Sterile Services Technician I

STERIS Canada Corporation; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare solutions company in Chesterfield is seeking a Sterile Services Technician. This entry-level role offers comprehensive training and a defined career pathway. Responsibilities include following sterilization processes, preparing sterile consumables, and operating machines. Competitive salary of £24,465, generous benefits, and ongoing education provided. Ideal for individuals passionate about healthcare and patient safety.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

5% performance bonus

Shift allowances for overtime

Structured training programme

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Good general standard of education.
• Ability to operate track and traceability IT systems.
• Open to candidates with or without prior healthcare experience.

Responsibilities

• Follow sterilization/decontamination processes for surgical instruments.
• Prepare sterile consumables, ensuring quality standards.
• Operate and monitor sterilization machines effectively.
• Log repairs and missing instruments on IT system.
• Return repaired instruments to stock.

Skills

Verbal and numerical abilities

Basic IT skills

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.

Overview

About Us

At STERIS Instrument Processing we are experts in surgical instrument sterilisation. We offer on and offsite re-processing, alongside reliable instrument maintenance solutions. Our diverse and talented teams use cutting edge technology to ensure that the highest quality of infection prevention is delivered to our customers.

We are currently recruiting for a Sterile Services Technician vacancy. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at an entry-level and receive world-class training to get you on to a defined career pathway.

Overview

About You

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about helping our incredible national health service make a difference? Do you care about keeping vulnerable patients safe? If so, then a career with STERIS Instrument Processing would be a great fit for you.

Working Pattern

12 weeks training, the first few weeks you will work on Monday-Friday at 9:00-17:00.

Thereafter, training will continue during your regular shift hours which will be alternating weeks with one week on 7am until 3pm then the following week on 12noon until 8pm.

What You Will Do

• Following a highly regulated end to end sterilization/decontamination process on surgical instruments that have been used in operations in local NHS and private hospitals, to ensure they can be used again safely for the next patient.
• Ensuring the effective preparation of sterile consumables (dressings, linen, surgical instruments, and equipment) by the process of decontamination, inspection assembly and packing within predefined quality standards.
• Rigorously checking, washing, laying up and packing sets of theatre instruments to meet contract specifications within predefined quality standards.
• Safely operating and monitoring machines and equipment (washer/disinfectors, ultrasonic and sterilisers) effectively.
• Ensuring that repairs and missing instruments or equipment are recorded and logged on the Tracking and Traceability computer system (SynergyTrak).
• Ensuring that repaired instruments or equipment are returned to stock or the appropriate coded sets or the Trust’s appointed person.

What’s In It For You

• An annual salary of £24,465 plus a 5% performance bonus, and generous shift allowances if you work overtime/unsociable hours!
• Full structured and comprehensive training
• Ongoing education leading to industry-recognised qualifications
• Defined career path when fully operational
• A diverse and people-centric culture
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Access to a Level 2 Healthcare Science Assistant Apprenticeship! This is a 12-15 month fully funded programme studying good scientific practice for the Healthcare profession! It is universally applicable outside of STERIS! Completed on the job, you are given 20% of your working hours to study towards the qualification. Further apprenticeships are available throughout the course of your career!

Required Experience

Educated on good general standard with demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.

Basic end-user IT skills to operate track and traceability IT systems.

Whether you have no experience whatsoever, or you have previously worked in the healthcare industry, we want to hear from you! We are a committed equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We cannot wait to meet you!

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 and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Category: Clinical Support/Instrument Processing/Education

Job Segment: Infection Control, Sterile Processing, Maintenance, Patient Care, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Entry Level