Decontamination Support Assistant

Job overview

• To provide decontamination support to the Special Care Dental Service
• To take responsibility for the day to day running of the decontamination room
• To assist in the smooth and efficient running of the dental service

Main duties of the job

• To decontaminate dental instruments and equipment working to the services quality systems, policies, procedures and guidelines as required
• To clean dental instruments and dental equipment as required to manufacturers guidelines
• To clean dental instruments using the washer disinfector or ultra-sonic bath
• To sterilise dental instruments using autoclaves
• To pouch decontaminated dental instruments marking the “use by date” and store in accordance with HTM 01-05 guidelines
• To carry out daily equipment checks to adhere to health and safety and regulations and organising for prompt repair
• To document daily maintenance of machines and equipment as required
• To carry out all dental instruments and equipment tracking as required
• Comply with daily documentation of the decontamination of all equipment
• Be proactive in problem solving when equipment fails and be confident and competent when reporting any non-conformance
• To undertake administrative duties as required

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To deliver dental instruments and equipment for use to the dental surgeries in the clinic
• To collect dental instruments and equipment requiring decontamination from the dental surgeries within the clinic
• Ensure that the correct dental instruments and equipment are decontaminated for each dental surgery and that there is adequate supply to ensure that the lists run efficiently
• Follow process and procedure covering daily/weekly/monthly checks of all equipment
• To assist with the organising of general and periodic machine servicing and action accordingly
• To report when stock levels are low and monitor stock control
• To check sterilised dental instruments and equipment in store are within date and re-process non-compliant items
• To assist the dental nurse team with the set up and close down of surgeries including replenishing stock where low
• To assist in collecting and returning dental equipment to the area in which it is stored
• To have a full understanding of COSHH regulations , especially with regard to hazardous cleaning chemicals
• To ensure personal protective equipment is worn in all areas as specified in the infection control protocol
• To ensure Trust policies and procedures are adhered to