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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

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Step into health

Documents to download

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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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