Linen Assistant in Chesterfield

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the dedicated DSFS Linen Team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. This small but passionate team provides daily linen, curtain, and uniform services across the Trust. The role involves handling both sterile and non-sterile linen, as well as curtain provision.

Applicants should be computer literate or willing to learn, as the role includes administrative tasks. Physical fitness is essential due to the demanding nature of the role, which includes lifting, pushing, bending, walking, and use of the master mover.

Successful candidates must be flexible and willing to learn internal processes, documentation, receipting, and distribution. Full training will be provided. All reasonable operational requests to support service delivery and meet Trust expectations must be followed.

DSFS builds on strong NHS foundations with a dynamic, commercial approach.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract part time role (28 hours/week):

• 6 hrs Mon and Fri (7:00am–1:00pm)
• Tue, 5 hours (7:30am–12.30pm)
• Wed & Thu: 5.5 hrs (7:30am–1:00pm)

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The linen assistant will be responsible for delivering linen provisions to the Trust via cage movement and stock cupboards at ward level and in suites/clinics. The role is responsible for taking receipt of the delivery from an external supplier for linen and sterile, delivery of linen both general and sterile and completion of all relative information to all processes around the service. Additional tasks may include stock control, data collection, ordering and emailing / speaking with suppliers.

The attached job description and person specification includes further information around the job responsibilities.

Additional duties include :

Maintaining cleanliness of the Linen Distribution Centre

Changing of curtains throughout the Hospital when required.

The applicant will need to be computer literate or have the desire to learn.

The role is physically demanding and will include lifting, pushing, bending and walking including

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 700 staff in Facilities, Estates, Procurement, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.