Barnsley Facilities Services

3287 - Facilities Operative (Linen Room)

The closing date is 20 August 2025

Job summary

Interview Date: W/C 25th August 2025

We are pleased to announce an opportunity has arisen within the Linen Room.

This role is for 20hrs per week Monday to Friday working hours will be 09.00 13.00 or we can accommodate 09.30 13.30 each day.

Please get in contact if you wish to discuss this opportunity - paul.haytree@nhs.net

We look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

As a new member of our Linen team, you will learn to:

How the linen room operates and what impact it has on the rest of the hospital

Take receipt and sort Linen from our Laundry supplier and how the clean linen is distributed to wards and departments

How to pack a linen transfer trolley

Also assist with sorting and distributing of clean uniforms across the Hospital

Great teamwork and a very loyal team who have worked together for several years and will make a new member of the team feel very welcome

It is a physical role but one that the team enjoy and thrive in as they provide a tremendous service to the Hospital

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility, please note that Level A entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

About us

BFS Reserve the right to close a position early

Operating as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, BFS has over 40 years heritage in providing high quality estates, facilities, procurement services and Outpatient pharmaceutical services to the healthcare sector. With a turnover of over £50m per annum, we take pride in our people, the quality of our work and in making financial contributions back into the NHS, supporting our patients and staff to deliver front line patient services.

BFS are passionate about providing essential facilities and healthcare support services. Our highly skilled and experienced leading professionals take pride in what they do, delivering world-class services and best-in-class NHS standards.

We believe in our people, and our ethos is to put our customers and team at the heart of everything we do.

Our vision is to provide quality essential services, growing for the ultimate benefit of public healthcare and beyond.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,638 a year pro/rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

M9163-3287i-08-25

Job locations

Gawber Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description for Facilities Operative in the Linen Room

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description for Facilities Operative in the Linen Room

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

  • Knowledge of Health and Safety
  • Mental effort required for short periods

Desirable

  • Knowledge of NHS procedures
  • Knowledge of Hospital environment

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of dealing with the public

Desirable

  • Experience of security procedures
  • Shift work experience
  • Previous linen room experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 2 / functional skills or willing to working towards equivalent
  • Literacy skills
  • Numeracy skills
  • Competency based training

Values

Essential

  • In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
  • In around 100 words please describe what motivates you to do a good job.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Be able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy and persuasive skills in emotive situations
  • Able to use own initiative were the work is unpredictable
  • Manual dexterity
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Able to follow written procedures
  • Helpful
  • Forward thinker
  • Pride in job
  • Pride in appearance
  • Strong team worker
  • Caring attitude
  • Desire to get the job done
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Understanding of the need for confidentiality
  • Good customer care skills
Person Specification

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

  • Knowledge of Health and Safety
  • Mental effort required for short periods

Desirable

  • Knowledge of NHS procedures
  • Knowledge of Hospital environment

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of dealing with the public

Desirable

  • Experience of security procedures
  • Shift work experience
  • Previous linen room experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 2 / functional skills or willing to working towards equivalent
  • Literacy skills
  • Numeracy skills
  • Competency based training

Values

Essential

  • In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
  • In around 100 words please describe what motivates you to do a good job.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Be able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy and persuasive skills in emotive situations
  • Able to use own initiative were the work is unpredictable
  • Manual dexterity
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Able to follow written procedures
  • Helpful
  • Forward thinker
  • Pride in job
  • Pride in appearance
  • Strong team worker
  • Caring attitude
  • Desire to get the job done
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Understanding of the need for confidentiality
  • Good customer care skills

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Facilities Services

Address

Gawber Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP


Employer's website

https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Facilities Services

Address

Gawber Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP


Employer's website

https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Facilities

Paul Haytree

paul.haytree@nhs.net

07752700155

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,638 a year pro/rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

M9163-3287i-08-25

Job locations

Gawber Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP


Supporting documents

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