Your New Role:
As a Laundry Team Leader, you will lead the day-to-day laundry function while working hands-on with your team. You will oversee workflow, ensure high-quality outcomes, and maintain a clean, safe, and efficient environment to support resident comfort and wellbeing.
What your new role looks like:
- Leading, coaching and supporting a team of 4 laundry staff to deliver high-quality outcomes
- Organising and overseeing daily laundry operations, including setting workflow priorities to meet operational needs
- Ensuring correct laundering techniques, chemicals, and processes are followed, and providing guidance to team members
- Maintaining a clean, organised and safe laundry environment at all times
- Performing regular quality checks on laundered items and addressing any quality concerns promptly
- Managing and responding to resident or family enquiries and complaints in a professional and warm manner
- Overseeing the handling of resident personal laundry, including sorting, labelling, tracking, and ensuring accurate return of items
- Coordinating facility linen distribution to ensure items are delivered to the correct areas in a timely manner
- Monitoring stock levels and ordering laundry supplies as required
- Ensuring laundry equipment is cleaned, maintained, and serviced as needed
- Supporting rostering and allocation of staff to shifts, including managing leave coverage and resourcing needs
- Completing required documentation, including damage or missing item reports
- Undertaking hands-on laundry duties including washing, drying, folding, stain removal, and minor clothing repairs such as sewing and mending
- Ensuring compliance with infection control, workplace health and safety, and organisational policies
About You:
Above all, you will align with our Values of Bold, Warm and Honest. You are an approachable leader who leads by example and takes pride in delivering quality service.
Does this sound like you?
If you’re seeking a role with real purpose, where you can lead a team and build meaningful relationships with residents – apply today.
Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all members of the community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and mature-aged applicants. To view our Reconciliation Action Plan, please visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/about-us/reconciliation-action-plan
