Assistant Technical Officer - Endoscopy Decontamination

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sutton-in-Ashfield is offering a position for an Assistant Technical Officer in Endoscopy Decontamination. The role involves maintaining the cleanliness and functionality of endoscopic equipment while ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates should be detail-oriented and passionate about safety in healthcare settings. Join the team to make a significant impact on patient care standards. Applications are open until 18 Dec 2025.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with a passion for cleanliness and safety in healthcare settings.
• Ability to operate and maintain medical devices and sterilization processes.

Responsibilities

• Support decontamination and high-level disinfection of flexible endoscopes.
• Maintain compliance with CQC, NICE, and medical device regulations.
• Operate within an accredited Management Quality System for sterilization.
• Assist in collection, cleaning, and preparation of reusable equipment.
• Contribute to service delivery for Operating Theatres and community healthcare.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Job Opportunity: Assistant Technical Officer (Endoscopy Decontamination)

Are you detail-oriented with a passion for ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and safety in healthcare settings? Join our team as an Assistant Technical Officer in Endoscopy Decontamination and contribute to the delivery of exceptional patient care.

About Us

We are a leading healthcare provider committed to excellence in patient outcomes. Our Endoscopy Department plays a crucial role in diagnosing and treating various gastrointestinal conditions. As an Assistant Technical Officer, you will be an integral part of our team, responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and functionality of our endoscopic equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support the decontamination and high-level disinfection of flexible endoscopes and other medical devices.
• Maintain compliance with CQC, NICE, and medical device regulations, ensuring patient safety at all times.
• Operate within an accredited Management Quality System for sterilisation and decontamination processes.
• Assist in the collection, cleaning, and preparation of reusable equipment for re-issue using a barcoded tracking system.
• Contribute to the delivery of services for Operating Theatres, Wards, Outpatient Clinics, Radiology, Emergency Departments, and community healthcare providers.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and help us maintain the highest standards of care at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About the Trust

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 to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Visa sponsorship

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025