Laundry Assistant PSSD

NHS National Services Scotland; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service provider in Scotland is seeking individuals to support the linen service for multiple NHS facilities. The role emphasizes quality processing and delivery, ensuring health and safety are prioritized. Candidates should possess knowledge of laundry procedures and effective communication skills. Training will be provided, and candidates with relevant experience are highly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Minimum of 27 days annual leave

Membership to NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Qualifications

• Knowledge of procedures in laundry services.
• Participation in Health & Safety risk assessments.
• Ability to carry out assigned tasks in a busy setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient linen service to healthcare facilities.
• Process items on-time and to high quality standards.
• Ensure health and safety standards for all staff.

Skills

Knowledge of laundry services

Health & Safety knowledge

Effective communication skills

Ability to work in a busy environment

Education

SVQ2 in Laundry Operations

Job description

The Role

The purpose of the job is to fully support the objectives of the West of Scotland Laundry (WoSL) to provide a cost effective and efficient, quality linen service to the WoSL Consortium (NHS Lanarkshire, Ayrshire & Arran, Dumfries & Galloway and State Hospital). To ensure all required items are processed and delivered “on-time” and to the highest quality standards, whilst ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of all staff is paramount throughout.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Knowledge of laundry services and related procedures
• Required to undertake on the job training and induction (this will generally take 4-6 weeks, depending on hours/days worked ), to achieve full competency across a range of duties
• Working knowledge Health & Safety including participation in risk assessing individual tasks
• Required to undertake on the job training and induction e.g. infection control in the laundry
• Undertake NHS Lanarkshire compulsory training
• Undertake mandatory Health Care Support Workers (HCSW) Standards
• Working knowledge of basic information technology
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to audit
• Ability to work with others as part of a multi disciplinary team
• Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment

It would be great if you also have

• SVQ2 in Laundry Operations or laundry workbook training
• Experience of working in a laundry environment or similar
• Experience using laundry equipment e.g. ironers, folders etc

Contract type

• Permanent
• Full time
• 30.4 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in PSSD within West of Scotland Laundry

The working pattern for this role

• Tuesday to Wednesday - 15.15pm-21.00pm
• Thursday 15.15pm-20.35pm
• Friday 14.00pm-19.45pm
• Sunday 22.45pm-07.00/30am

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Paul McCool, Deputy Head of Linen Services on [e-mail]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Carla Vargas, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]

Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

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Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

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Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.