Decontamination Supervisor

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Walsall is seeking a supervisor for their decontamination science discipline. Responsibilities include overseeing a team of Decontamination Technicians, managing the sterilization processes for medical devices, and ensuring compliance with institutional quality standards. The role requires strong organizational and supervisory skills, with exposure to clinical operations. Ideal candidates will have experience in a similar environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in decontamination processes of medical devices.
• Ability to oversee and train staff and apprentices.
• Strong organizational skills to plan workloads.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Decontamination Technicians and maintenance of medical devices.
• Ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems.
• Manage the cleaning, sterilization, and packing of reusable medical devices.

Job description

Overview

The post holder will undertake supervisory duties within the decontamination science discipline and oversee the workforce of Decontamination Technicians in HSDU and EDU, providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient. To carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and where required sterilisation of reusable medical devices. Record all tasks in the Trust tracking and tracing system. Work in accordance with the Department's Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems. To provide supervision and oversee training of new staff and Apprentice Decontamination Technicians within the team. Plan your own workload with limited supervision. The role involves exposure to blood and body fluids.

Responsibilities

• Carry out receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and where required sterilisation of reusable medical devices.
• Record all tasks in the Trust tracking and tracing system.
• Work in accordance with the Department's Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems.
• Provide supervision and oversee training of new staff and Apprentice Decontamination Technicians within the team.
• Plan your own workload with limited supervision.
• The role involves exposure to blood and body fluids.
• Undertake a range of duties within both Decontamination units at the Hospital, the Hospital Sterilisation and Decontamination Unit (HSDU) and Endoscope Decontamination unit (EDU).

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.