Laundry Assistant -West of Scotland Laundry

The West of Scotland Laundry are looking for a Laundry Assistant

The Purpose of the job is to fully support the objectives o the est 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.

Knowledge of laundry services and related procedures

• 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
• Working knowledge of Health & Safety including participation in risk assessing individual tasks
• Required to undertake on-the-job training and induction e.g. infection control in the laundry
• Undertake NHS Lanarkshire compulsory training
• Undertake mandatory Health Care Support Workers (HCSW) Standards
• Working knowledge of basic information technology
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to audit
• Ability to work with others as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment

Shift Pattern will be - Tues - Thurs 7am - 3:15pm/30, Fri 7am - 2:00/30, Sun 2245-0700/30

Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Alison Jamieson, 01698 687613

If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact jennifer.hughes@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

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