# Linen Service Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/linen-service-assistant/d92d129c-3673-4793-beb7-c977e99a866a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/linen-service-assistant/d92d129c-3673-4793-beb7-c977e99a866a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 pa/pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T23:05:40.032Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Hotel_Services_Laundry/Hotel_Services_Laundry-v8250265 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250265?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you looking for a role that offers regular working hours, a supportive working environment and the opportunity to contribute to the success of one of the country’s most cherished institutions? Sheffield Teaching Hospitals currently has openings in the Linen Services department on the 11.30 am – 8pm shift at the Northern General Hospital for individuals who are dedicated team players that care about the importance of their job. Working days are Monday to Friday with the occasional Bank Holiday required. The hospital laundry is a busy unit processing 150,000 items of hospital linen each week providing an essential service to the patients and clinical staff working in Sheffield’s Hospitals. Successful candidates will need to be physically capable of meeting hourly production targets as well as being comfortable handling used, hospital linen, with some vaccinations required for this part of the process. The laundry is a semi-automated facility with high volume processing equipment. Full training is provided and staff are rotated around all the different processes on a regular basis. ### Main duties of the job - Sorting linen into different categories – sheets, pillowcase, towels. - Loading and unloading washing machines and tumble driers. - Feeding linen into industrial ironers and folding machines. - Counting and packing linen into deliveries for wards and theatres. - Moving cages and stillages within the laundry. - Completing all mandatory training. - Receiving soiled/infected linen on stillages. - Sorting linen. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. Selection Process Those who meet the required standards on their application form will be invited to an assessment morning which will include an interview, team exercise, basic Maths and English test and a tour of the laundry. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Data entry into spread sheets - Experience of handling chemicals in a laundry or cleaning environment - Basic skills in the use of Microsoft Excel **Desirable** - Experience in a commercial laundry - Experience in use of industrial laundry equipment ### Other Factors **Essential** - Flexible to meet the needs of the service ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE English & Maths at Grade 3/D, or equivalent qualification/experience, or relevant experience that demonstrates competency to this level - “Willingness to complete and achieve local training workbook and to achieve the required competencies in the following areas (this will be completed through local induction training, and competency based training and assessment to learn the full range of linen services): - linen services machinery and equipment including general use, and ensuring safe practices - infection control procedures for safe handling of soiled and infected materials - safe use and storage of chemicals and cleaning products and detergents - health and safety basic level training.” **Desirable** - Basic Health & Safety Training ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562468) - [person specification (pdf, 296.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562469) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.