Sterile Services Technician

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in London seeks a Sterile Services Technician to ensure the decontamination of surgical instruments. Ideal candidates must be motivated, reliable, and willing to rotate through various shifts. Previous experience is not required as training will be provided. Applicants should have strong communication skills in English and some basic understanding of decontamination processes. This is a physically demanding role, offering a salary of £30,074 a year including HCAS.

Qualifications

• Able to read, write and effectively communicate in English.
• Demonstrate literacy and numeracy.
• Basic understanding of decontamination processes.

Responsibilities

• Care and maintenance of equipment requiring decontamination.
• Adhere to decontamination standards as per Trust policy.
• Decontamination of medical devices used in theatres.

Skills

Ability to learn and retain technical information

Able to work with speed and accuracy

Ability to work on own initiative

Ability to work to high standards under pressure

Education

IDSc Technical Certificate or equivalent

Tools

Windows-based software

Job description

Overview

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Sterile Services Technician. The closing date is 03 October 2025.

To work in a collaborative and supportive environment with members of the multidisciplinary team. To carry out tasks delegated from professionally qualified staff, requiring a wide range of technical ability, numeracy and literacy skills as well as interpersonal skills and manual dexterity (disassembly, inspection, decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilisation of surgical instrumentation to predetermined standards). To be flexible in the approach to the production areas and provide cover for any area specified. Assist in training of new members of the team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit motivated, reliable staff to work in our department, who enjoy working within a team.

Previous decontamination experience is not essential as we provide our own training scheme, based on current standards. The training is compulsory for all members of staff.

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to rotate through the following shifts: 0600-1400; 1200-2000; 1400-2200; 2200-0600 including weekends and Bank holidays.

This is a physically demanding post involves high level of manual handling with long periods of standing.

We highly recommend all applicants visit the department.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job responsibilities

The care, maintenance, training and record keeping of all equipment and accessories that require decontamination. Testing and record keeping of the decontamination equipment. To adhere to the standards of decontamination in line with Trust policy, local, national and international standards and guidance. Decontamination of medical devices used in theatres and various outpatients clinics.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Able to read, write and effectively communicate in English
• Demonstrate literacy and numeracy
• IDSc Technical Certificate or equivalent

Experience/Knowledge

• Transferrable Hospital / industry experience/skills including working with Standard Operating Procedures (S.O.P) or similar
• Previous SSD/CSSD experience
• Basic understanding of decontamination processes
• Able to identify different surgical instruments

Skills

• Ability to learn and retain technical information
• Able to work with speed and accuracy
• Able to use technology and equipment to assist in Sterile Services practice

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to work to high standards under pressure
• Flexible
• Ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Demonstrates logical thinking to help troubleshooting

IT

• Use of a Word and PC systems including operation of Windows-based software, and keyboard skills
• Use of department tracking information systems
• Use of hospital information systems
• Use of quality management system
• Understands the fundamentals of data quality, data protection and the confidential use of patient information

Other

• Well organised
• Punctual

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£30,074 a year per annum including HCAS (inner)