Job Title: Technician
Overview
The Sterile Services and Endoscope Decontamination Department supplies sterile and disinfected equipment to the Wards, Departments and Theatres and Hospital, and to other users. The work involves the decontamination, preparation, packing, sterilization and distribution of items to the patient areas within the Hospital and collating orders for users outside the hospital
NHS Banding
2
Salary
£18K to £19k
Formal Qualifications, education & training required
- The general standard of education.
- Ability to read and write in English
- Ability to understand written instructions
- Understanding of the decontamination
process - Knowledge of surgical instruments
- Awareness of infection control
COSHH
Essential skills and competencies
- Ability to stand for lengthy periods
- Ability to wear protective equipment
- High level of manual dexterity
Desirable skills and competencies
Ability to undertake physically demanding
work
Essential experience
None
Job Title: Sterile Services Supervisor
Overview
The Post holder will work as a member of the Sterile Service team and will provide support to the Deputy Production Manager and Production Manager in the day to day operational management of the department. Doing so will ensure that items required are processed promptly to users in accordance with accepted national and trust standards, policies and procedures. To ensure safe successful delivery of a first-class quality service of the full range of Sterile and Decontamination Services to NHS trust and other service users including adhering to infection prevention and control legislation is required throughout the department.
- The individual is required to communicate and establish a good working relationship with colleagues and customers and supervise staff, guiding and helping them fulfil their duties and reporting staffing inefficiencies to the Deputy or Production Manager to enable product throughput.
- Participate in induction and training of new staff and assist with technician training when required using a range of methods.
- Accurate record-keeping is essential as the individual is required to make legible records of records such as appraisals, work performance, sickness reviews, production and non-conformance reports
NHS Banding
3 or 4
Salary
£19K-£24K
Formal Qualifications, education & training required
- GCSE or equivalent in English & Maths
- NVQ Level 3 in Decontamination
- Infection control qualification
Essential skills and competencies
- There is an expectation that the individual would work within the limits of their own competence and level of responsibility and be able to prioritise their own workload and in doing so meet customer expectation.
- Required to work as part of a team.
- Ability to operate machinery.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others.
- Able to communicate with employee, customers and others in a professional and helpful manner.
- Establish a good working relationship with staff, customers and colleagues.
- Attention to detail.
- Proactive team member. Ability to work unsupervised
- Positive attitude to work and providing a first-class service.
- Awareness of the importance of confidentiality
- Ability to input data onto computers.
- To ensure root cause is found and preventative measures implemented
- Ability to work to deadlines. Ability to follow instructions.
- Can demonstrate the need to and the reason for working safely (Health and Safety)
- Able to work without supervision and to organise own time.
- Knowledge of working within ISO Standard
Desirable skills and competencies
- Ability to take constructive criticism.
- Able to write clear and concise reports.
Essential experience
- Sterile Service experience
- Production work experience
- Evidence of committed teamwork
- Previous Customer Care Experience
- Working with quality systems/record keeping
- IT experience
Job Title: Sterile Services Operational Manager
Overview
The Sterile Services Operational Lead will:
- Be responsible and lead the organisational wide decontamination of all surgical instruments, endoscopes and medical devices.
- Be responsible for the day to day management of the TSSU
- Be decontamination lead for the Trust
- Be responsible for the cost-effective purchase, decontamination and management of all surgical instruments, endoscopes and clinical medical devices that are affected by decontamination across the Trust.
- Provide professional advice, innovative professional leadership, and guidance to the Trust on the strategic issues relating to the management of all decontamination of medical devices. This includes acting as an expert resource for all staff within the Trust.
- Prepare business cases, reports and SLA’s, funding bids, management meetings and reviews.
- Have an active role in the Trust’s Infection Control Committee, Medical Device Procurement, and the Executive Decontamination Committee.
NHS Banding
7 or 8
Salary
£31K-£45K
Formal Qualifications, education & training required
- Member of Institute of Decontamination Sciences or willing to undertake
OR
- RGN (Theatres)/ODP or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience and have the willingness to undertake
- Educated to Masters degree
- Post-Graduate Management qualification or equivalent (and evidence of self-directed learning and personal development).
Essential skills and competencies
- Exercise role model and leadership skills to create a suitable and safe environment for a happy, effective and coordinated team.
- Experience of quality, standard-setting
and audit - Ability to lead and inspire a team
- Organisation and Management skills
- Negotiating skills
- Team-building skills
- Appraisal skills
- Ability to manage change & deal with
difficult situations - Articulate with advanced written and
verbal communication skills - Ability to work effectively under pressure
- IT Skills
- Capable of working strategically
Desirable skills and competencies
Service improvement and development experience
Essential experience
- Change management
- Trust-wide initiatives
- Leading and developing a team
- Quality assurance
- Research and audit
- Quality improvement
- Extensive management experience within Sterile Services Theatre complex or comparable system.
- Significant knowledge of ISO standards and their implementation
Disclaimer
The salary banding for any NHS post has a clearly defined start point, and salary progression based on nationally negotiated pay scales (Agenda for Change). These bandings and pay points are widely available https://www.nhsemployers.org/pay-pensions-and-reward/agenda-for-change/pay-scales/annual
The agreed starting point for any post is at the bottom of the pay scale with annual progression until the top of the pay scale is reached. Candidates should expect to start on the bottom of the pay scale for the role they are considering unless they have previous directly related NHS experience in a similar role.
