Instrument Co-Ordinator | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L14 3LB |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6989479/287-CEF-46-25 |
Summary
To Provide day to day logistical management of all the surgical instruments, used with the Trust, which directly contributes to the smooth and efficient running of the operating Theatres and quality patient care by ensuring that all surgical instruments, used with the various theatres areas are made available for use in a timely manner.
In addition, the post holder will also order new instruments and oversee the repair and replacement of instruments, to ensure instruments are always available and in exceptional working order. High standards of quality and safety and excellent communication skills are vital to this role.
Daily communication with the Sterile Services Decontamination team to identify instruments needed as priority or next day use.
Daily communication with other instrument coordinators within the other hospital theatre areas for to arrange transport of instrument between the hospitals on an ad-hoc basis and return following use.
To oversee that any surgical instruments which are broken, blunt or defective are sent off to specialist repairs companies and following their return are put back immediately into circulation without delay.
To receive "loaned in" surgical instruments for specialist surgery and ensure these are sent to the Decontamination unit for cleaning, sterilisation and returned ready for use.
Maintain records on instrument repairs, and activity of both Trusts and loan instrument use.
Although based at Broadgreen it is required flexibility to work across all sites - RLH, Aintree and Broadgreen covering for staff leave.
Post is a weekly alternating shift - one week work 07:00 - 17:00 following week work 10:00 - 18:00.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
Daily communication with theatre teams to ensure that instrument needs for surgery are available for use in a timely manner.
Arrange for instruments to be transferred as required betwewen hospitals across University Liverpool Hospitals Group sites and returned following use.
Daily liaison with sterile services to identify and prioritise equipment for next day use known as Fast-tracking.
Receive, record and manage loan instruments both into the trust in a timely manner and also to arrange for these to be returned safely and in a timely manner back to the loan company following use whilst maintaining records of all loan instrument use for cost and quality analysis.
manage all instrument repairs to ensure that instruments which are broken, require sharpening or need replacing are done so swiftly so that these instruments are always available for use.
Carryout expiry date checks on all instruments and return out of date items when expired for reprocessing.
Maintain storage areas for sterile instruments as per trust requirements in line with regulatory and infection control requirements.
Please Refer to full Job Description and Responsibilities.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Apr 2025