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Location

Rochdale, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

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Job description

Job Title: Linen Assistant

Salary/Band: 2

Speciality: Laundry Production

Care Organisation: NCA Pennine Acute - Oldham

Contract type and hours: Permanent position, Post 1 Rochdale- 37.5hrs per week, Mon-Friday 6.30am -2.30pm

Post 2 Bury - 24hrs, Mon - Thurs 8.0am-1.pm, Fri 8.0am-12noon.

Main purpose of the job:This job exists predominantly to pack and where appropriate deliver processed laundry of set quantities to Ward/Departments and other Customers of the Laundry Service in order to meet their linen requirements.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers websitecareers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Assist in the movement of such work either to the transport vehicle or to the Cages / Trollies for the Ward/Department to ensure that deliveries are made promptly and safely.

Identify and remove substandard items & used linen as found and redirect to rewash, repair or condemn as appropriate to maintain the quality of linen and service provided.

To record the number of items packed and issued to customers on a day to day basis, to enable traceability of work.

When required, to assess the amounts of linen to be issues to wards or departments in variance to the set quotas on the linen stock levels found or information supplied.

To respond to urgent ad-hoc requests for linen and to pack or distribute such linen as required to enable customers’ needs to be met.

Disinfection of laundry cages / Trollies between soiled, clean and deliveries to avoid cross infection of linen. During periods of low workflow the post holder will work in other areas of the Laundry / Linen Room as directed by the Linen Service management/Supervisory Team.

To undergo training when required if identified as appropriate by the Trust. Ensure that safe working practices are maintained at all times and that duties are performed in accordance with the Health & safety policy and other relevant statutory regulations.

The post holder will comply with the Trust Policy and management instruction with regard to health & safety and Fire Prevention and must not endanger themselves or others. To follow any other duties, which may be reasonably required by your Manager or Supervisor on an ad-hoc basis.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Mar 2024

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