Linen Assistant in Chesterfield

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Main area Linen Grade GRADE A Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 5.00pm hours to be agreed with the successful candidate) Hours Part time - 28 hours per week (6hrs Monday and Friday, Tues - 5 hours , Wed and Thur 5.5 hours) Job ref 166-DSFS-8287479

Site DSFS-Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £25,156 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 05/11/2026

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)

Main duties of the job

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.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• GCSE’s or equivalent, or equivalent experience (to include Maths and English)
• Manual handling training

Experience

• Service industry experience
• Knowledge of the hospital

Skills and Knowledge

• To understand basic instruction - there will be a 6 month training regime which will cover all requirements of the service provision.
• Demonstrate ability to work unsupervised
• To communicate effectively - need to communicate with colleagues at all levels as well as liaising with external suppliers to elevate issues relating to the provision of linen and trust owned items.
• The ability to use own initiative in appropriate circumstance
• Sewing skills

Personal Attributes

• Clean and tidy appearance
• Polite manner
• Flexible
• Ability to fulfil physically demanding activities
• Ability to work in a team
• An understanding of the importance of customer service

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

When DSFS Ltd are able to offer sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK), applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / crhft.dsfshumanresources@nhs.net and we will be happy to provide assistance.

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