Band 2 Pre-wash Technician | Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,720 per annum inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7267776/162-7088-KK |
Summary
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust Queens Theatres are looking for a Band 2 Pre-Wash Instrument Checker to join our team at Queens Hospital. This role requires flexibility, as you may need to work late shifts and weekends. Basic knowledge of surgical instruments and attention to detail are essential. You will be responsible for inspecting, documenting, and ensuring the accuracy and condition of surgical instrument sets before sterilisation. This includes providing visual confirmation (photography) and written confirmation that instrument sets are correct. Key Responsibilities: Checking surgical instruments for quality and compliance with safety standards, Reporting any non-conformities clearly and effectively, Working independently with minimal supervision, Meeting strict deadlines to ensure instruments are processed efficiently. This is a crucial role in supporting accuracy and validity os surgical sets. If you have good communication skills and a keen eye for detail, we would love to hear from you. If you have any queries please contact Lisa Awong via email (lisa.awong@nhs.net)
To support the Theatre Team in providing a high-quality service in line with all Theatres and Trust Policies and Procedures. The role involves exposure to blood and body fluids.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Adeyemi Kaka, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5162. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025
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