Laundry and Domestic Assistant

Langworth Ward is an 18 bedded acute assessment ward for older adults experiencing complex BPSD. We are within the Older Persons and Frailty division and have been given the exciting opportunity to include an additional role to the ward.

We are recruiting a Laundry and domestic assistant ,Band 2, to join our team. We want people who are passionate and excited about working with people with dementia, who strive to deliver exceptional standards of care. The ward can be challenging, fast paced, it offers opportunities to support people at a transitional period of their life. We have the reputation of being welcoming, delivering excellent standards of care and working with high levels of compassion. We are proud of the positive and encouraging feedback we frequently receive from staff, students, patients, and carers.

Langworth Ward acknowledges that the quality of care is pivotal to the success of the ward, this relies on quality staff, we always strive to look for ways to improve and have recently completed several QI projects which have benefitted both staff and our people on the ward. We are committed to provide the support and training to ensure that all team members are equipped to work in a safe and supported way.

Main duties of the job

Duties of the job:

To ensure that patient's personal items and clothing are labelled and recorded on the ward property sheet on admission and during their stay.

To launder patients clothing who are admitted on to the ward using equipment provided.

To ensure patient's clothing is aired and that any minor repairs are attended to or reported.

To collect and distribute all laundry, taking special care that patient's clothes are returned correctly.

Loading and unloading of laundry into washing machine and dryers

To keep the laundry and drying areas in a clean and hygienic condition and to report any faulty equipment to housekeeping supervisor. Checking of detergent stock and notifying the housekeeping supervisors when they need ordering.

Distribution of clean linen, towels etc. to the stock cupboard, bathrooms and bedrooms as required.

Supporting with making up of beds as required from the ward. To complete mattress checks and report any damages observed. To support with the stocking of store cupboards when the deliveries are made to the ward from RDC and NHS supply chain.

To support housekeeping staff as required with the ordering of dry goods for the store cupboard.

To support with the ordering and stock control of continence wearables for the ward. To complete environment checks on the ward and report any issues as required.

To support ward staff with keeping the ward environment tidy.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

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