SSD Technician

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Norwich is seeking an SSD Technician to join their Sterile Services department. In this physically demanding role, you will be responsible for decontaminating and sterilising surgical instruments. You will play a crucial part in ensuring essential support to clinical services, requiring good communication skills and attention to detail. The position offers flexible working hours, and applicants will benefit from a variety of employee perks.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave

On-site nursery

Support in career development

Qualifications

• Must have good standards of hygiene.
• Experience in a similar role will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with service users on routine matters.
• Sort, check, and process used surgical instruments.
• Transport theatre equipment around the hospital.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Education

Good general standard of literacy and numeracy

Job description

Job Summary

The Sterile Services department (SSD) provides essential services of reprocessing surgical instruments and Endoscopy for use in wards and departments within the trust and outside practices.

As an SSD Technician you will have the opportunity to work within a friendly and skilled team, providing essential support to clinical service providers. You will be involved in the decontamination, inspecting, assembling, packaging, sterilising and distributing of surgical instrumentation for supply to Wards, Departments, Theatres and Endoscopy.

The role is physically demanding, pushing, pulling, lifting and handling heavy instrument sets and long periods of standing. It is necessary to transport theatre equipment around the hospital using trolleys.

The successful candidate will be required to work 1 weekend in 3 and 2 Bank Holidays in the year.

Shifts will be: 14:00 - 22:00 hrs

Main duties of the job

• To liaise with service users on routine matters.
• Communicate effectively with team members and the Team Leader(s).
• Collection of used items from departments, theatres and wards throughout the hospital site as required.
• Sorting, checking and processing used surgical instruments and other items using appropriate machinery.
• Attain familiarity with surgical instruments and their use and demonstrate ability to dismantle and reassemble instruments ready for surgery.

About Us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job Details

Date posted: 19 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £24,465 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Flexible working, Annualised hours

Reference number: 234-25-A1237-A

Job locations: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, NR4 7UY

Job Description

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 6131, does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications:

• Good general standard of literacy and numeracy.

Essential Experience:

• Good standards of hygiene.

Essential Skills:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to pay attention to detail.

Attitude, aptitude:

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Motivated, effective team member, flexible, adaptable.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer Details

Employer name: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, NR4 7UY

Employer's website: https://teamnnuh.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)