families. Must be able to carry out detailed instructions and procedures regarding work routines. Must be able to meet deadlines and other non planned workplace demands. e.g.: discharges, spill cleanup.
SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES:
The Housekeeping Aide (HKA) position require an individual to:

Be well groomed, adhere to the care centre's dress code policy
Be a team player and work in a constructive manner with co-workers and other departments
Must be in good health and free from communicable diseases, physically able to perform repetitive tasks, lift, squat, bend, stand and walking as required to perform the duties of the position.
Promotes, encourages and demonstrates excellent customer relations and consistently shows courtesy, caring, understanding, compassion and respect for residents, families, visitors, co-workers and volunteers.
Ability to demonstrate tact, diplomacy, empathy, patience and concern in providing quality services to residents.

OTHER:

A current and satisfactory Criminal Records Check is required for all new employees
Demonstrates an awareness of accident and injury prevention
Adheres to safe work practices and procedures;
Promotes and fosters our workplace Health and Safety Program a safe environment for co-workers, residents, families, visitors and volunteers
Responsible for maintaining self-wellness and reduced absenteeism

A CURRENT AND CLEAR CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK IS REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW EMPLOYEES

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