# Sterile Services Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sterile-services-assistant/ff0c0037-9088-429d-86d7-0cee99bee78e
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sterile-services-assistant/ff0c0037-9088-429d-86d7-0cee99bee78e.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** SWB NHS Trust
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 25 hours per week (2x Part time 2pm- 7pm)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17T00:01:14.334Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Sterile_Services/Sterile_Services-v8228455
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8228455?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

SWB are currently looking for a Sterile Services Assistant to join our team. The post is advertised as full time on a permanent basis. The post holder will be required to be flexible with shift patterns as requested by management. Full time and part time shifts available.

Within the role you would be responsible for the receipt and distribution of Sterile Surgical Instrumentation and the collection and dispatch of used/soiled Surgical Instrumentation to and from all areas of Trust. To be responsible for ensuring that all instrumentation movement is recorded using specialist computer database software and scanning equipment. To manually handle incoming and outgoing goods as required. To ensure that a complete, efficient and auditable stock control system is maintained.

### Main duties of the job

- Delivery of clean sterile trays to Theatre areas.
- Collection of dirty sterile trays for return to outsourced provider.
- Booking in of equipment to ensure effective tray management.
- Record and manage missing trays and discrepancies.
- Checking of incoming deliveries to ensure compliance.
- Close working with Theatre areas to ensure appropriate stock management.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Storekeeper/clerk experience
- Experience of using computers including Microsoft Word and Excel
- Proven experience of a working environment that requires attention to detail and accuracy
- Data entry skills
- Ability to compare data from different sources and make decisions on this data.

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in a hospital environment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

## Documents

- [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657)
- [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982)
- [sterile service assistant (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537918)
- [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604)
- [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437)
- [sterile services assistant person specification (pdf, 208.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537919)

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