Laundry/linen Room Supervisor

Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Job 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 hospitalxe2x80x99s 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 Departmentxe2x80x99s needs.
  • Performs other duties as assigned and can carry out any other reasonable task set by the hospitalxe2x80x99s management.
  • 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.

Melomed Private Hospitals

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1410189
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned