Sterile Services Assistant

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning opportunities

Flexible working

NHS pension

Annual leave

Discount schemes

Health & wellbeing

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust's Stoke Mandeville Hospital is seeking a Sterile Services Assistant to join the newly completed Sterile Services Department. You will handle medical devices essential to surgical teams and support decontamination and sterilisation cycles, with full training provided.

Hours are 37.5 per week on a rolling day shift, with on-call duties once trained. The role offers NHS benefits, ongoing development, flexible working where possible, and the chance to contribute

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include effective communication with colleagues to prioritise workload and resolve issues.
• Knowledge of decontamination procedures and sterile services workflows.
• Data entry and records management within the department.

Responsibilities

• Accurately exchange information with colleagues and customers to enable; prioritisation of work and prevention/resolution of problems.
• Understand a range of routine work procedures that require in house training.
• Maintain and update knowledge of instruments across a wide range of surgical specialties.
• Understand and maintain knowledge of decontamination procedures including safe operation of automated machinery.
• Participate in on-call team when fully trained.
• Maintain educational standards by attending departmental lectures and hospital courses regularly to meet the requirements of Health & Safety.
• Ensure recommended best practice is adhered to at all times.
• Daily maintenance of theatre instruments, dismantling and re-assembling of surgical instruments following the relevant work instructions.
• Responsible for data entry to maintain records of instrumentation within the department.

Skills

Communication

Decontamination procedures

Data entry

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the new recently completed Sterile Services Department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. As a Sterile Services Assistant you will be handling medical devices which are essential to the surgical teams and a key component of the patients care plan. Applicants will be given training on the complete decontamination/ sterilisation cycle. Applicants will also be expected to undertake additional training including relevant legislation HTM01-01, ISO13485 for example and other quality driven standards. Previous Sterile Services experience is not essential. Hours required 37.5 per week, rolling day shift pattern to be discussed at interview there is also a requirement to participate in 'on call' duties once fully trained.

• Accurately exchange information with colleagues and customers to enable; prioritisation of work and prevention/resolution of problems.
• Understand a range of routine work procedures that require in house training.
• Maintain and update knowledge of instruments across a wide range of surgical specialties.
• Understand and maintain knowledge of decontamination procedures including safe operation of automated machinery.
• Participate in on-call team when fully trained.
• Maintain educational standards by attending departmental lectures and hospital courses regularly to meet the requirements of Health & Safety.
• Ensure recommended best practice is adhered to at all times.
• Daily maintenance of theatre instruments, dismantling and re-assembling of surgical instruments following the relevant work instructions.
• Responsible for data entry to maintain records of instrumentation within the department.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Ourvisionis to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Ourmissionis to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Ourcarevalues are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.