Job summary
Employer heading
Linen Service Assistant
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
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 player 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.
Main duties of the job
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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.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
LINEN SERVICES
BAND 2 LINEN ASSISTANT
PART TIME: 27.5 hours per week
The required hours are Monday - Friday 07:00-13:00, but this can be discussed with the option for adjustment. There may be shift rotation between the John Radcliffe and Churchill sites.
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.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Good general standard of education with basic literacy and numeracy skills
- Previous experience working in a manual handling role
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to relate and communicate with people on all levels
- Competent written and spoken level of English
- Flexible and adaptable
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to prioritise workload
- Able to work on own initiative
- Physically fit
Desirable criteria
- Prior training in Health & Safety, Manual Handling and Fire Safety (training will be provided)
- Previous experience working in a hospital and/or linen service environment
- Smart appearance
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Simpson
- Job title
- Deputy Linen Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865220177
- Additional information
Please contact between Monday - Friday 10:00-14:00
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