Job summary
- Main area
- Hotel Services Laundry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (11.30am-8.00pm Mon-Thu, 10.30am -7.00pm Fri)
- Job ref
- 190-0325-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £24,169 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/06/2025
Employer heading

Linen Service Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity to begin a career in the NHS.
We are looking to recruit multiple Linen Service Assistants to the Linen Services Department with full time hours available.
The service is looking for enthusiastic individuals to work within this very busy department who currently process in excess of 150,000 pieces of linen per week through the on-site Laundry at the Northern General Hospital.
The role requires the ability to operate large machinery used to process the linen used across the Trust.
The role also requires successful candidates to perform physically active daily tasks, in the provision of a cost effective and efficient linen service to all service users.
Physical demands associated with this position include general walking, lifting, carrying and sorting linen and can include continued standing while feeding linen items in to the equipment.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high quality, cost effective linen service, ensuring that the service provided meets the users demands.
To provide advice to service users and ensure adequate linen stocks are maintained.
Use of machinery to wash, iron and press linen.
Receiving soiled/infected linen on stillages.
Sorting linen.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English & Maths at Grade 3/D, or equivalent qualification/experience, or relevant experience that demonstrates competency to this level
- “Willingness to complete and achieve local training workbook and to achieve the required competencies in the following areas (this will be completed through local induction training, and competency based training and assessment to learn the full range of linen services): - linen services machinery and equipment including general use, and ensuring safe practices - infection control procedures for safe handling of soiled and infected materials - safe use and storage of chemicals and cleaning products and detergents - health and safety basic level training.”
Desirable criteria
- Basic Health & Safety Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Basic skills in the use of Microsoft Excel
- Data entry into spread sheets
- Experience of handling chemicals in a laundry or cleaning environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a commercial laundry
- Experience in use of industrial laundry equipment
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Reg Ramsden
- Job title
- Linen Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2714200
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