Assistant Technical Officer, GMS Band A
| Posting date: | 17 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,822.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24822.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cheltenham, GL53 7AN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | M9318-26-0005 |
Summary
- To undertake local induction training within the Sterile Services Department as To attend all Trust mandatory training including: Corporate induction GHNHSFT mandatory training (to include Infection Control; Safety Awareness; Fire Safety; and Information Governance). - Required and complete competencies relevant to the work area. - The cleaning, inspection, assembling, packing, sealing and barcode-labelling of clinical packs, surgical instrument trays and associated equipment according to written and/or verbal work instructions. - To complete the required tasks, providing timely service delivery to customers and service users by maintaining known deadlines. - To ensure that all working environments within the department are maintained to a high clean standard whilst being tidy and safe at all times. - Assist and sometimes manage staff training sessions in order to progress colleagues through all the required skill levels and develop a good understanding of decontamination practices. - To ensure use of any appropriate personal protective equipment as required by task and management. - To collect soiled/contaminated items and distribute sterile packs. - To ensure adequate levels of equipment in customer areas at all times. - To respond to supervisors requests to reprioritise work to help ensure equipment is available and ready to use within customer/user deadlines. - To test and operate specialist decontamination equipment and other major plant machinery. - To report defects in specialist decontamination equipment and other major plant machinery to enable efficient and safe working practices. - To assist in distribution and invoicing of goods and materials including the maintenance of stock levels of raw materials and processed items. - To report defects in the infrastructure and the fabric of the department to enable safe and efficient working practices in line with written protocols and procedures. - To deliver a high standard of customer service, communicating effectively with all levels of staff across departments (including all internal and external customers). - In accordance with the Working Time Directive to work on a rota basis for out of hours cover, weekends and bank holidays as and when required.