Sterile Services Technician

VerseOne Group; Leigh on Sea; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Essex Sterile Supplies Department is recruiting motivated individuals to wash, inspect, pack and sterilise surgical instruments, ensuring the best decontamination service for our customers and patients.

You will receive training, supporting development and exposure to capital equipment, with supervision from senior staff to maintain HTM standards and a high level of patient safety within the NHS setting.

Qualifications

• Washing, inspecting, packing and sterilising surgical instruments to HTM 01 standards.
• Willing to undertake externally accredited training and develop in decontamination processes.

Responsibilities

• Learn how to work in the disinfection area, wash area, sterilization room and distribution section with training and support.
• Operate capital equipment safely following work instructions and parameters.
• Work as requested by STOs, seniors and intermediates to ensure user requirements are met.
• Ensure reusable invasive medical devices are fit for purpose, clean and reprocessed to HTM standards.
• Follow reprocessing actions to be delivered safely and timely.
• Report equipment failures to a senior colleague promptly for repair.
• Work as part of the team to ensure timely delivery of all work.
• Assist senior staff with final checks on devices out of hours if requested.

Job description

Mid Essex Sterile Supplies Department is a friendly and fast paced Unit supplying the Trust Theatre complex and other areas with sterile packs and instruments. An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and proactive individuals to join the team who are methodical and meticulous to detail, to wash, inspect, pack and sterilise surgical instruments ensuring the best decontamination service for our customers and patients. In return you can expect to receive career development including externally accredited training, and the generous reward and benefit schemes associate with NHS employment. Please be aware we cannot offer VISA sponsorship for this role. If successful, you will:

• Learn how to work in the disinfection area, work in progress, sterilization room and distribution section with training and support in order to fully understand the process and function of each area.
• Operate all capital equipment safely following work instructions. 28 Cubic foot sterilisers operating parameters of 137° c, manually operated using trolleys: Washer disinfectors operating parameters of 90°c manual loading, unloading, pushing and pulling required.
• Work as requested by STO's, seniors and intermediates, support all senior staff to ensure that user's requirements are met.
• Ensure all reusable invasive medical devices are fit for purpose, clean, present, and reprocessed to the HTM 01 series, and departmental processes (follow manufacturer's instructions).
• Follow the planned reprocessing actions, ensuring they are delivered safely and effectively in a timely manner and understand them.
• Report to a senior colleague any failure with capital equipment as soon as it is identified in order that it is repaired as soon as possible.
• Work as part of the team to ensure that all work is delivered in a timely manner.
• Assist the Senior staff in final checks on internally manufactured reusable medical devices out of hours prior to sterilization if requested to do so.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust Full details of this interesting role can be found in the attached job description, but responsibilities include: Assisting the manager, deputy manager, senior technical officers, seniors and intermediates to provide a professional cost-effective service to all wards and departments within the Trust. You'll also provide such technical advice as these services require.