Sterile Services Technician

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Sefton is seeking a Sterile Services Technician to join their team. The successful candidate will provide specialized surgical instrument reprocessing to ensure compliance with ISO13485 standards. Responsibilities include participating in a duty rota covering evenings, weekends, and holidays; liaising with staff and customers; and demonstrating knowledge of sterilization procedures. Candidates must possess good literacy and numeracy skills and ideally have experience in sterile services or healthcare settings, along with a flexibility to work varied hours.

Qualifications

• Good literacy and numeracy skills are essential.
• Quality system auditing experience is valuable.
• Previous experience in Sterile Services Department is required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a duty rota for Weekday evening shifts and weekends.
• Communicate all relevant information to ensure efficient service running.
• Report any incidents or faults to the supervisor and document accordingly.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to use initiative

Flexible

Co-operative

Professional

Ability to work as a member of the team

Motivated

Education

National Decontamination Training Programme or equivalent

Job description

Sterile Services Technician

The closing date is 01 January 2026

Previous applicants need not apply

To work as a member of the Sterile Services Team providing highly specialised surgical instrument reprocessing to all areas across the Trust, Community and to our external clients in line with ISO13485 standards and other Quality Management System work instructions.

Main duties of the job

• To participate in a duty rota which includes Weekday evening shifts, weekends, Bank Holidays and on call commitments.
• To communicate all relevant information within the team to ensure the continual and efficient running of the service.
• To communicate and liaise between decontamination personnel, customers and other members of healthcare staff in a polite and helpful manner.
• To demonstrate competency and understanding of sterilisation and disinfection procedures.
• To report any untoward accident/incident or any faulty equipment to the supervisor and document procedure in accordance with departmental and Trust policies.
• Any additional new development or tasks required as deemed necessary by the management to support existing Trust activities, in line with the individual's level or responsibility and competence.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Closing date: 1st January 2026

Shortlisting date: 9th January 2026

Proposed Interview date: 13th January 2026

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good literacy and numeracy skills essential
• National Decontamination Training Programme or other Decontamination or qualification or equivalent
• Quality system auditing experience would be valuable

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience of working in Sterile Services Department or medical device decontamination manufacturing or production environment
• Experience of working within a peri-operative care setting or healthcare related clinical environment would be a considerable advantage such as Theatres

Skills

• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to use initiative
• Flexible
• Co-operative
• Professional
• Ability to work as a member of the team
• Motivated

Other

• Working in uncomfortable/ unpleasant physical conditions, e.g. exposure to blood, bone and body tissue.
• Ability to stand for long periods in all sections of the department
• Ability to move loads up to 12 kilograms. Loading/unloading washer disinfectors, Moving sterile instrument trays/medical devices Trays must be cleanly lifted to minimise damage to wrap sterilisers
• Ability to concentrate in all sections of the department, Check theatre tray lists/medical devices lists are completed and checked Check process equipment tests and record results
• Ability to organise the workload & workflow
• Paying attention to detail in all sections of the department whilst making repetitive movements, e.g. Handling instruments/medical devices, constant repetitive movements whilst examining instruments/medical devices/endoscopes for cleanliness and functionality
• Ability to retain & recall technical information
• Must be flexible to work hours required to meet the demands of the department.
• Must be able to work weekends, bank holidays and take part in the department's on-call rota

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

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust