Bank SSD Assistant

Bank Sterile Services Assistant | Theatre | Competitive Hourly Rate | Flexible Working | Brighton, Hove

The Montefiore Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Sterile Service Assistant (SSD) to join our flexible staff bank. This role will support our Theatre Team at Spire Portsmouth Hospital on an as and when basis.

The Montefiore Hospital is a premium provider of private healthcare in Hove- East Sussex. We practice some of the most advanced treatments with the latest generation imaging and diagnostic technology. This means we can offer everything from screening, rehabilitation and cutting-edge surgical procedures across a variety of specialist treatments which are all delivered through our expert and caring clinical teams.

Duties and responsibilities;

• Undertake routine tasks related to individual’s health and well-being.
• Checking correct instruments are on trays pre and post decontamination.
• Pack linen/instruments/consumables for sterilisation.
• Complete tracking systems accurately.
• Monitor repairs of instruments
• Checking functioning of sterilising and decontamination equipment according to manufacturer’s instructions
• Physical tasks including heavy lifting will also be required.

Who we're looking for

• Good communication skills.
• Qualification in Decontamination is desirable but not essential.
• Basic awareness of health & safety and hygiene.
• Mandatory training including infection control (Desirable)
• Decontamination and equipment and medical devices competences (Desirable)
• Equipment and medical devices competence (Desirable)

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
• Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people