Production Manager

Circle Health Group; Aylesford; Remote; GBP 29,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private Healthcare Scheme

Friends & Family Hospital Discounts

Family Friendly policies

Life insurance

Wellbeing resources

Industry leading training

Job summary

Circle Health Group Decontamination is seeking a Production Manager to lead the decontamination unit in Aylesford. The role covers a 37.5-hour week with flexible shifts, focusing on safe, compliant processing of sterile instrumentation and endoscopes.

You will coordinate production, staffing and resources, while providing strong leadership to a multidisciplinary team and ensuring quality and regulatory compliance across the unit.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Sterile Services Department (SSD) or decontamination environment.
• Operational knowledge of sterile services processes and workflows.
• Experience leading operational teams in a decontamination setting.
• Experience with quality management systems and audits.
• Knowledge of decontamination regulatory requirements.
• Strong people management, coaching and performance skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient IT skills: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Able to work independently and within a management team.
• Able to work across flexible shift patterns including weekends/holidays.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operation of the decontamination unit, ensuring safe, compliant processing.
• Plan production activity, staffing and resources to meet demand and service levels.
• Provide visible leadership to Supervisors and Technicians and ensure performance expectations.
• Ensure quality management and compliance with eQMS and standards.
• Support maintenance of relevant quality and regulatory requirements.
• Build relationships with hospitals and clinical users to meet needs.
• Support unit budget, consumables, payroll and costs within limits.

Skills

SSD experience

Operational leadership

Quality management

Teaching / coaching

Auditing compliance

Regulatory knowledge

People management

Communication skills

IT skills (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)

Organisation & problem-solving

Independent yet collaborative

Shift flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Production Manager

Circle Decontamination - Aylesford

37.5 Hours & Permanent/Fixed Term

Salary: Up to £47,933.13 per year (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)

Circle Health Group Decontamination is responsible for the provision of sterile equipment and instrumentation for use in surgical and interventional procedures in hospitals across England and Glasgow. The unit operates 24 hours a day/7 days a week with rotating shifts covering days and nights as required.

We have an opportunity for an Production Manager to join their team of staff in theDecontamination department.

This is a full time role for 37.5 hours a week. The role holder will be required tocover a flexible shift pattern.

Duties of this role include:

• You lead the day-to-day operation of the decontamination unit, ensuring sterile instrumentation and flexible endoscopes are processed safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards.
• You plan and coordinate production activity, staffing and resources to meet customer demand, turnaround requirements and agreed service levels.
• You provide visible day-to-day leadership to Supervisors, Team Leaders, Technicians, Trainee Technicians, Drivers, Trainers and Administrators, ensuring colleagues understand their responsibilities and performance expectations.
• You provide visible leadership on quality and ensure decontamination activities operate in accordance with the unit’s electronic Quality Management System (eQMS) and applicable standards and requirements.
• You support the maintenance of relevant quality.
• You build and maintain strong relationships with hospitals, consultants, clinical users and other customers, ensuring their requirements are understood and services remain responsive to operational and clinical needs.
• You support effective management of the unit’s operational budget, consumable expenditure, payroll and other costs within agreed financial limits.

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Proven experience working within a Sterile Services Department (SSD), medical device decontamination and/or endoscopy decontamination environment.
• Strong operational knowledge of sterile services processes, equipment and decontamination workflows.
• Working knowledge of surgical instrumentation and associated tracking and traceability systems.
• Experience of leading, supervising or managing operational teams within a decontamination or comparable regulated environment.
• Experience working with quality management systems and undertaking audits or compliance checks.
• Knowledge of relevant decontamination quality and regulatory requirements.
• Strong people management, coaching and performance management capability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage operational priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively as part of a wider management team.
• Flexibility to work across shift patterns, including weekends, Bank Holidays and unsocial hours according to operational requirements.

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
• Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Non-contributory life insurance
• Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
• Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
• Employee recognition programmes
• Industry leading training and development opportunities

…and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles…and more.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.