Sterile Services Senior Decontamination Supervisor | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Hospital Trust is seeking an enthusiastic individual for a full-time night role in the Sterile Services department at Wexham Park Hospital. The position involves supervising the disinfection and sterilisation of surgical equipment and requires team working and communication skills along with decontamination experience. This is a permanent role offering training and support within a well-equipped facility.

Qualifications

• Experience in man management and decontamination.
• Ability to work under own initiative and flexibility for cross site working.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the regular review of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Direct the reprocessing of reusable medical devices.
• Supervise and train less experienced staff.
• Ensure routine testing of decontamination equipment.
• Monitor stocks of raw materials.
• Operate decontamination equipment.

Skills

Team working

Communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected hospital trusts. We have three main hospitals: Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham in Slough. We are looking for a flexible and enthusiastic person to work in a busy but friendly Sterile Services department at our Wexham trust, providing disinfection and sterilisation of trays and instruments for operating theatre and wards. Training will be provided by our friendly professional team. The vacancy is at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire within a modern well-equipped Sterile Services department which opened in January 2009.

If you think this is the role for you but would like to know more, please get in touch with our Sterile Services team who are happy to give you more details. This is a permanent night full-time post.

We are looking for a reliable, enthusiastic, self-motivated individual to join our busy team on a fixed term basis. The department is responsible for the cleaning, inspection, assembly, packing and sterilising of surgical equipment.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other: Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Responsibilities

• To work in accordance with Departmental Policy, Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems. To assist in the regular review of Standard Operating Procedures.
• To direct the reprocessing of reusable medical devices: disassembly, cleaning, disinfection, checking, assembly, sterilization, despatch and tracking in a controlled environment.
• To supervise, organise and allocate work and/or train less experienced/qualified staff.
• Will be expected to use knowledge and skills when making decisions with regard to non-conformances.
• To ensure routine testing of decontamination equipment at the appropriate intervals to analyse and take appropriate action on any malfunction.
• To record all routine testing of decontamination equipment.
• To monitor stocks of raw materials as requested and to take appropriate action on any deficiencies, assist in the evaluation of new products.
• Meet the demands of the Department’s workload whilst consistently achieving high quality standards which will be measured by in-process checks and non-conformance reports.
• To undertake initial investigation into non-conformance reports as instructed.
• To use manual dexterity and concentration for the disassembly and reassembly of the reusable medical devices in accordance with Manufacturer’s instructions.
• To operate decontamination equipment and carry out routine tests in accordance with Planned Preventative Maintenance Schedules, Quality Standards and Guidance.
• To communicate and supervise the enquires from users, and other members of healthcare staff in a polite and helpful manner, seeking scientific advice from Senior Decontamination Supervisors where required.
• To undertake such duties as required, consistent with the responsibility of the grade and needs of the service.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Man management and decontamination experience is necessary.
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent team working and communication skills, the ability to work under their own initiative and commitment to the provision of a quality service. Flexibility is required as this role may require cross site working.

This advert closes on Thursday 25 Sep 2025.