Sterile Services Technician I

STERIS IMS; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare solutions provider in Chesterfield is seeking a Sterile Services Technician. This entry-level role offers full training and a defined career path. You will oversee the sterilization process for surgical instruments, ensuring patient safety. The position comes with an annual salary of £24,465 plus a performance bonus and extensive benefits including 25 days of annual leave.

Benefits

Annual salary of £24,465

5% performance bonus

Generous shift allowances

Full structured training

Ongoing education qualifications

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Responsibilities

• Follow the sterilization process on surgical instruments.
• Prepare sterile consumables according to quality standards.
• Check, wash, lay up, and pack sets of theatre instruments.
• Operate and monitor sterilization machines.
• Record repairs and missing instruments on the tracking system.

Skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Integrity

Working under pressure

Accountability

Attention to detail

Education

Good general standard with verbal and numerical abilities

Job description

Overview

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.

About Us

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.

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 / Benefits

• 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!

Skills

• Flexibility
• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Working under pressure
• Accountability
• Attention to detail

For more information about us, please visit our STERIS IMS website: https://www.steris-ims.co.uk/

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.