SSD Technician

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated SSD Technician to join their team. The role involves decontaminating, assembling, and distributing surgical instruments while maintaining high hygiene standards. Candidates must demonstrate excellent communication skills and a team-oriented mindset. This physically demanding position includes shift work and the opportunity to contribute to quality patient care. NHS benefits and a collaborative work environment await the successful candidate.

Benefits

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Multi Faith prayer room

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme

Free 24-hours confidential counselling support

On-site Nursery

On-site cafes offering staff discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate, inspect, assemble, package, sterilize, and distribute surgical instruments.
• Liaise with service users and team members on routine matters.
• Collect used items from departments and theatres as required.
• Sort, check, and process used surgical instruments using appropriate machinery.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Motivated team member

Flexibility and adaptability

Understanding of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Education

Good general standard of literacy and numeracy

Job description

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

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• 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
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

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

Qualifications

• Good general standard of literacy and numeracy.

Experience

• Good standards of hygiene.

Skills

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