Decontamination Technician
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2024 |
| Location: | Gateshead, NE9 6SX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | M9297-24-0047 |
Summary
Inform senior staff if asked or expected to work unsupervised without the relevant training or level of competence. Attend training courses and partake in any other training strategies (mandatory and non-mandatory) as required to maintain knowledge and skills as required, this may involve overnight stay away from home. Participate in own 1:1 meetings and PDP development. Assist with the supervision and teaching in decontamination practices to new and less experienced technicians. Support departmental needs to ensure monitoring, maintenance & servicing requirements of endoscopes and theatre instruments areundertaken in a way that offers little service disruption and report accordingly to senior staff. Ensure routine tests are undertaken and recorded in accordance with the Planned Preventative Maintenance Schedules, Quality Standards and Guidance. Undertake regular audits of decontamination and sterilisation processes and action any discrepancies to departmental guidelines. To adhere to the recommendations for the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and risk assessments appropriate to the clinical area. Inspect equipment within the decontamination cycle to ensure processes are effective. Recognise devices by name and ensure theatre trays endoscopes are repacked correctly with correct instruments ancillary items, responsible for checking loan devices/trays and ensuring the correct items delivered prior to clinical use. Attend and participate in departmental meetings. Support the development or refreshing standard operating procedures according to service change and modernisation. Will come into contact with remnants of blood, body tissue or offensive by-products as part of the cleaning cycles. The role is physically demanding and requires significant amounts of manual handling Sterilising CAT 2 & 3 waste in pathology