3287 - Facilities Operative (Linen Room) in Barnsley

We are pleased to announce an opportunity has arisen within the Linen Room.

This role is for 20hrs per week Monday to Friday working hours will be 09.00 13.00.

Please get in contact if you wish to discuss this opportunity.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

As a new member of our Linen team, you will learn:

How the linen room operates and what impact it has on the rest of the hospital.

How to take receipt and sort Linen from our Laundry supplier and how the clean linen is distributed to wards and departments.

How to pack a linen transfer trolley.

How to assist with sorting and distributing clean uniforms across the hospital.

You will join a very loyal team with great teamwork who have worked together for several years and will make a new member of the team feel very welcome. It is a physical role but one that the team enjoy and thrive in as they provide a tremendous service to the hospital.

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility, please note that Level A entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

About us

BFS reserve the right to close the role early

Operating as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, BFS has over 40 years heritage in providing high quality estates, facilities, procurement services and Outpatient pharmaceutical services to the healthcare sector. With a turnover of over £50m per annum, we take pride in our people, the quality of our work and in making financial contributions back into the NHS, supporting our patients and staff to deliver front line patient services.

BFS are passionate about providing essential facilities and healthcare support services. Our highly skilled and experienced leading professionals take pride in what they do, delivering world-class services and best-in-class NHS standards.

We believe in our people, and our ethos is to put our customers and team at the heart of everything we do.

Our vision is to provide quality essential services, growing for the ultimate benefit of public healthcare and beyond.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of dealing with the public
• Experience of security procedures

Skills and abilities

• Be able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy and persuasive skills in emotive situations
• Able to use own initiative were the work is unpredictable
• Able to follow written procedures
• Helpful
• Forward thinker
• Pride in job
• Pride in appearance
• Strong team worker
• Caring attitude
• Desire to get the job done
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Mental effort required for short periods
• Good customer care skills

Values

• Please describe in around 100 words: What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important
• Please describe in around 100 words: What motivates you to do a good job?

Knowledge and Awareness

• Knowledge of Health and Safety
• Competency based training
• Understanding of the need for confidentiality
• Knowledge of Hospital environment
• General portering knowledge
• Knowledge of NHS procedures

Qualifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.