Decontamination Technician | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | King's Lynn, PE30 4ET |
| Company: | Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6163920/426-090-24EG |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and proactive individuals to join the Sterile Services/ Endoscopy Decontamination team as a Decontamination Technician.
We are looking for someone methodical and meticulous to wash, inspect, pack and sterilise surgical instruments ensuring the best decontamination service for our customers and patients.
This role encompasses the workflow across the full Decontamination Unit at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn including both Sterile Services and Endoscopy.
A period of training, assessment and sign off will enable you to carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and sterilization of reusable medical devices across both Sterile Services and the Endoscopy Central Decontamination Unit.
You will undertake medical device decontamination duties and assist Supervisors in providing a specialised medical devices decontamination service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.
Working in accordance with the Department’s Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems at all times, and throughout all production areas, is paramount; ensuring safe systems are followed for patient safety.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024