We are currently recruiting Laundry Assistants on a temporary basis to work within the public sector.
We are seeking motivated and reliable Laundry Assistants to join our teams in healthcare facilities across Kerry.
This role supports the delivery of high-quality healthcare services by ensuring that linens, uniforms, and patient garments are cleaned, processed, and distributed to the highest hygiene standards.
Laundry Assistants play a vital role in maintaining infection prevention standards within hospitals, community healthcare facilities, and residential care settings
Salary and Hours
Competitive Salary
Weekdays and Weekends
Responsibilities:
- Manage the daily operations of the Laundry department.
- Ensure quality controls are in place for all laundry processes.
- Maintain a high standard of Hygiene and cleanliness in the laundry as per Hospital
- policies regarding hygiene, infection control, health and safety and the safe handling of dirty and clean linen.
- Clean/disinfect linen trolleys after they returned to the laundry.
- Ensure linen/scrubs and housekeeping supplies are ordered and controlled.
- Take receipt of stock and ensure safe storage.
- Complete a morning count of linen/scrubs on all wards and document.
- If for any reason after the count some areas have an excess of linen share it to other areas.
- Ensure linen bins are delivered to wards before 9am each morning and returned with dirty linen before 10.30pm.
- Ensure all dirty linen bags are tied off and not overflowing and placed in cages for the contract laundry driver.
- On receipt of clean linen, fill bins for following morning delivery.
- Liaise with porter/security for the collection and delivery of linen to all wards.
- Manage/Liaise with seamstress in relation to stock control and stamping of new linen.
- Throughout the day be available to deal with phone calls and walk in enquiries from all areas and laundry specials.
- Know the process of dealing with laundry specials.
- Correspond with laundry in Laundry Services provider on any issues that may occur.
Key Requirements:
- Have attained such standard of education as would enable him/her to discharge the duties of the post satisfactorily
- Possess a competent level of spoken and written English to compile HIQA documents.
- Have relevant 2 year recent employment (within the last five years) working in a laundry/cleaning environment in the health care sector or hospitality sector.
- Demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.
If you’re interested in finding out more about the above role and would like to be considered other suitable roles that we may have available for your skill set – please attach your CV via the link provided
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If you are living in Ireland and hold a VALID WORK PERMIT, we would love to hear from you, if however, you do not hold a valid work permit unfortunately we will not be in a position to assist you with your job search.
Osborne are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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