Sterile Services Supervisor | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 15 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 February 2026 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7641656/361-7641656 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Sterile Services Supervisor who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
In this role, the post holder will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Sterile Services and Endoscopy Decontamination Department, ensuring the highest standards of decontamination, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instruments, flexible endoscopes and medical devices.
The Sterile Services Supervisorwill lead and support a team of technicians, maintain compliance with national standards and Trust policies, and work closely with clinical teams to guarantee timely and safe delivery of sterile equipment. This position requires excellent leadership, attention to detail, and a commitment to patient safety.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Supervise daily operations of the Sterile Services Department, ensuring all decontamination and sterilization processes meet HTM 01-01 and HTM 01-06 and Trust guidelines.
Lead and support the team, providing training, guidance, and performance management to maintain high standards of service.
Monitor workflow and resource allocation, ensuring timely turnaround of surgical instruments and equipment for clinical areas.
Conduct quality checks and audits, maintaining accurate records and reporting any non-conformances or incidents promptly.
Ensure compliance with infection prevention and control policies, health and safety regulations, and relevant legislation.
Collaborate with clinical teams, responding to urgent requests and resolving issues to support patient care.
Manage stock levels and equipment maintenance, liaising with suppliers and engineering teams as required.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 29 Jan 2026