Endoscopy Decontamination Supervisor | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Decontamination Unit Support Supervisor. This role involves supporting Team Leaders to ensure high-quality and safe decontamination services in healthcare settings. Key responsibilities include managing the cleaning and preparation of reusable equipment while adhering to established healthcare regulations. The organization is known for its high standards in patient care and a supportive work environment, making it an ideal place for passionate healthcare professionals.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and highly motivated individual.
• Experience in maintaining compliance with healthcare regulations.
• Knowledge in sterilisation and decontamination processes.

Responsibilities

• Support Team Leaders within the Endoscopy Decontamination Unit.
• Ensure compliance with CQC, NICE, and medical device regulations.
• Oversee collection, cleaning, and preparation of reusable equipment.

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and safety in healthcare environments? Do you thrive in a role where you can make a tangible impact on patient care? Join our team as a Decontamination Unit Support Supervisor and play a vital role in delivering exceptional clinical care. We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to support our Team Leaders within the Endoscopy Decontamination Unit. At our organisation, we priority the well-being and safety of our patients by providing a specialized decontamination service. As a Decontamination Unit Support Supervisor, you will contribute to the delivery of high-quality, safe, and timely services, ensuring compliance with established protocols and standards.

Responsibilities

• Support Team Leaders within the Endoscopy Decontamination Unit to deliver high-quality, safe, and timely services.
• Ensure compliance with CQC, NICE, and medical device regulations, maintaining patient safety at all times.
• Assist in managing the accredited Quality System for sterilisation and decontamination processes.
• Oversee the collection, cleaning, and preparation of reusable equipment for re-issue using a barcoded tracking system.
• Contribute to services for Operating Theatres, Wards, Outpatient Clinics, Radiology, Emergency Departments, and community healthcare providers.

Organisation

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.

Visa and sponsorship

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here. Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK. Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Application and closing

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025