Sterilisation Support Assistant | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,129 - £28,649 p.a. Incl. Outer London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7QB |
| Company: | Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6226388/396-NN-6226388-AC |
Summary
The post holder will support and deputies for the Sterilisation Team on the operational and strategic management of sterile services with the trust’s external sterilisation serviceto maintain and improve the quality of surgical instrumentation within the trust.
The primary activity will be to undertake a range of supervised direct care duties, which are clearly prescribed both in this document and in more detail in the core competency list for the grade.
To carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of and supervised by sterilisation senior member of team and to provide equipment support to ensure efficient theatre operations.
To work collaboratively with wide range of staff, clinical Team, managers, infection control, Steris team and representatives as appropriate with issues pertaining to reusable medical devices.
To assist in the reprocessing and distribution of medical and surgical reusable devices for use in patient care.
To actively participate in all areas are covered and re-organising the working practices when necessary to meet the service demands.
To monitor stock availability of sets /supplementary as requested and to take appropriate action on any deficiencies.
To prioritise work based on known or probable needs of Theatres/Departments, and deal with problems as they arise.
To act as a link person between Theatres and the Sterile Services Unit and ensuring high levels of communication.
Work very closely with the Theatre Team to monitor and plan for the efficient usage of reusable medical devices and loan equipment to meet service needs.
Ensure efficient provision of sterile packs and instruments that are required by Theatres for the operating lists and associated departments
Assisting Trust Sterilisation team to support the monitoring of the sterile services provider, Steris performance, monitoring, maintaining and analyses the non-conformity in accordance with data analysis by reviewing and taking corrective action behalf of for the customer.
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this our four values are that we are all:-
Caring – we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants
Safe – we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible – all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
And that we:
Value each other – we all value each other’s contribution.
Inspiring – We aim to motivate and inspire not only ourselves but our colleagues to improve health care provision
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'
Please see attached supporting document which contains more and the person specification for this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024