Linen Assistant (27.5 hours) Oxford, England
Job description
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, reliable team player to join the Linen Services Team based at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals. The Linen Service provides a clean linen service to the John Radcliffe and Churchill sites and a clean uniform service across the entire Trust, and so requires a team plater who is physically fit and has a competent level of maths and English communication skills (including reading and writing).
You will need to be able to work on your own initiative, be able to prioritise and work under pressure, with good organisational skills and a positive and enthusiastic approach to work. In return, you can be part of a team who are committed to assisting with the delivery of clinical services by ensuring that the underpinning and essential support services provided by us are provided and maintained to the highest standard.
See information under Job Overview and the job description for further information on the main duties of the roles.
The Linen Services team are a close knit, friendly team of 13 staff who are committed to monitoring the use of linen on sites and ensuring that the delivery of clean linen to clinical areas meets the highest standards. Patient comfort and care is at the core of what we do and we strive to ensure that we are supporting the clinical teams in achieving this goal. All members of the team are encouraged to think actively about how services could be improved to be more efficient, reliable and patient centred, and you will have the opportunity to be part of this constantly evolving and expanding workforce in shaping future service provision.
Please see the attached job description for the full scope of the role.
Your main duties will include linen ward stock level management and delivery of clean linen items on a daily basis. You will also be expected to assist with receiving deliveries, keeping records of linen counts, recording items sent to and from the laundry service and completing on-site washing. You will also be expected to assist the Sewing Assistants with issuing uniform, keeping staff uniform records, logo stamping garments and other associated tasks.
Uniform will be provided.
