HSDU Sterile Services Technician | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting for an HSDU Sterile Services Technician to join the Sterile Services Department. You will decontaminate and reprocess reusable medical devices and instrument sets used in surgical operations.

The role involves dismantling, cleaning, reassembly and sterilization, data entry on the track & trace system, and occasional LGV driving during staff shortages. You will work under a strict Quality Management System to support theatres and ward staff.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate and reprocess reusable medical devices according to QMS.
• Assist in dismantling, cleaning, reassembly and sterilization of instrument sets.
• Input data to the track and trace system and generate checklists, labels and delivery notes.
• Occasionally drive a Light Goods Vehicle (LGV) during shortages or emergencies.
• Ensure correct stock rotation and delivery to wards and theatres.

Job description

HSDU Sterile Services Technician | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that this post is Part of One LSC – a corporate collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and providing Estates and Facilities Services to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Sterile Services Department is responsible for the decontamination and reprocessing of re-usable medical devices. These are instrument sets used for surgical operations. This is accomplished using dedicated washers and sterilizers, that require the sets to be dismantled, decontaminated, reassembled and sterilized before being returned to the operating theatres. The advertised role is for a technician to primarily undertake the above role as part of a larger team. On occasions the technician may be required to drive a Light Goods Vehicle (LGV) during periods of staff shortages or emergency requests.

To decontaminate re-usable medical devices effectively and in line with departmental deadlines requiring each set to be dismantled prior to cleaning and reassembled and checked prior to sterilization. Technicians must ensure that the instrumentation is accurate against the instrument checklists both at receipt and at dispatch and has been recorded on the tracking system.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as competent and caring staff by our patients

You will be required to work to strict adherence of an accredited Quality Management System (QMS) that the department is required to maintain in order to retain its accreditation with Medical Devices Directives Effective communication with colleagues, supervisors and Managers is crucial. Information about instrument sets may need to be conveyed back to theatres or to other colleagues during shift changes.

As part of this role the department is required to collect dirty and distribute sterile instrumentation around numerous ward and clinic areas.Ensure that stock, sets, and instrumentation is correctly rotated upon return to wards and departments to restrict the amount of sets reaching expiry. Input data to produce checklists, labels and delivery notes using the departments track & trace system. The track & trace system enables all items to be tracked at each stage of the process thus providing an assurance that all instrumentation had undergone the correct and complete process

This advert closes on Thursday 5 Nov 2026

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