Linen Stores Assistant

About the role

The Department of Health and Wellness (Western Cape) is hiring a Linen Stores Assistant, based in Ceres Hospital. This is a permanent post, paying R144,024 a year. Cape Winelands District How to apply: Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”). Closing date: 20 November 2026, 17:00PM Use the new Z83 form and attach a detailed CV. Note: No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness, hygienic and safe environment.
• Provide a supporting service to the supervisor.
• Daily collection of dirty, fouled and infected linen (in bags) from wards to the linen bank.
• Delivering of clean linen to the wards.
• Daily sorting, counting and sluicing of dirty linen prior to transfer of linen to Central Laundry.
• Daily issuing, unpacking and checking of clean linen.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: Basic numeracy and literacy.
• Experience: Appropriate experience in general laundry functions.
• Inherent requirements of the job
• Willingness to work overtime, e.g. after- working hours, weekends and public holidays when operational needs require
• Perform hard physical tasks, e.g. pushing heavy linen trolleys to and from the linen bank and wards
• Competencies (knowledge/skills)
• Physically fit and be able to hear and speak clearly
• Perform basic routine tasks in the linen bank under supervision
• Ability to sort, sluice and count linen of dirty and fouled linen
• Knowledge of stock and infection control