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Job summary

Main area
Laundry
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
Job ref
275-0126-LA
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital Laundry
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£24,465 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/02/2026 08:00

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Medway NHS Foundation Trust logo

Laundry Assistant

Band 2

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Laundry Assistant

Division: Estates & Facilities 

Care Group: Soft FM 

Band: 2 

Salary: £24,465 per annum

Interview Date: 13th November 2024

We are recruiting for a Laundry Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The primary function of this role is to ensure the provision of clean linen to all departments.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Collection, sorting and categorising of soiled and clean linen in preparation for washing and finishing

Loading and unloading of washing machines and dryers, ensuring that all work processed is given the correct amount of time

Distribution of clean linen to the relevant departments, replenishing stocks as required

Ensure cleanliness of all equipment

Checking of detergents and notifying the appropriate staff member when they need ordering

To assist with cleaning duties as and when required

To undergo training as required

Ensure that safe working practises are maintained at all times and that duties are performed in accordance with Health & Safety, COSHH and other relevant statutory requirements

To read, understand and comply with all Laundry policies and procedures, applying the principles as appropriate to the role

To ensure mandatory training is completed

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A basic standard of Education required

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • A good understanding of Health & safety

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a similar environment
  • Working on own initiative as well as part of a team

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Good communication skills

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time when you have gone the extra mile to help someone

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tim Cowell
Job title
Senior Facilities Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 975987
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