Decontamination Technician

Nations Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing agency in the United Kingdom is seeking staff to assist in providing an effective equipment loan service to disabled individuals. Candidates will ensure safety through proper cleaning and adherence to infection control guidelines. Previous experience in a relevant environment is required. The position is available for immediate start in Liverpool, offering a salary of £12.80 per hour.

Qualifications

• Experience with risk assessments in a working environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Competence in reading and understanding instructions.
• Experience in an infection control environment.
• Familiarity with powered cleaning equipment.
• Experience in fitting and repairing community equipment.
• Ability to work with community equipment.
• Experience in a Social Services/NHS/voluntary environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing an effective equipment loan service to disabled people.
• Ensure all equipment is cleaned correctly to maintain safety.
• Adhere to infection control guidelines to reduce cross-infection risk.
• Work efficiently both individually and within a team.

Job description

Overview

Job category: Manual Labour

Job location: Oriel Drive, Aintree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L10 6NJ, Sefton MBC

Hours per week: 36

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £12.80

To provide cover for our decontamination area between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm

Job Purpose

JOB PURPOSE

To assist in providing an effective equipment loan service to disabled people of all ages including children, this is so they can maintain their health and independence.

To ensure the safety of clients and staff it is essential that all community equipment service equipment is cleaned correctly. Cleaning helps to maintain the safety and integrity of equipment, reduce the harbourage of micro-organisms and prevent cross-infection. It is important to maintain a safe working environment for all people coming into contact with any contaminated equipment and prevent cross-infection in-patients.

The post holder will be required to adhere to the infection control guidelines to reduce the risk of cross-infection from contaminated equipment. All CES equipment must be decontaminated on return to the loan store.

The post-holder is required to undertake work in an efficient and effective manner, both as an individual and working within the team to provide a continuously improving service to our customers.

Experience

• Undertaking risk assessments to ensure safe working environment for self and colleagues.
• Working as part of a team.
• Reading and understanding instructions.
• Working in an infection control environment.
• Use of powered cleaning equipment (steam cleaner).
• Fitting & repairing community equipment to service users/patients homes.
• Working with community equipment.
• Working in a Social Services/NHS/voluntary environment.