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Linen Stores AssistantCeres Hospital
Cape Winelands District
Closes Friday 20 November 2026 at 17:00
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Linen stores assistant at Ceres Hospital in the Cape Winelands District. Suits people with basic literacy and numeracy, some laundry experience, and physical fitness for heavy lifting.
- Collect dirty and infected linen from the wards each day and bring it to the linen bank.
- Deliver clean linen to the wards and sort, count and sluice dirty linen before it goes to the Central Laundry.
- Must have basic numeracy and literacy and appropriate experience in general laundry work.
- Must be physically fit, able to hear and speak clearly, and willing to work overtime, weekends and public holidays when needed.
- Based at Ceres Hospital, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape.
Generated by claude-haiku-5-5 from the text below; it may be wrong or incomplete. Original wording, page 210 (opens in new tab)
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.
Duties
- 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.
How to apply
Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).
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Enquiries
Mr. WJ Owen Tel No: (023) 316-9601
Notes from the department
No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.
As printed in Circular 40 of 2026 · page 210 · open the PDF (opens in new tab)
POST 40/245: LINEN STORES ASSISTANT Cape Winelands District SALARY: R144 024 per annum CENTRE: Ceres Hospital 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. DUTIES: 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. ENQUIRIES: Mr. WJ Owen Tel No: (023) 316-9601 NOTE: No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.