Sterile Services Team Leader

STERIS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the STERIS team in Salisbury as a Sterile Services Manager, responsible for overseeing the decontamination and preparation of surgical instrument packs for internal and external customers. This key role requires strong leadership, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a busy environment. You will work collaboratively to ensure compliance with health standards while contributing to patient safety and care.

Benefits

Generous shift allowances for overtime and unsociable hours.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or sterile services preferred.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Knowledge of health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation of instruments and equipment within quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety procedures.
• Manage and mentor production staff on a shift basis.

Skills

Leadership

Flexibility

Teamwork

Integrity

Working under pressure

Accountability

Attention to detail

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 CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Would you like to be part of a team working in Support of the NHS?
The Sterile services at Salisbury District Hospital support the activity of the operating theatres, endoscopy, clinic areas, dentistry, podiatry services and external customers.
This is not a patient facing role but is very much patient focused and the patient is at the core of everything we do.
The team are responsible for the decontamination, checking, assembly, packing, sterilisation and delivery of surgical instrument packs to both internal and external customers, including endoscopy.
The environment is busy and active, and you will need to be able to respond to the ‘peaks and troughs’ of the work to support the service. The instruments are used in operations, and so an ability to deal with the sight of blood is necessary.

Skills
Leadership, flexibility, teamwork, integrity, working under pressure, accountability, attention to detail.

Job Purpose

• To support in the management of the re-processing production of the site and to be responsible for production staff within the team on a shift basis.
• To contribute to the management of a busy Sterile Services and Endoscopy Unit, team leading a team of sterile services and endoscopy personnel on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that Sterile Service and endoscopy provision complies with current legislation.
• To provide leadership through personal example, promoting sound departmental communication and fostering good interpersonal relationships.

Working Pattern

Full-time, 37.5 hrs per week on:
Monday-Wednesday at 13:00-21:00,
Thursday at 7:00-15:00,
Friday at 12:00-20:00.

SSL are part of the STERIS Team. STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention.

STERIS HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental product services.

An annual salary between £22,816.00 and £24,336.00 and generous shift allowances if you work overtime/unsociable hours!

Duties and Key Responsibilities

• To effectively and efficiently oversee the preparation of instruments and equipment by the process of cleaning, inspection, assembly and packing within predefined quality standards.
• To oversee and rigorously check, wash, lay-up and pack sets of theatre instruments and endoscopes to meet contract specifications within predefined quality standards.
• To utilise specialist knowledge across Sterile Service practice underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
• To safely operate and monitor machines and equipment (driers, washers, AER’s, sterilisers) effectively and efficiently.
• To oversee that repairs and missing instruments or equipment are recorded and logged on the Tracking and Traceability computer system.
• To oversee that repaired instruments or equipment are returned to stock or the appropriate coded sets.
• To ensure that instruments not recorded on the computer system and supplementary instruments not identified by hospital are correctly tagged and labelled and logged into the system.
• To proactively monitor, evaluate and ensure that operational activities fully comply with required Health and Safety procedures and guidelines.
• To ensure that all designated staff are kept informed and trained on individual and team health and safety procedures in the workplace.
• To ensure that designated staffs are aware of the fire safety procedures and to act as designated area Fire Officer.
• To participate as an integral member of the sterile processing and endoscopy team and to actively contribute to suggestions of innovation, continuous improvement and best practice.
• To monitor and ensure that all production processed by designated team conforms to Synergy Health Sterilisation Services quality guidelines and ensuring complete contamination control.
• To effectively control the use of materials, equipment and consumables within the teamwork location reporting re-occurring faults and informing the Production Manager of any other requirements.
• To assist and support the Production Manager in the planning and operational process.
• To monitor absence levels, maintaining accurate records and liaising with team members in the management of absence.
• To support and guide team members in line with the principles of Performance Management, setting and reviewing goals, acting as a mentor to the team and identifying training and development needs.
• To ensure the effective communication between senior management and production teams.
• To participate in the on-call management rota service to maintain emergency services to customers.
• To make judgements involving a range of facts or situations at departmental level, which require analysis or comparison of a range of options.
• To undertake any other duties or tasks as reasonably required.

STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by UK employment law. The Company bases all employment decisions on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities with the intention that the best candidate is selected for each position.

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.