Linen Stores Assistant

📝 About the role

An entry-level linen post at Swartland Hospital in Malmesbury. You will collect and deliver linen to wards, sort and count linen and load it on and off trucks. A Code B driver's licence is required.

✅ Key duties

• Collect/ deliver either soiled/ clean linen with a trolley from and to wards
• Empty linen bags, sorting, counting, and cleaning area
• Load/ off load linen bags on and off truck and pack shelves in linen bank as well as packaging of linen for despatching
• Render a support service to supervisor/laundry component
• Assist with relief driver duties when necessary
• Wash, dry and iron small quantities of linen, clothing, and other textiles

🎓 Requirements

• minimum educational qualification: Basic literacy and numeracy skills
• Experience: Appropriate experience
• Inherent requirements of the job: Valid (Code B) driver’s license
• Ability to do physical hard work and stand for long hours
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good interpersonal relations with supervisor, colleagues, and the public
• Ability to function in a group
• Ability to read and write