Main area Estates & Facilities Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
17 hours per week (Monday to Friday 3 x 3.5 hours per day 2 x 3.25 hours per day) Job ref 302-25-7369139E
Employer Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Town Wigan Salary £24,465 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/09/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 2
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Working with a flexible approach to aid as required in the busy linen room with sorting and distribution of linen to wards and departments within agreed timeframes.
The ability to receipt and audit goods efficiently and accurately is required. Operation of onsite laundry facilities for the washing and drying of baby items is also required in line with strict Infection Control guidelines.
The postholder may also be required to provide uniform measuring, fitting and issuing service to users.
Please be advised, applications are scored against the person specification, detailed in the job advert.
Candidates with highest scores will be invited to the interviews.
Please read the person specification and in your application (Supporting information section) please describe how do you meet these criteria for the role.
Main duties of the job
Accurately count, sort deliver and record the daily linen stock to wards and departments.
Launder soiled baby laundry as required.
Measure staff for uniform as required.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
· People at the Heart
· Listen and Involve
· Kind and Respectful
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information available by contacting covid-19.vaccine@wwl.nhs.uk where you can also ask about how to access vaccinations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Accurately count, sort, and record the daily linen delivery, record this against the delivery invoice and then pass the completed record to the Linen Supervisor.
* Out sort the Return to Sender linen items, bag up, prepare and allocate them to the relevant delivery trolley.
* Bag up the general linen by ward or department as indicated from daily ward stock checks and place the bags in the relevant delivery trolley.
* Update and complete the admin records for all activity.
* Measure staff for uniform using tact and diplomacy as appropriate to ensure that the correct size and/or style of uniform is issued.
* Prepare name labels for heat sealing to staff uniforms, curtains etc.
* Security-mark all items using heat seal irons before issuing them into use.
* Undertake duties within Linen Services using equipment provided, wherever prior training has been given, i.e. domestic washing machines/driers, labelling, irons, pillow sealing machine, sewing machine, overlocker, and Master Mover.
· De-bag and sort foul linen/clothing (baby wear) for washing in on site launderette.
* Undertake quality surveys on request by visiting locations as directed and speaking directly to staff, patients and other service users.
* At end of each working day do a clean flush through wash to disinfect machine as per Infection Control Guidelines and ensure this information is recorded for Audit purposes. Any other duties appropriate the role.
For a full detailed Job Description please see the attached document.
Person specification
Qualifications
* No formal qualifications required. An induction period, on the job instruction and additional training will be provided on use of specialist equipment/machinery, COSHH, manual handling and infection control
Experience
* No previous experience necessary, all training to be given
* Previous experience of working within a Linen Services environment
Skills
* Basic literacy & numeracy with accurate attention to detail
* Manual dexterity and coordination
* Ability to lift weights of up to 20kg
* Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with a range of people including patients and service users
* Ability to organise and prioritise day to day tasks
* Ability to be flexible in approach
Knowledge
* Manual handling knowledge
* Knowledge of hospital site and associated depts
* Knowledge of Infection Control guidelines
Additional
* Speak English to appropriate standard relevant to role ie with confidence and accuracy
* Ability to be flexible and provide cover for colleagues
* Partake in Bank Holiday rota in order to provide continuity of service for dept
Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.
The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.
We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.
Guidance on Completing Your Application
Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.
On-Call
Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.
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Name Carol Lythgoe Job title Senior Supervisor Email address Carol.lythgoe@wwl.nhs.uk Telephone number 0300 707 2252 Additional information
Lorraine Heaton, Contract Services Manager
Lorraine.heaton@wwl.nhs.uk
0300 707 4467
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