Sterile Services Technician I

STERIS IMS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in the City of London is seeking a Sterile Services Technician. This entry-level position offers full-time training and responsibilities include preparing sterile consumables, ensuring quality standards, and operating relevant machinery. Ideal candidates should possess flexibility, teamwork skills, and a good educational background. Join us in making a difference to patient care and safety in our national health service.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end user IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare sterile consumables by decontamination and packing.
• Check and pack theatre instruments to meet specifications.
• Operate machines and monitor equipment.
• Log repairs and ensure instruments are returned to stock.

Skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Integrity

Working under pressure

Accountability

Attention to detail

Education

Good general standard education

Tools

Track and traceability IT system

Job description

About Us

STERIS Instrument Processing helps customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

How you will make a difference

About Us
At STERIS Instrument Processing we are believed 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 of full-time training on Monday-Friday at 8:00-16:00. Then, move to full-time permanent shift, 14:00-22:00 Monday - Sunday (5 days a week) includes weekends

What is involved

• Ensuring the effective preparation of sterile consumables (dressings, linen, 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.

Required Experience

• Educated to a good general standard with demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end user IT skills to operate track and traceability IT system.

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/

Equal Opportunities

STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by UK employment law. The Company bases all employment decisions on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities with the intention that the best candidate is selected for each position.

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, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 18,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.