# Sterile Services Supervisor

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- **Location:** Glan Clwyd Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Sterile services manager
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £26,813 - £27,890 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working pattern 37.5 Hours (Mon – Sun between 6.00am – 10pm) Includes rostered Saturday or Sunday & Bank Holidays in rotation. Shifts include 8am to 4pm & 2pm to 10pm)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27T10:41:13.389Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Bodelwyddan/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board/Decontamination/Decontamination-v8227403
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8227403?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://bcuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are recruiting 2 x Full-Time Sterile Services Supervisors. This role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to work within a well-established Sterile Services team at Glan Clwyd Hospital.

The Sterile Services Supervisor will have extensive knowledge and skills of requirements for the product in line with the ISO 13485:2016 standard. They will support the management team in ensuring staff conform to the departmental Quality Management System, hospital policy and procedures, highlighting immediately any areas of concern.

The post holder will be responsible for assessing, organising, and planning the daily workflow within the sterile services department to ensure maximum usage of resources and the efficient and effective operation of the department.

They will provide training to senior and junior colleagues and act as a resource to support the technicians to reduce the Departmental and individuals’ non-conformances.

The post holders will be expected to deputise in their absence with the support of the Sterile services Manager.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

### Main duties of the job

- General management and supervision of the production team.
- To assess, plan, organise and manage own workload and the workload of others, to ensure maximum utilisation of resources available on a day-to-day basis.
- Responsible for the day-to-day supervision and co-ordination of staff within the department.
- To provide and receive complex information and to facilitate effective communication with both departmental staff and customers.
- To provide appropriate support for technicians and their on-going development through regular reviews of performance and yearly staff appraisals.
- Responsibility and authority for resolving day-to-day problems and queries arising from customers and supporting the Management team with more complex complaints investigation. Ensure delegated actions relating to complaints are completed within the specified time frames.
- To deputise in their absence of Sterile services Manager.
- To communicate to the production team the departments progress against agreed targets, proposed changes in activity affecting expected production levels, quality issues and general health board news.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

### Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Good Organisational skills
- Good time keeper
- Reliable
- Ability to undertake internal rotation inc. on-call and contingency hours

**Desirable**

- Flexible outlook
- Able to prioritise own work

### Values

**Essential**

- Pleasant personality
- Motivation
- Act as positive role model to others
- Resilient Good team worker

**Desirable**

- Able to cope and participate in change
- Has clear vision regarding own personal development

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience in staff management
- Ability to train Staff
- Knowledgeable in sterile services processed and procedures
- Knowledgeable of all work instructions and quality management systems

**Desirable**

- Experience in Sterile services
- Desire to undertake management studies

### Aptitude & Abilities

**Essential**

- Ability to develop skills quickly
- Effective communication skills
- Able to assume delegated responsibilities within a multidisciplinary setting whilst recognizing own limitations

**Desirable**

- Ability to work in high-pressure environment
- Use of own initiative
- Knowledge in Risk within Production Environment
- An understanding of general issues within the NHS

### Qualifications and/or Knowledge

**Essential**

- Decontamination Sciences (IDSc) Technical Certificate or NVQ 3 Decontamination or equivalent level of Decontamination knowledge or equivalent experience
- Decontamination SSD supervisors / managers (to NHS guidance) course

**Desirable**

- Desire to work towards recognised NVQ’s preferably acceptable to IDSc Standard

## Documents

- [jdps english (pdf, 808.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10554879)
- [sdmp cymraeg (pdf, 776.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10554878)
- [oh form- ig ffurflen (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10536743)
- [welsh language matrix (pdf, 134.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2220)
- [values and behaviour framework (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2937)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2838)
- [nhs north wales - the right choice (pdf, 3.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2075)
- [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1632)

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