# Sterile Services Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sterile-services-assistant/2cfb3a70-580c-43a7-aa8f-8864aec9a7b2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sterile-services-assistant/2cfb3a70-580c-43a7-aa8f-8864aec9a7b2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Stoke Mandeville Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Sterile services assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Day Shift) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T10:40:50.523Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Sterile_Services/Sterile_Services-v8354995 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8354995?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen within the new recently completed Sterile Services Department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. As a Sterile Services Assistant you will be handling medical devices which are essential to the surgical teams and a key component of the patients care plan. Applicants will be given training on the complete decontamination/ sterilisation cycle. Applicants will also be expected to undertake additional training including relevant legislation HTM01-01, ISO13485 for example and other quality driven standards. Previous Sterile Services experience is not essential. Hours required 37.5 per week, rolling day shift pattern to be discussed at interview there is also a requirement to participate in ‘on call' duties once fully trained. ### Main duties of the job - Accurately exchange information with colleagues and customers to enable; prioritisation of work and prevention/resolution of problems. - Understand a range of routine work procedures that require in house training. - Maintain and update knowledge of instruments across a wide range of surgical specialties. - Understand and maintain knowledge of decontamination procedures including safe operation of automated machinery.Participate in on-call team when fully trained. - Maintain educational standards by attending departmental lectures and hospital courses regularly to meet the requirements of Health & Safety. - Ensure recommended best practice is adhered to at all times. - Daily maintenance of theatre instruments, dismantling and re-assembling of surgical instruments following the relevant work instructions. - Responsible for data entry to maintain records of instrumentation within the department. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number. ## Person Specification ### EXPERIENCE **Desirable** - Previous experience of working in a Sterile Services Department or similar industry e.g. Medical or Pharmaceutical Company. - Experience of dealing with customers and/or public. - Experience of working to an internationally recognised quality management system. - Work experience in a hospital. ### SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES **Essential** - Able to work whilst standing for prolonged periods in a restricted area wearing protective clothing at all times - Ability to follow instructions whilst working at speed - Ability to work unsupervised during weekends, evenings and when called in for emergency situations - Ability to lift moderately heavy weights - Prepared to attend work in the event of a major incident ### SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Basic computer skills. - Good communication skills both verbal and written in English with all disciplines of staff - Basic numeracy - Good hand to eye co-ordination - Good manual dexterity and ability to handle small delicate objects, willingness to pay attention to detail and recognise a large variety of different instruments - Keen to learn and train within the post - Self-motivated - Able to withstand the sight of blood and body tissue - Able to maintain a neat tidy working environment and produce consistent and accurate results in a repetitive production situation working to strict written specifications with high value items ### EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING **Essential** - Good standard of education including English Language. **Desirable** - TVQ Level 1 / 2 or equivalent in a similar industry or evidence of a successfully completed in-house SSD training scheme. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 192.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10707940) - [person specification (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10707941) - [functional requirements (pdf, 136.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10707939) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.