The purpose of the job is to fully support the objectives of the West of Scotland Laundry (WoSL) to provide a cost effective and efficient, quality linen service to the WoSL Consortium (NHS Lanarkshire, Ayrshire & Arran, Dumfries & Galloway and State Hospital).
To ensure all required items are processed and delivered “on-time” and to the highest quality standards, whilst ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of all staff is paramount throughout.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
1. Knowledge of laundry services and related procedures.
2. Required to undertake on the job training and induction (this will generally take 4-6 weeks, depending on hours/days worked), to achieve full competency across a range of duties.
3. Working knowledge Health & Safety including participation in risk assessing individual tasks.
4. Required to undertake on the job training and induction e.g. infection control in the laundry.
5. Working knowledge of basic information technology.
6. Effective written and verbal communication skills.
7. Ability to audit.
8. Ability to work with others as part of a multi disciplinary team.
9. Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment.
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It would be great if you also have
1. SVQ2 in Laundry Operations or laundry workbook training.
2. Experience of working in a laundry environment or similar.
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in PSSD department within West of Scotland Laundry.
The working pattern for this role: Tues-Wed 0700-1515/30, Thurs 0700-1445/30, Fri 0700-1400/30, Sun 2245-0700/30.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
1. A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service.
2. A minimum of 8 days of public holidays.
3. Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits.
4. Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
5. Occupational health services.
6. Employee counselling services.
7. Work-life Balance policies and procedures.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack.
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