Decontamination Technician - Ipswich | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2024 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 6221136/432-HR67-24 |
Summary
Are you an experienced Sterile Services technician or wonder what it takes to become one? Do you have great attention to detail and are a fast learner?
If you ever wondered what happens to surgical instruments after they have been used, we might have just the job for you!
Ipswich Hospital Sterilisation and Decontamination department is looking for additional decontamination technicians to join our team and you could be what we are looking for! This role includes washing of surgical instruments.
To work in our busy Decontamination Department means to work in Endoscopy Reprocessing Unit as well as Sterilisation Unit. We reprocess nearly 2 million surgical instruments and endoscopes a year, providing services to theatres, clinics and external healthcare providers all over Suffolk and beyond.
Previous experience in medical device manufacturing/reprocessing would be desirable. You will receive full training in this post.
Current Sterile Service hours of service will be on a shift basis by rota, with times of: Mon-Fri 07:00-15:00 & 13:30-21:30. Sat & Sun 09:00-17:00.
The main duties consist of, but are not limited to:
• Disassembly, inspection, decontamination, assembly, packaging and sterilisation of surgical instruments in accordance to Departmental Procedures.
• To check, wash, lay-up and pack sets of theatre instruments to meet quality standards.
• To safely operate machines and equipment (washer/disinfectors, trolleys, ultrasonic and sterilisers)
• To safely perform manual handling tasks, as some theatre trays are heavy
• To ensure that repairs, alongside other non-conformities, such as missing instruments are recorded and logged on the Track and Trace system.
For this role you will need:
• To have a flexible approach.
• Excellent attention to detail
• To possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• To have good numeracy and literacy skills and good retentive memory
One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024