Bank SSD Assistant

Spire Healthcare Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniform

Free DBS

Full induction and mandatory training

Weekly pay

Job summary

Spire Murrayfield Hospital in Wirral is seeking a Bank SSD Assistant to support the theatre services sterile processing unit. You will help clean, decontaminate and pack instruments and linen, ensuring correct items are ready for use in surgery.

The role offers flexible working hours, weekly pay and full induction with mandatory training updates. Prior healthcare experience and infection control knowledge are desirable but not mandatory, and you’ll join a supportive Resourcing Team.

Qualifications

• Desire to work in TSSU and support the theatre team.
• Team player with good communication.
• Able to lift and move items safely.
• Experience using computer systems for records.
• Infection control knowledge is desirable.
• Healthcare experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Check instruments on trays pre and post decontamination.
• Decontaminate and check instrument functionality.
• Pack linen, instruments and consumables for sterilisation.
• Complete tracking systems accurately.
• Monitor repairs of instruments.
• Record sterilisation and packing information and relay to theatre team.

Skills

Desire to work in TSSU

Team Player

Comfortable with manual lifting

Experience working on a computer

Infection control knowledge (Desirable

Prior healthcare experience (Desirable

Job description

Bank SSD Assistant | Theatre | Wirral | Flexible Working Hours

Spire Murrayfield Hospital based in Wirral, have an exciting opportunity for a Sterile Services Technician to join their team on a flexible working basis.

Spire Murrayfield Hospital is looking for a member of staff to assist the multi-disciplinary theatre team to provide exemplary care in the TSSU department by cleaning, sterilising and packing theatre linen and instruments. Ensuring theatre instruments and consumables are correct and ready for use.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Checking correct instruments are on trays pre and post decontamination
• Decontamination of checking for functionality
• Pack linen/instruments/consumables for sterilisation
• Complete accurately tracking systems
• Monitor repairs of instruments
• Records sterilisation and packing information related to designated tasks accurately and passes it on to the relevant person in the theatre team on time.
• Agrees with the perioperative team the TSSU data and information that is to be collected and collated.

Who we're looking for:

• Desire to work in TSSU
• Team Player
• Comfortable with manual lifting
• Experience working on a computer
• An understanding of infection control (Desirable)
• Prior healthcare experience (Desirable)
• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

About Us

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

Job Info

• Job Identification 25056
• Job Category Patient Care
• Job Schedule Part time
• Locations Holmwood Drive, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 1AU, GB