Sterile Services Department - Decontamination Technician

Job overview

Based at Worthing Hospital Sterile Services Department (occasional relocation to SRH Chichester Hospital site required)

Monday - Friday 4pm - 10pm (weekend & Bank holiday working is required as part of this role)

To participate in the provision of a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.  To perform a full range of decontamination duties.

Manages Decontamination records in own area of work. Provide a high quality and timely service to all customers. To ensure Departmental Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to by all Healthcare Science staff in accordance with Quality Management Systems.

Plan your own workload and work with minimal supervision.

The role is manually physical and involves exposure to blood and bodily fluids.

Support the provision of an effective medical device service to all theatres, departments and wards on the SRH site, and the issue of supplementary instruments/packs to specialist users based in the community/district.

This is a band 2 role, there is an opportunity of an increase to Band 3 with the completion and successful outcome of an IDSc Technical Certificate (IDSc T/C provided as part of the role)

Main duties of the job

The Sterile Services Department is responsible for the provision of an instrument tray to all theatres, departments and wards on the St. Richards, Worthing and Southlands sites and supplementary instruments/packs to specialist users based in the community/district, for use in direct patient care. This service is compliant with ISO 13485 – Quality System, UK Medical Device Directive 2002, Health Service Circular 2000 (032) – Instrument Tracking, and the Health and Social Care Act.

There is a total of over 60 WTE staff, a multidisciplinary group, consisting of the General Manager – Decontamination Services, SSD Operational Manager, Senior Decontamination Supervisor, Decontamination Technician Supervisors, Decontamination Technicians, Administration personnel within the departments. The departments have an overall budget of £2,000,000, and assets in the treatment of patients.

The sterile services department provides comprehensive decontamination services to 28 theatres, numerous wards and external Health Centre services in the local area.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

Prior to submission of your application for any internal secondment or fixed term post, please ensure that you have discussed this with your line manager to obtain their approval. If you do not have written approval from your current line manager to take this position if successful as an internal secondment opportunity, it would be offered as a fixed term position.

The Sterile Services Department is responsible for the provision of an instrument tray to all theatres, departments and wards on the St. Richards, Worthing and Southlands sites and supplementary instruments/packs to specialist users based in the community/district, for use in direct patient care. This service is compliant with ISO 13485 – Quality System, UK Medical Device Directive 2002, Health Service Circular 2000 (032) – Instrument Tracking, and the Health and Social Care Act.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Communication

• To communicate all relevant information within the team to ensure the continual and efficient running of the service
• To communicate and liaise between decontamination personnel, customers and other members of healthcare staff in a polite and helpful manner.
• To attend  and actively participate in the Department’s meetings
• To work as part of a team and liaise with the multidisciplinary team in a professional manner at all times

Please see job description & person specs full details