Job overview
Our department is looking for keen motivated individuals to join our busy team of Floor Managers and Technicians in preparing medical devices and associated equipment for daily use.
Technicians will be trained to carefully wash, pack & inspect all ranges of medical devices before being sterilized and processed for surgery.
Full training in decontamination, sterilisation, and quality management will be given to successful applicants.
It is essential that applicants have good communication skills, excellent attention to detail and can work under their own initiative.
Main duties of the job
You will be introduced to the identification, classification and inspection of reusable medical devices.
Will also cover reprocessing of specialist equipment as well as repairs and maintenance.
Used returned medical devices must be regarded as a potential infectious hazard to handlers including decontamination service personnel.
You will also cover the receipt, sorting and preparation of returned reusable medical devices for cleaning and disinfection.
You will learn the activities that you either perform yourself, or the measures you need to take to protect the medical devices that you are handling and preparing for the wash cycle.
You will gain knowledge and information on function testing, inspection and assembly of reusable medical devices, covering packaging, selection and application of packing materials, requirements for sealing and labelling of packages.
You will familiarise yourself with records and documentation that is required.
Further into the training you will cover the sterilisation of reusable medical devices.
You will learn about different sterilisation methods, equipment used, test regimes and post sterilisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role.
Person specification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work to high standards under pressure.
- Ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety.
- Always demonstrates a professional manner. Ability to work on own initiative.
- Demonstrates logical thinking to help troubleshooting.
- Passionate
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties
- Able to cope with exposure to blood and body fluids
- Able to wear PPE
- Abilities to carry out duties including pushing /manoeuvring trolleys weighing up to 300Kg, manual handling of sets weighing up to 15Kg and standing for long periods of time
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Ability to work while standing for long periods of time.
- Ability to carry out manual handling tasks in all parts of the process.
- Ability to take constructive criticism.
- Demonstrate good written & verbal communication skills.
- Ability to follow direction although be able to use own initiative as required & where appropriate.
- Ability to develop new skills
- Ability to undertake and report on non-conformances and investigations
- Ability to recognise and monitor parameters of quality accuracy according to departmental standard operational procedures.
Desirable
- Able to identify several hundred different surgical Instruments with speed and accuracy
- Use of departmental tracking information systems.
- Use of quality management system
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working in a customer service setting.
- Can demonstrate the ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
- Detailed insight into duties and responsibilities of post
- Understand need to work within a team
- Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality
- Knowledge of the Caldicott principles and the need to maintain confidentiality
Desirable
- Knowledge of a range of procedures relating to decontamination processes, infection control and prevention acquired through training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
- Sterile Services Theatres/Endoscopy Acute Hospitals or similar
- Experience of production work
- Experience of tracking/stock systems
- Experience using decontamination equipment or other commercial machinery
Education & Qualification
Essential
- 3 GCSES grade C or above, including Maths & English
Desirable
- NVQ (Decontamination) level 3 (TVQ Equivalent) IDSc Certificate
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This advert is for Decontamination Technician - Sterile Services with West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Bury St Edmunds, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £25,272 - £27,476 Per annum - increasing to Band 3 after 1 year training period. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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