Endoscopy Decontamination Technician

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Endoscopy Decontamination Technician for the Endoscopy Decontamination Unit. Working at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, you will perform essential tasks in cleaning and preparing endoscopes, contributing to vital patient care. This position provides opportunities for career progression and comprehensive support in a respected NHS environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Good annual leave and pension schemes

Health and wellbeing packages

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE standard (4/C) in Maths and English.
• Relevant experience in an acute hospital setting or controlled environment preferred.
• Willing to complete Decontamination training for progression to AFC band 3.

Responsibilities

• Test and manually clean flexible endoscopes.
• Deliver and track clean endoscopes while ensuring quality checks.
• Flexibility to change shifts and cover additional hours if necessary.

Skills

Communication

Understanding of decontamination practices

Team Player

Flexibility

Education

GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths

NVQ level 2 in Health care

Job description

Main area Endoscopy Decontamination Grade NHS AfC: Band 2/3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 7.5 hours per week (Saturday 10:00am - 18:00pm) Job ref 190-0442-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £24,169 - £25,674 pa/ pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 2/3

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The post holder will be trained in our busy Endoscopy Decontamination Unit, working Monday to Friday at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital as an Endoscopy Decontamination Technician 16:00pm - 20.00pm.

Candidates will be appointed at Band 2 and progress to Band 3 upon completion of training.

The Endoscopy Decontamination Unit consists of a Manager, two Supervisors and 13 technicians which are spread across the two units at the Northern General and Royal Hallamshire Hospitals. It is a busy department that works to the demand of the Service Users. The Service Users are spread around the Trust e.g. Cardiac Theatres, Endoscopy Unit GITU, Main Theatres, Radiology etc.

Staff may be asked to change shifts, cover additional hours or cover the other site where there are staff absences therefore flexibility is key to this role.

Main duties of the job

This role involves testing and manually cleaning flexible endoscopes before placing into a washer disinfector. Unloading the flexible scopes and placing them into storage.

Delivering clean endoscopes and collecting contaminated used endoscopes to/from Service Users around the Trust. The scopes require to have quality checks throughout the process and tracking by a computer system.

Please also note this vacancy is a training post so all applicants will start at Band 2 and upon completion of necessary skills and/ or training will progress to Band 3.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• (Band 2 & 3) Educated to GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths or equivalent qualifications/experience.
• (Band 2 & 3) NVQ level 2 in Health care or equivalent NVQ qualification

Experience

• (Band 2 & 3) Relevant experience working in an acute hospital setting or in a controlled environment
• (Band 2 & 3) Decontamination background in endoscopy or sterile services

Skills and Knowledge

• (Band 2 & 3) Ability to communicate to all levels within the Trust
• (Band 2 & 3) Understanding of decontamination practices and its importance to patient care and quality control.
• (Band 2) Willing to complete the Decontamination training programme for AFC band 3 including off site training courses specific for their role
• (Band 3) Completed STH Decontamination training programme including training from external scope representatives and off-site training courses relevant to their role
• (Band 2 & 3) Understanding of national standards and requirements of decontamination

Personal Qualities

• (Band 2 & 3) Team Player
• (Band 2 & 3) Flexible to cover shifts if necessary and agreed

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on skilled worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the skilled worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here (link to the gov.uk website).

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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