Job summary
Assistant Laundry Manager
Division: Estates & Facilities
Care Group: Soft FM
Band: 5
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Week Commencing 30th September 2025
We are recruiting for a Assistant Laundry Manager who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
To assist in the leadership and technical management of the Medway NHS Foundation Trusts Laundry & Linen services ensuring a high quality, efficient and customer focused services that meets all of the internal and external customer requirements.
Maintain the agreed standards in the service whilst having operational responsibility for Staff, budgets and KPI control. and Assist in the management, planning, organisation and administration of the services.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Working for your organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Delivery of a safe, high quality and cost-effective Laundry/ Linen service and to maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
Ensure quality and quantity of Linen produced meets HTM 01-04 standards.
Ensure safe working practices and compliance with Trust/National policies/legislation e.g. Health & safety, COSHH safety regulations and ISO standards.
Provide advice to our service users, keeping stock levels at optimum levels, ensuring that Trust policies and departmental SOPs are adhered too.
Provided leadership and management to the Laundry Team & in all aspects of Trust Laundry/ Linen Services Including responsibility for daily production.
Assist the estates management team in ensuring that laundry equipment is maintained in line with PPM schedules and materials comply with specified standards.
Liaise and work with the Trusts Infection Control team, ensuring appropriate policy compliance where appropriate.
Ensure efficient/effective Laundry/Linen service with appropriate record/administrative systems.
To assist in the management of financial and non-financial resources in accordance with expected performance standards via appropriate monitoring and benchmarking mechanisms e.g. ERIC, PLACE, PAM etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Delivery of a safe, high quality and cost-effective Laundry/ Linen service and to maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
Ensure quality and quantity of Linen produced meets HTM 01-04 standards.
Ensure safe working practices and compliance with Trust/National policies/legislation e.g. Health & safety, COSHH safety regulations and ISO standards.
Provide advice to our service users, keeping stock levels at optimum levels, ensuring that Trust policies and departmental SOPs are adhered too.
Provided leadership and management to the Laundry Team & in all aspects of Trust Laundry/ Linen Services Including responsibility for daily production.
Assist the estates management team in ensuring that laundry equipment is maintained in line with PPM schedules and materials comply with specified standards.
Liaise and work with the Trusts Infection Control team, ensuring appropriate policy compliance where appropriate.
Ensure efficient/effective Laundry/Linen service with appropriate record/administrative systems.
To assist in the management of financial and non-financial resources in accordance with expected performance standards via appropriate monitoring and benchmarking mechanisms e.g. ERIC, PLACE, PAM etc.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ management level 5 or equivalent operational management experience in Laundry and Linen services and production.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable use of NHS management procedures
- Proven experience of managing/co-coordinating laundry provisions.
- Knowledge of safe working practices and compliance with Trust/National policies/legislation e.g. Health & safety, COSHH safety regulations.
- Have knowledge of HTM 01- 04 standards
- Understanding and compliance with Data Protection Act
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a leadership role
- Experience of managing a Laundry
- Experience of influencing and changing practice
- Experience of dealing with, managing and solving routine problems within a team in a timely manner
- Experience of motivating others to achieve team objectives
Skills
Essential
- Ability to multi-task, prioritising work and meeting tight deadlines.
- Excellent organisation skills
- Influencing and negotiation skills
- Computer literate, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ management level 5 or equivalent operational management experience in Laundry and Linen services and production.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable use of NHS management procedures
- Proven experience of managing/co-coordinating laundry provisions.
- Knowledge of safe working practices and compliance with Trust/National policies/legislation e.g. Health & safety, COSHH safety regulations.
- Have knowledge of HTM 01- 04 standards
- Understanding and compliance with Data Protection Act
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a leadership role
- Experience of managing a Laundry
- Experience of influencing and changing practice
- Experience of dealing with, managing and solving routine problems within a team in a timely manner
- Experience of motivating others to achieve team objectives
Skills
Essential
- Ability to multi-task, prioritising work and meeting tight deadlines.
- Excellent organisation skills
- Influencing and negotiation skills
- Computer literate, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
