Sterile Services Technician – Night Shift Training Path

Steris plc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% performance bonus

Shift allowances for overtime/unsociab

London cost-of-living allowance

Structured training program

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Job summary

STERIS Instrument Processing in London is recruiting for an entry-level Sterile Services Technician. You will join a team dedicated to keeping patients safe by supporting decontamination, inspection, and packing of sterile consumables for theatre use.

The role offers world-class training, with night shifts 22:00-06:00, and opportunities to develop a defined career pathway within the NHS environment. A strong focus on accuracy, teamwork, and accountability is essential.

Qualifications

• Must have good general education with verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end user IT skills to operate track and traceability IT system.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective preparation of sterile consumables by decontamination, inspection, assembly and packing to defined quality standards.
• Rigorously check, wash, lay up and pack theatre instrument sets to contract specifications.
• Safely operate and monitor machines (washers, disinfectors, ultrasonic, sterilizers).
• Record and log repairs and missing instruments on Tracking and Traceability system (SynergyTrak).
• Return repaired instruments to stock or appropriate coded sets or Trust’s appointed person.

Skills

Verbal skills

Numerical skills

IT skills

Education

TVQ or NVQ Level 2 in Decontamination

Tools

SynergyTrak

Job description

STERIS Instrument Processing in London is recruiting for an entry-level Sterile Services Technician. You will join a team dedicated to keeping patients safe by supporting decontamination, inspection, and packing of sterile consumables for theatre use.

The role offers world-class training, with night shifts 22:00-06:00, and opportunities to develop a defined career pathway within the NHS environment. A strong focus on accuracy, teamwork, and accountability is essential.