Description

• Manage overall daily operations of the Linen Room.
•  Ensure quality controls are in place for all  linen processes, rejecting any exceptions.
•  Responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the linen area.
•  Oversee in getting filled linen carts to designated areas.
•  Ensure a clean and tidy linen room at all times and report to the management if any items have been damaged (linen as well as equipment).
•  Report to the Hospital Manager in case any items need to be discarded or replenished.
•  Ensure that linen is properly stored and recorded.
•  Ensure that the proper procedure is followed when linen needs to be discarded.
•  Receive records and oversee sorting of clean linen items from laundry and arrange them properly on the shelves and racks.
•  Ensure team members adhere to all Health and Safety Regulations.
•  Keep and update the Laundry/linen productivity report daily.
•  Take linen that is spotted out and place it separately for re-washing or special treatments.
•  Any linen that is torn is placed separately and returned to the Laundry for repair.
•  Keeps linen for all different departments separate.
•  Oversee the issuing of linen via the hospital’s requisition system.
•  Attends and participates in in-service education classes, on-the-job training programs, etc.
•  Assists in standardizing the method in which laundry tasks will be performed.
•  Makes recommendations to the hospital Manager.
•  Manage customer service/patient concern issues quickly and effectively.
•  Carry out monthly stock takes as per management policy.
•  Assigns schedules and duties to laundry staff as per business needs.
•  Assists in determining staffing requirements necessary to meet the Laundry Department’s needs.
•  Performs other duties as assigned and can carry out any other reasonable task set by the hospital’s management.

Requirements

• Grade 12
• Computer literacy in using MS Office along with Outlook.
• Good command of written and spoken English communication skills, along with strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities are essential.
• You should have previous supervisory experiences within Housekeeping Department ,Computer literacy and previous experiences  an advantage.