Decontamination Technician - Colchester | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Colchester is looking for a decontamination technician to join their Sterile Service Unit. The role involves operations of decontamination equipment and processing surgical instruments. No prior experience is needed as full training will be provided, but good communication skills are essential. This position offers various benefits including training opportunities, a generous pension scheme, and 27 days of annual leave.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

NHS discounts

Staff health and wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• No prior experience required as full training will be provided.
• Must possess good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Operation of decontamination equipment.
• Pushing and pulling trolley.
• Stock control.
• Lifting heavy theatre sets.
• Processing reusable medical devices.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Excellent attention to detail

Excellent customer service attributes

Good numeracy and literacy skills

Good retentive memory

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a decontamination technician to work within the Sterile Service Unit and Endoscopy Reprocessing Unit at Colchester Hospital. You will join a busy friendly team, dealing with sterilisation and decontamination services; you will be involved in the reprocessing surgical instruments and flexible endoscopes. You will be working as part of a team in a busy, fast moving acute hospital. You must have a flexible approach to your work & possess good verbal and written communication skills.

Duties

• Operation of decontamination equipment
• Pushing and pulling trolley
• Stock control
• Lifting heavy theatre sets
• Processing reusable medical devices

Required skills

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent customer service attributes
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good retentive memory

Training & Development

You are not required to have previous experience as full training will be provided to undertake the technician role. There may also be opportunities for further additional training. As you will be required to work across both the Sterile Service Unit and Endoscopy Reprocessing Unit, you will begin with a structured training programme to gain competencies in all areas.

About ESNEFT

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

Benefits

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Digital Transformation

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

Interested?

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025