Sterile Services Team Leader

STERIS Canada Corporation; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join STERIS as a Team Leader in Birmingham, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring safe sterilisation practices for healthcare instruments. In this pivotal position, you will supervise staff, maintain safety standards, and contribute to continuous improvement in a rewarding environment dedicated to infection prevention. Ideal candidates will have supervisory experience and relevant qualifications in decontamination.

Qualifications

• Good general educational standard needed.
• Demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities required.
• Basic IT skills for operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safe and efficient practices for decontamination and sterilisation.
• Provide supervision for timely delivery of sterile instrumentation.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety procedures.

Skills

Verbal abilities

Numerical abilities

Basic IT skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Decontamination

Job description

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At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

About You

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about helping our incredible national health service make a difference? Do you care about keeping vulnerable patients safe? If so, then a career with STERIS Instrument Processing (IP) could be a great fit for you.

About Us

At STERIS Instrument Processing (IP) we are the believed experts in surgical instrument sterilisation. We offer on and offsite re-processing, alongside reliable instrument maintenance solutions. Our diverse and talented teams use cutting edge technology to ensure that the highest quality of infection prevention is delivered to our customers.

We are currently recruiting for a Team Leader vacancy. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at the team leading level and oversee the productivity and welfare of the staff on site.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Responsibility for the safe and efficient practices for decontamination, instrument assembly and sterilisation of instruments, consumables and equipment within predefined quality standards.
• Providing direct and effective supervision to ensure timely delivery of clean and/or sterile instrumentation.
• Operational activities fully comply with all required Health and Safety procedures and guidelines.
• Monitor, Maintain and record all department quality assurance records in accordance with the QMS.
• To proactively monitor, evaluate and ensure that operational activities fully comply with required Health and Safety procedures and guidelines and staff are kept informed and trained on health and safety procedures in the workplace.
• To participate as an integral member of the management team and actively contribute to suggestions of innovation, continuous improvement and best practices.
• To actively assist and support the Production Manager in the planning and operational process.

WORKING PATTERN

Monday - Fridays; 2-10pm

Required Experience

• Educated to a good general standard with demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end user IT skills to operate track and traceability IT system.

Preferred Experience

• TVQ or NVQ Level 2 in Decontamination or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience in Sterile Services and/or health related products.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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