Sterile Services Team Leader

STERIS Canada Corporation; Leicester; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join STERIS as a Team Leader and make a difference in healthcare by overseeing the sterilisation of surgical instruments. This role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety standards while leading a dedicated team. Enjoy a competitive salary, comprehensive training, and a clear career path in a people-centric culture.

Benefits

5% performance bonus

Generous shift allowances

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Defined career path

Comprehensive training

Qualifications

• Demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end-user IT skills.
• Educated to a good general standard.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for safe and efficient practices for decontamination and sterilisation of instruments.
• Provide direct supervision to ensure timely delivery of clean instrumentation.
• Monitor and maintain department quality assurance records.

Skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Integrity

Working under pressure

Accountability

Education

Good general standard education

Tools

Track and traceability IT system

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.

WORKING PATTERN

12 weeks training, the first few weeks you will work on Monday-Friday at 9:00-17:00. Thereafter, training will continue during your regular shift hours which are Monday to Friday 14:00 to 22:00.

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.
• Responsibility for the safe and efficient practices for decontamination, instrument assembly and sterilisation of instruments, consumables and equipment within predefined quality standards.
• To actively assist and support the Production Manager in the planning and operational process.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU

• An annual salary of £26,032.00 plus a 5% performance bonus, and generous shift allowances if you work overtime/unsociable hours! Plus a higher cost of living allowance if you work in London.
• Full structured and comprehensive training
• Defined career path when fully operational
• A diverse and people-centric culture
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

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.

Skills

• Flexibility
• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Working under pressure
• Accountability

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Category: Clinical Support/Instrument Processing/Education

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