Hsdu Endoscopy Technician

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking an Endoscopy Technician to join their team on a temporary 12-month contract. Key responsibilities include reprocessing medical devices, maintaining cleanliness and safety standards within a hospital environment, and operating relevant sterilization equipment. The ideal candidate will have experience in decontamination and surgical instrumentation. This role offers between 27-33 days of annual leave and various employee benefits.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance services

Local financial advice

Qualifications

• Literate and numerate (Read & Write).
• Experience of working within a hospital environment.
• Knowledge of surgical instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Reprocess reusable medical devices under supervision.
• Operate washer disinfectors, AER washers, and Sterilisers.
• Maintain accurate records involved in production.

Skills

Knowledge of surgical instrumentation/flexible endoscopes

Experience of decontamination

Ability to work under pressure

High standard of cleanliness

Education

Equivalent to GCSE in English and Maths

Job description

Hsdu Endoscopy Technician - Band 2 Temporary 12 months contract - 37.5 hours per week

The Decontamination Technician is responsible for providing effective safe and efficient collection, decontamination (washing, disinfection and sterilization) and distribution of re-usable medical devices.

Technicians must comply with the essential requirements of MDR 2017 and UKCA, the decontamination units maintain a quality system (I.S.O 13485:2016), this is a legal requirement under the consumer protection act.

To carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, disinfection, reassembly, packing and sterilization of reusable medical devices. Record all processes in the tracking and tracing database. To reprocess Endoscopes, record all processes of each Endoscope in the tracking and tracing database and to ensure all Endoscopes are placed in a dryer cabinet within 1 hour prior to use.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting theminimum salary threshold of £25,000 per annum and/or the requiredskill level set by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have theright to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

1. To work in accordance with Departmental Policy, Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management System.

2. To reprocess reusable medical devices under supervision; disassemble, clean, disinfect, check, assemble, sterilize, despatch and track in a controlled environment.

3. To reprocess endoscopes using high level disinfection involving packing, storage and dispatch.

4. To operate washer disinfectors, AER washers, Dryer cabinets and Sterilisers including loading machines, checking detergents, maintaining records as required.

5. To report any faulty instruments or equipment to Supervisor.

6. To maintain accurate records involved in production.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education

• Literate and numerate (Read & Write)
• Equivalent to GCSE in English and Maths

Knowledge

• Knowledge of surgical instrumentation/ flexible endoscopes
• Knowledge of surgical instrumentation/ flexible endoscopes

Experience

• Working under pressure and at speed
• Keeping a high standard of cleanliness.
• Experience of decontamination.
• Experience of working within a hospital environment, particularly sterile services or endoscopy.
• Experience of working within a quality system

Work Related Circumstances

• Shift work and overtime
• Flexible in approach to duties and prepared to work reasonable extended hours weekends and bank holidays and on-call

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.