Decontamination Services Supervisor

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Decontamination Services Supervisor to lead the quality and compliance of decontamination processes. The ideal candidate will supervise staff, manage workloads, and maintain high standards of patient care. Essential qualifications include GCSEs in English and Maths, and knowledge of decontamination practices. The role requires flexibility for on-call duties and offers the chance to contribute to an award-winning NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of quality and safety standards in a Decontamination Services environment.
• Understanding data protection and the confidential use of patient information.
• Experience working within Decontamination Services.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily activities of Assistant Technical Officers.
• Oversee reprocessing of medical devices and assess equipment performance.
• Plan workloads, staff rotas, and conduct training programs.

Skills

Quality and safety standards

Data quality and patient information management

Knowledge of decontamination processes

Education

GCSE grades A - C in English Language & Maths

NVQ level 3 in decontamination

Tools

Microsoft Office

Tracking information systems

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Decontamination Services Supervisor

The closing date is 04 December 2025

Are you passionate about delivering the highest standards of patient care and ensuring safe, efficient healthcare services? We are seeking a Decontamination Services Supervisor to join our team and play a key role in maintaining quality and compliance across our decontamination processes.

Job summary

Are you passionate about delivering the highest standards of patient care and ensuring safe, efficient healthcare services? We are seeking a Decontamination Services Supervisor to join our team and play a key role in maintaining quality and compliance across our decontamination processes.

About the Role

As a Decontamination Services Supervisor, you will:

• Supervise Assistant Technical Officers on a day-to-day basis, ensuring timely and high-quality provision of specialised decontamination services.
• Oversee the reprocessing of reusable medical devices and mattresses, including cleaning, disinfection, assembly, sterilisation, and tracking.
• Liaise with user departments and staff to meet patient and service requirements.
• Maintain compliance with departmental Standard Operating Procedures and the Quality Management System.
• Plan and organise daily workloads, staff rotas, and on-call schedules.
• Monitor equipment performance, arrange repairs, and ensure accurate record-keeping.
• Support staff training, development, and performance reviews in collaboration with the Team Leader and Manager.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today and help us deliver exceptional care at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

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

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 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.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirement

Essential

• Knowledge of quality and safety standards in a Decontamination Services environment
• Understands the fundamentals of data quality, data protection and the confidential use of patient information
• Understands concept and management of urgent /priority medical devices & equipment and non-conformance

Desirable

• Knowledge of Trust CARE Values

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE qualification of grades of A - C English Language & Maths or equivalent
• Use of Microsoft Office and PC systems including operation of Window based software,

Desirable

• NVQ level 3 through decontamination training
• Supervisory qualification

Further Training

Essential

• Evidence of on-going Continuous Professional Development

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within Decontamination Services
• Use of a tracking information system

Desirable

• Previous supervisory experience

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Weekday, weekend and Bank Holiday On Call Requirement
• To work Saturday and Sunday rota as part of working week
• Flexible approach to role, where there is a requirement to provide supervision of the service

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)