Job Description
CLINICAL & MEDICAL
Decontamination Supervisor Lead Technician - Sterile Services
Decontamination Supervisor Lead Technician - Sterile Services
We are seeking a Decontamination Supervisor Lead Technician to join our Hospital Sterile Services Unit Team in Stoke HSSU . Begin your journey with us whilst we’ll support you to be your best.
What’s in it for you?
We want you to become the best you can be. We can promise that we will support you with training opportunities, career development options and our unique health & wellbeing focused benefits package. This includes free membership across all of our Fitness & Wellbeing clubs, along with free private healthcare. Not only this, but we also offer a range of lifestyle and financial wellbeing benefits. There has never been a better time to come and work for Nuffield Health.
What we are looking for
Based in our state of the art Sterile Services Unit, your work will be varied, stimulating and will involve the cleaning, disinfection, inspection, packaging and sterilization of surgical instruments. By joining us you’ll be making a significant contribution to Patient Safety in both Private and NHS Hospitals. As a Decontamination Supervisor Lead Technician, you will:
- Work alongside your Production Team Leader to learn and deliver all aspects of the role
- Manage a team of decontamination technicians to maintain the delivery of a high quality decontamination service within the HSSU.
- Mentor and support less experienced members of the team.
- Assist in the preparation of sterile and/or disinfected medical devices, under controlled conditions, to meet customer requirements.
- Maintain a clean and tidy working environment whilst checking medical devices for cleanliness, functionality and damage, and taking action to rectify any problems and escalating issues where necessary.
- Successful candidates will ensure that process equipment and accessories are in full working order and that all faults and anomalies are reported.
- Have good organisational skills, post holders will be required to maintain accurate records / documentation in accordance with statutory and organisational policies and procedures.
- Monitor stock issues as they arise and advise their line manager when goods need to be re-ordered.
Informal visits are welcome, please contact Michelle Hill on michelle.hill@nuffieldhealth.com to arrange.
What do you need?
- Experience of instrumentation in a working Sterile Department minimum full process technician training Essential
- To be able to liaise with Customers in a professional manor via telephone and Email
- To be able to manage own time accordingly
- Good communication skills, verbal and written, and good computer literacy with knowledge of Traceability system
- Attention to detail and an overarching desire to deliver a high quality service.
About Nuffield Health
You’ll love your career at Nuffield Health. Our unique approach to connected healthcare brings great advantages to our members and patients. It creates amazing opportunities for you to find professional fulfilment. Across hospitals, Fitness and Wellbeing Clubs, and specialist services including physiotherapy, we offer total, personalised health and wellbeing. What’s more, as Britain’s largest “not for profit” healthcare Provider, we invest every penny in services and staff. So we offer more time and scope for you to make a difference. We’ll bring out the specialist in you.
This is an exciting time for us and it could be for you too. Our vision is to transform healthcare in the UK and deliver health as it should be. Our approach is unique ¬– we’re bringing together assessment, treatment and prevention services to provide truly integrated care.
Key Information
This role will include working 1 in 4 weekends with a day off in the week with incentive of 20%
Please remember to inform your line manager when making your internal application.
Salary – £12.30 per hour £24960 per annum Competitive and excellent benefits including free gym membership. Additional enhancements for unsocial hours and weekend working.
Location - Stoke HSSU
Hours - Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Shift Pattern - 6am - 2pm & 12pm - 8pm rotational week to week with weekend cover included (discussed at time of interview)