Decontamination Manager

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Decontamination Manager to oversee local decontamination practices and manage third-party providers. This critical role involves providing expert advice and maintaining high standards of compliance. The ideal candidate will have a Master's level education, relevant certification, and extensive experience in managing decontamination processes, particularly within the NHS. This position promises professional growth and a chance to contribute to vital healthcare services.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a relevant sector managing decontamination.
• Robust track record in decontamination in an acute Trust environment.
• Experience in a similar senior position within the NHS or Private sector.

Responsibilities

• Ensure decontamination practices adhere to Trust policy.
• Manage third-party providers for Sterile Services and Endoscopy Decontamination.
• Act as the professional lead providing expert advice on decontamination issues.

Skills

Interpersonal influencing

Negotiation skills

Understanding of legislation

Quality assurance knowledge

Education

Master's level education or equivalent

City & Guilds Endoscopy Decontamination Certificate

Job description

Decontamination Manager

The closing date is 28 January 2026

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring local decontamination practices, in all areas of the Trust, are in accordance with Trust policy. The post holder will also be responsible for the management of third-party providers for Sterile Services and Endoscopy Decontamination. The post holder will provide the essential senior management link between the organisation and professional support such as Authorised Engineer (Decontamination) and an informed position at board level. The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Director of the Environment to ensure that provision is made to adequately support the Trust decontamination system. The post holder will be responsible for AE(D) contract management and performance monitoring. The post holder will be required to act as professional lead for the Trust, providing expert advice on decontamination issues as required, working with colleagues, multi-disciplinary teams, and users to improve systems and processes to ensure they are responsive to service needs.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring local decontamination practices, in all areas of the Trust, are in accordance with Trust policy. The post holder will also be responsible for the management of third-party providers for Sterile Services and Endoscopy Decontamination. The post holder will provide the essential senior management link between the organisation and professional support such as Authorised Engineer (Decontamination) and an informed position at board level. The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Director of the Environment to ensure that provision is made to adequately support the Trust decontamination system. The post holder will be responsible for AE(D) contract management and performance monitoring. The post holder will be required to act as professional lead for the Trust, providing expert advice on decontamination issues as required, working with colleagues, multi-disciplinary teams, and users to improve systems and processes to ensure they are responsive to service needs.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

Act as the Senior Manager of Decontamination and be responsible for the delivery of critical Estates & Facilities (EFM) owned contract (Sterile Services, Endoscopy Decon, AED), ensuring contractors are delivering in accordance with contractual arrangements and providing value for money to the Trust.

• Be responsible for the delivery of high-quality services, which meet the standards expected by EFM clients.
• Responsible to the Director of Estates and Facilities for the management of the contract (Sterile Services and Endoscopy Decontamination) and ensure that all elements are delivered in line with relevant HTMs and statutory compliance.
• To implement and audit the operational teams to ensure appropriate governance is being complied with.
• Ensure the contracts undergo rigorous service performance monitoring and that review arrangements are in place to ensure that all remedial actions are identified and undertaken where necessary.
• Work alongside the Capital team to ensure that all projects (especially in relation to Manage the interface between senior clinical leaders and the operational delivery teams).
• Lead on the development and implementation of excellent methodologies and practices to enable Estates and Facilities to adopt and practice a Quality Assurance Management regime for decontamination services.
• The post holder will be required to be fully conversant with and implement regional and national policies and initiatives, develop change, and manage an innovative approach to modernisation of the NHS.
• To oversee the Trusts providers in partnership with Contract and Operational Management colleagues, to ensure close management of the contract to ensure that there is a programme in place for the service delivery and contract compliance of all services in line with Agreements and the relevant statutory compliance and quality standards.
• To manage and ensure internal compliance with the Trust's own contract management system.
• To act as Senior Manager with regards to compilation and demonstration of evidence to demonstrate Decontamination compliance with the Premises Assurance Matrix (PAM).
• Responsible for the quality assurance of, monitoring and reporting of the effectiveness of Decontamination Services across the whole Trust, liaising with external bodies and working alongside peer Trusts to further enhance the level of Decontamination.
• Responsible for the introduction and maintenance of monitoring, audit, quality, and evaluation systems, ensuring that the agreed KPIs are met, and service delivery is within budgeted resources, within the Trust.
• Responsible for both on-going and long term (5-10 years) strategic policy development in relation to decontamination across the Trust as a whole, specific departments, such as Endoscopy or Theatres and 3rd party suppliers.
• Responsible for encouraging improvement in decontamination technology across the Trust, ensuring continuing development of and adoption of best practice, value for money and the development of policies for adoption by the Trust.
• Act as the Trust lead in all developments in Decontamination Technology, or Department of Health and other National (e.g. NICE/BSG/JAG/ISO) and European policy or guidance.
• Through management of Decontamination Services external to the 3rd party contract, the post-holder is responsible for ensuring the continuous provision of specialist clinical technical services to theatres and wards and departments across the Trust.
• The post-holder will inspect and be responsible for quality assurance by ensuring that all quality standards relevant to the Decontamination are met thereby ensuring that patients are not exposed to iatrogenic disease or cancelled procedures.
• The post-holder will be expected to use their extensive knowledge and understanding of decontamination, clinical and technical processes as well as their depth of understanding of legislative requirements, to analyse problems and propose remedies and solutions while balancing safety considerations.
• To prepare reports to the Chair of the Decontamination Services Committee and the Infection Prevention and Control Committee, and provide executive reports to external bodies such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC) or the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) and detailed technical specifications to contracting bodies for new builds or refurbishments across the Trust.
• To develop internal procedures for correct testing and validation regimes of any relevant decontamination processing equipment external to SSD and Endoscopy Decontamination.
• To take responsibility for ensuring that all relevant processing equipment not covered by the 3rd party contract within the Trust is compliant with Health Technical Memoranda guidance and procedures.
• From a governance perspective to ensure that decontamination support reprocessing units provided by the third party are compliant.
• To oversee the decontamination of re-usable medical devices external to SSD and Endoscopy Decontamination and ensure that efficient and effective processes are developed and followed in line with the relevant Trust policies and national guidelines.
• To perform the yearly audit to ensure reprocessing units are constantly delivering a service to JAG accredited standards.
• To provide expert advice and impart highly specialised knowledge to key stakeholders including Infection Prevention & Control, Theatres, Medical Equipment, Endoscopy, and other service users on matters relating to decontamination, health technical memorandums, health building notes, new projects, and service provision.
• To liaise closely with key groups and service managers and users to ensure an adequate and reliable service is provided by the contracted service and is reactive to change.
• To create and deliver appropriate training packages in relation to decontamination in clinics to relevant staff groups across the Trust as necessary, ensuring that all personnel within the departments are appropriately trained and competent to undertake a full range of duties.
• To be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of a Trust wide audit programme which benchmarks services against current standards relating to decontamination.
• To undertake performance data analysis and share findings at the Decontamination Committee with appropriate recommendations.
• To lead in the development and implementation of the decontamination section of the Trust Infection Prevention & Control Annual Plan.

Savings Efficiency and Commercial Opportunities

To lead the formation of updated service specifications in preparation for Sterile Services, Endoscopy Decontamination and AE(D) contracts tendering or re-tendering as appropriate, to reflect the present and future requirements of the Trust.

-To support development of strategies for the Trust regarding future service delivery models, including consideration for Market Testing processes where required.

-To comply with standing financial instructions, business planning arrangements and Trust policies to ensure the highest level of probity in all financial matters.

-Awareness of relevant information related to Performance policies and service deliverables and contracts; data set changes and communicates issues to a wide audience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to master's level, equivalent qualification, or appropriate specialist qualifications and extensive experience in a relevant sector
• City & Guilds Endoscopy Decontamination Certificate (or equivalent)

Experience

• Robust track record in decontamination in an acute Trust environment.
• Evidence previous experience in a similar, senior position within the NHS or Private sector

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal influencing and negotiating skills in particular relating to the management of outsourced contracts for SSD and/or Endoscopy Decontamination.
• Excellent understanding of legislation pertaining to Decontamination.

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of quality standards 93/42/EEC, ISO13485, JAG, CQC etc
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices, and knowledge related to decontamination and relevant hard FM disciplines.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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