HSDU Assistant Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Council; Walsall; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Walsall Council is seeking HSDU Assistants to support Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust in providing high-quality patient care. This entry-level full-time role involves maintaining sterile medical devices and ensuring a safe environment for patient care. The position offers professional development opportunities and various benefits, including an attractive salary and NHS pension options.

Benefits

Attractive salary

Salary sacrifice scheme

Car leasing

On-site staff accommodation

NHS pension options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a busy, challenging environment.
• Commitment to high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning, assembly, packing, and sterilisation of medical and surgical instrumentation.
• Monitoring and operating sterilisation equipment.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

HSDU Assistant Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

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We are looking for 6 individuals who are fully committed to providing a high standard of work to support the needs of the Trust and to ensure a safe environment for patient care 365 days a year, including weekends and Bank Holidays. HSDU Assistants are responsible for providing and maintaining sterile medical devices and Endoscopes to theatres, wards, departments, and community services.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Cleaning, assembly, packing, and sterilisation of medical and surgical instrumentation, including Endoscopes.
2. Monitoring and operating sterilisation equipment.

You will need good communication skills, the ability to work well as part of a team, and to thrive in a busy, challenging environment. Our commitment is to high-quality patient care using a multidisciplinary approach.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community healthcare in the West Midlands, serving a population of 260,000. The Trust's facilities include Walsall Manor Hospital, a full-range district general hospital, and ongoing developments such as a new Emergency Department.

We are proud of our values: teamwork, respect, compassion, and professionalism. We invest in our workforce and aim to become an outstanding Trust by 2022, following a recent 'outstanding' rating from CQC and NHS Improvement.

Benefits include an attractive salary, salary sacrifice scheme, car leasing, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), NHS pension options, and professional development opportunities.

This role is classified as entry level, full-time, within the healthcare provider industry, specifically hospitals.

The advert closes on Friday, 30 May 2025.