AFC Supervisor

STERIS Canada Corporation; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global provider in sterile services as a Supervisor, taking on a role that ensures compliance and quality in patient care. You'll be part of a dynamic team and will make a significant difference in the healthcare environment while receiving comprehensive training. The position offers a defined career path, excellent benefits, and is ideal for those committed to helping others and making a positive impact.

Benefits

Full structured and comprehensive training

Ongoing education leading to industry-recognised qualifications

Defined career path

Diverse and people-centric culture

AFC (Agenda for Change) pay structure

Annual leave starting at 27 days plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Educated to a good general standard.
• Demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end user IT skills for operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of Sterile Service and Endoscopy personnel.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety procedures.
• Monitor and manage team performance.

Skills

Verbal abilities

Numerical abilities

End user IT skills

Education

Good general education

Job description

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At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

No sterile service experience is needed - Full training is given.
Supervisory experience is preferable.


About you
Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about helping our incredible national health service make a difference? Do you care about keeping vulnerable patients safe? If so, then a career with SSL in Salisbury could be a great fit for you.
There is an excellent opportunity to join SSL sterile services as a supervisor. Training and Development are offered to get you on to a defined pathway.

Job Purpose
To Supervise a team of Sterile Service and Endoscopy personnel on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that Sterile Service and endoscopy provision complies with current legislation.
To provide leadership through personal example, promoting sound departmental communication and fostering good interpersonal relationships.

Working Pattern

Full-time, 37.5 hrs per week on:
Tuesday-Wednesday at 7:00-15:00,
Thursday at 13:00-21:00,
Friday-Saturday at 7:00-15:00.

What is involved

• To oversee the preparation of instruments and equipment effectively and efficiently by the process of cleaning, inspection, assembly and packing within predefined quality standards.
• To oversee and rigorously check, wash, lay-up and pack sets of theatre instruments and endoscopes to meet contract specifications within predefined quality standards.
• To oversee that repairs and missing instruments or equipment are recorded and logged on the Tracking and Traceability computer system.
• To proactively monitor, evaluate and ensure that operational activities fully comply with required Health and Safety procedures and guidelines.
• To ensure that all designated staff are kept informed and trained on individual and team health and safety procedures in the workplace.
• To participate as an integral member of the sterile processing and endoscopy team and actively contribute to suggestions of innovation, continuous improvement and best practices.
• To monitor and ensure that all production processed by the designated team conforms to Synergy Health Sterilisation Services quality guidelines and ensure complete contamination control.
• To actively assist and support the Production Manager in the planning and operational process.
• Monitor absence levels, maintain accurate records and liaise with team members in the management of absence.
• To coach, support, and guide team members in line with the principles of Performance Management, setting and reviewing goals, acting as a mentor to the team and identifying training and development needs.
• To ensure effective communication between senior management and production teams.
• To participate in the one call management rota service to maintain emergency services to customers.
• To support and participate in 5S, Lean and Kaizen activities
• To undertake any other duties or tasks as reasonably required.

What's in it for you

• Full structured and comprehensive training
• Ongoing education leading to industry-recognised qualifications
• Defined career path when fully operational
• A diverse and people-centric culture
• AFC (Agenda for Change) pay structure
• Starting at 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service

Whether you have no experience whatsoever, or you have previously worked in the healthcare industry we want to hear from you! We are a committed equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We cannot wait to meet you!

Required Experience

• Educated to a good general standard with demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end user IT skills to operate track and traceability IT system.

STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by UK employment law. The Company bases all employment decisions on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities with the intention that the best candidate is selected for each position.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Category: Clinical Support/Instrument Processing/Education

Job Segment: Infection Control, Surgery, Sterile Processing, Patient Care, Emergency Medicine, Healthcare