Assistant Technical Officer - Decontamination

NHS; Ashfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier healthcare provider is seeking an Assistant Technical Officer - Decontamination to join their Sterile Services team in Ashfield. Responsibilities include reprocessing surgical instruments and ensuring safety in decontamination practices. The role provides full training, with opportunities for skill development and a focus on patient safety. Ideal candidates will have basic education, NHS experience, and a commitment to high standards in healthcare. Various working patterns available.

Qualifications

• Pass grade in GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
• Previous NHS experience.
• Experience of working in a Decontamination Service.

Responsibilities

• Reprocess surgical instruments and procedure packs.
• Clean and reprocess pressure-relieving and dynamic mattresses.
• Support the safe turnaround of endoscopic equipment.

Skills

Basic keyboard skills

Experience in Decontamination Service

Education

Adequate level of education (GCSE English and Maths or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality healthcare support services? Join our dedicated Sterile Services team as an Assistant Technical Officer - Decontamination, where your work will directly impact patient safety and care across the Trust. This is a hands-on, operational role based in the Sterile Services Department, supporting the safe and effective delivery of healthcare services across the Trust. You will work across multiple areas of the Decontamination Service with a focus on maintaining high standards of infection prevention and patient safety.

This role offers a fast-paced, regulated environment with full training and opportunities to develop skills and progress within the decontamination and sterile services field.

Responsibilities

• Sterile Services – reprocessing surgical instruments and procedure packs.
• Mattress Decontamination – cleaning and reprocessing pressure-relieving and dynamic mattresses.
• Endoscopy Decontamination – supporting the safe turnaround of endoscopic equipment.

Main duties of the job: To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document.

About Us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services. Our Trust is clinically led and focused on delivering patient-centred care.

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Details

• Date posted: 23 October 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
• Band: Band 2
• Salary: £24,465 per year (pro rata)
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 214-SRG-7411507
• Job locations: Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL

Qualifications and Training

• Essential
  • Adequate level of education to perform in the role; for example, pass grade in GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent
  • Basic keyboard skills
• Desirable
  • GCSE Maths and English Apprenticeship - Decontamination
  • NHS National Decontamination Training Programme
• Further Training
  • Training in all aspects of departmental processes required

Experience

• Essential
  • Previous NHS experience
  • Experience of working in a Decontamination Service
• Desirable
  • Medically cleared by Occupational Health as fit to undertake the duties and responsibilities of the role

Contractual and Other Requirements

• Bank holiday cover
• On-call rota
• Saturday and Sunday working rota
• Service provision to both King\'s Mill Hospital and Newark sites

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a DBS disclosure check may be required.