Head of Decontamination Services

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a senior leader to head decontamination services, including Sterile Services, Endoscopy Decontamination and Mattress Decontamination. You will set strategic direction with clinical and external partners and oversee quality, risk and equipment validation.

The role focuses on running a 24/7 service, ensuring safe and high-standard processing of surgical instruments and medical equipment, while delivering value for money and continuous

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree or equivalent postgraduate-level knowledge.
• Master's-level professional management and scientific knowledge or equivalent.
• Full chartered membership of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences (IDSc).
• Evidence of ongoing CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across Sterile Services, Endoscopy Decontamination and Mattress Decontamination.
• Lead a 24/7 decontamination service to process instruments safely, efficiently and to high standards.
• Work with senior leaders, clinical teams and external stakeholders to set the strategic direction.
• Champion continuous improvement and develop resilient solutions to evolving clinical and operational needs.
• Strengthen quality assurance and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee risk management and equipment validation.
• Inspire and develop teams.
• Optimise resources and manage budgets.
• Deliver improvements that balance quality, efficiency and value for money.

Skills

ISO standards knowledge

Windows PC software

Microsoft Word

Keyboard skills

Microsoft PowerPoint

Education

Postgraduate degree

Master's-level management/science knowledge

IDSc chartered membership

CPD evidence

Tools

ISO standards implementation

Windows

Microsoft Word

Job description

This senior leadership post heads decontamination services at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, covering Sterile Services, Endoscopy Decontamination and Mattress Decontamination. The role centres on running a round-the-clock service that processes surgical instruments and medical equipment safely and to a high standard, while setting strategy with clinical and external partners. It pairs scientific and technical oversight of quality, risk and equipment validation with managing teams and budgets. Candidates need postgraduate-level scientific knowledge and full chartered membership of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences.

What the job involves

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across Sterile Services, Endoscopy Decontamination and Mattress Decontamination
• Lead a 24/7 decontamination service so that surgical instruments and medical equipment are processed safely, efficiently and to high standards
• Work with senior leaders, clinical teams and external stakeholders to set the strategic direction
• Champion continuous improvement and develop resilient solutions to evolving clinical and operational needs
• Strengthen quality assurance and regulatory compliance
• Oversee risk management and equipment validation
• Inspire and develop teams
• Optimise resources and manage budgets
• Deliver improvements that balance quality, efficiency and value for money

What's required

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree or equivalent postgraduate-level knowledge
• Master's-level professional specialist management and scientific knowledge, or equivalent
• Full chartered membership of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences (IDSc)
• Evidence of ongoing CPD

Experience

• At least 3 years' experience at senior management level
• Previous scientific management experience
• Significant experience of medical devices used within decontamination services
• Significant experience of a decontamination services tracking system
• Significant experience of using and managing a quality system
• Proven significant experience of efficient and effective budget management

Skills & knowledge

• Professional knowledge gained through training to degree level (5 years' study)
• Significant knowledge of ISO standards and their implementation
• Significant experience of using a PC and Windows-based software
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word
• Sound keyboard skills

Nice to have

• Ability to use Microsoft PowerPoint