Sterile Services Technician: Decontamination & Instruments

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Sterile Services Assistant for Stoke Mandeville Hospital. You will handle essential medical devices, learn the full decontamination cycle, and undertake training on HTM01-01, ISO13485 and other standards.

Experience in Sterile Services isn’t essential, as full training is provided. The role involves on-site work with a focus on accuracy, safety, and teamwork within a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education including English Language.
• TVQ Level 1 / 2 or equivalent in a similar industry or evidence of a successfully completed in-house SSD training scheme.

Responsibilities

• Accurately exchange information with colleagues and customers to enable prioritisation of work and resolution of problems.
• Understand a range of routine work procedures that require in house training.
• Maintain and update knowledge of instruments across a wide range of surgical specialties.
• Understand and maintain knowledge of decontamination procedures including safe operation of automated machinery.
• Participate in on-call team when fully trained.
• Maintain educational standards by attending departmental lectures and hospital courses regularly to meet Health & Safety requirements.
• Ensure best practice is adhered to at all times.
• Daily maintenance of theatre instruments, dismantling and re-assembling of surgical instruments following the relevant work instructions.
• Responsible for data entry to maintain records of instrumentation within the department.

Skills

Basic computer skills

Good communication

Hand-eye coordination

Manual dexterity

Attention to detail

Willingness to learn

Self-motivated

Able to work standing

Ability to work under written specs

Education

Good standard of education including English Language

TVQ Level 1/2 or equivalent

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Sterile Services Assistant for Stoke Mandeville Hospital. You will handle essential medical devices, learn the full decontamination cycle, and undertake training on HTM01-01, ISO13485 and other standards.

Experience in Sterile Services isn’t essential, as full training is provided. The role involves on-site work with a focus on accuracy, safety, and teamwork within a busy hospital setting.