Linen Room Assistant

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a linen room assistant to join the busy Freeman Hospital linen team. You will ensure wards and departments receive daily deliveries of good quality clean linen and manage stock to meet demand.

Working 8am to 12:30pm, Monday to Friday, you will organise, count and stock linen, respond to shortages, and support duties across the linen room and laundry operations.

Qualifications

• Literate - basic education.
• Understanding of Linen Room/Laundry procedures.
• Understanding of Health and Safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily deliveries of clean linen to wards and departments.
• Organise, check, store and issue clean linen.
• Count and record daily linen stock deliveries from Laundry.
• Organise and prioritise day-to-day tasks and respond to shortages.
• Operate Uniform Issue Service and Dry Cleaning Service.

Skills

Good communication

Education

Basic education

Job description

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

Do you want to be part of a dynamic, fast paced and motivational team ?

An opportunity has arisen to be part of our busy linen room within the Freeman Hospital.

As a linen room assistant you will ensure that all wards, departments, theatres and any other area requiring linen, are provided with daily deliveries of good quality clean linen, whilst ensuring that the agreed quantity and mix of linen are delivered.

Hours of the post will be 8am to 12.30pm Monday to Friday

Main duties of the job

Prioritise demands from users of the service.

Organise, checking, storage and issue of clean linen to end users

Ensure daily linen supplies are packed and sorted for distribution to wards / departments

Counting and recording of daily linen stock deliveries from Laundry.

Participate in linen counts and stock checks on wards and departments as and when required.

Ensuring that newly purchased linen is appropriately marked before it is put into circulation.

Organise and prioritise own day-to-day tasks.

Use initiative in response to emergency situations regarding linen supplies or shortages.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To ensure that all wards, departments, theatres and any other area requiring linen, are provided with daily deliveries of good quality clean linen, whilst ensuring that the agreed quantity and mix of linen are delivered.
Provide Uniform Issue Service, including operation of Dry Cleaning Service.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Literate - basic education
• Understanding of Linen Room/Laundry procedures
• Understanding of Health and Safety

Skills

• Good communication skills, must be able to communicate with other members of Trust staff

Experience

• Previous NHS experience

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.