Decontamination Engineer

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership–Specialist Estates Services (NWSSP-SES) is seeking a Decontamination Engineer to support the Welsh Government and NHS Wales with decontamination guidance, testing programmes and validation of sterilization and washer-disinfector equipment.

You will organise the annual national programme of validation, present complex data to senior managers, and advise on procurement, installation and commissioning of reprocessing equipment while promoting best practice

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in testing and validation of decontamination equipment in line with WHTMs.
• Comprehensive understanding of decontamination systems, plant, equipment and supporting infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Support Principal/Senior Decontamination Engineer with guidance to Welsh Government and NHS Wales on decontamination issues.
• Organise and lead the annual national programme of sterilizer and washer disinfector validation for NHS Wales.
• Undertake specialised decontamination testing on behalf of NHS Wales as part of the national programme.
• Present highly complex validation data to senior NHS management and estates leaders.

Job description

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Specialist Estates Services (NWSSP-SES) is committed to championing patient centred and sustainable healthcare environments. We achieve this by providing a range of professional and technical estates services for NHS Wales and policy advice for the Welsh Government’s (WG) Department for Health and Social Services.

As part of a small professional team you will be responsible for supporting both the Principal and Senior Decontamination Engineer in the provision of advice and guidance to Welsh Government, Health Boards/Trusts of NHS Wales and other key stakeholders on medical device decontamination issues. Additionally the team are responsible for the organization and completion of the annual programme of testing decontamination equipment across NHS Wales.

To fulfill this role you will possess extensive experience in the testing and validation of decontamination equipment in accordance with the requirements and guidance set out within the relevant Welsh Health Technical Memoranda (WHTMs). You will have a comprehensive understanding of decontamination systems and technologies, associated plant and equipment, utility systems, and supporting infrastructure that serve a variety of departments within a Healthcare environment.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to support the continued delivery of safe healthcare services across Wales.

The Decontamination Engineer supports the Senior Decontamination Engineer in the provision of advice, guidance and support to the Welsh Government and the NHS in Wales on all decontamination issues for Sterile Services Departments, Endoscopy, Pathology, Pharmacies and Primary Care.

The Decontamination Engineer supports the Senior Decontamination Engineer in organising the annual national programme of sterilizer and washer disinfector validation for the NHS in Wales.

The Decontamination Engineer undertakes specialised decontamination testing on behalf of the NHS in Wales as part of the annual national decontamination testing programme.

Organise and lead formal validation close out meetings with senior NHS management following testing. This involves presenting highly complex, technical validation data to senior decontamination and estates managers.

Supports the Senior Decontamination Engineer in the provision of advice on the procurement, installation and commissioning of sterilizing, washer/disinfecting and endoscopy reprocessing equipment for the NHS in Wales including advising customers of the appropriate methods of decontaminating instruments and operation of equipment to ensure that all published requirements are complied with, and that best practice is followed.

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone.

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: John Prendergast Job title: Principal Decontamination Engineer Email address: [e-mail]