Sterilisation / Endoscopy Technician - Sterile Services

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting a part-time Sterilisation Technician for Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness. You will decontaminate and sterilise surgical instruments and provide sterile procedure packs to Endoscopy and the NHS Trust on a fixed-term 8-month contract.

Working Saturdays and Sundays, 09:00–17:30, 15 hours per week. Experience in an accredited Sterile Services unit is preferable, though training will be offered to the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Technical certificate or NVQ 3 Decontamination or equivalent.
• Knowledge of decontamination processes in the hospital sterile services department.
• Experience in Sterile Services or hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate and sterilise surgical instruments.
• Provide sterile procedure packs to Endoscopy and the NHS Trust.
• Support decontamination workflows and maintain infection control standards.

Skills

Good communication

Team working

Work under pressure

Education

NVQ 3 Decontamination

Job description

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NHS AfC: Band 3

Main area Sterile Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 8 months (Saturday & Sunday 09:00 - 17:30) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Saturday & Sunday 09:00 - 17:30) Job ref 435-1LSC-UHMBT-102-26-A

Site Furness General Hospital Town Barrow In Furness Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/10/2026 23:59

• Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)

The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.

Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.

We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.

One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

We have a vacancy within the accredited Sterile Services Department at Furness General Hospital for 1 part time Sterilisation Technician working:-

15 Hours per week, Saturday & Sunday 09:00 - 17:30 to provide maternity cover on a fixed term 8 month contract.

You will be responsible for the decontamination and sterilisation of surgical instruments and providing sterile procedure packs to Endoscopy and the NHS Trust.

Experience of working in an accredited Sterile Services unit is preferable. However training will be offered to right candidate.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the decontamination and sterilisation of surgical instruments and providing sterile procedure packs and Endoscopy for our NHS Trust, the PCT and the community for which it serves.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Technical certificate or NVQ 3 Decontamination or equivalent level of knowledge and experience through Decontamination Training.

Experience

• Good knowledge of all decontamination processes in the hospital sterile services department.
• Sterile Services or hospital experience

Skills, Ability & Knowledge

• Good communication skills verbal and written
• To work under pressure and as part of a team or alone

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone [phone] or email [e-mail] write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

We promote flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview. We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Name Gary Barker Job title Quality & Operational Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01524 551346 Additional information

Gary Barker, Quality & Operational Manager, 07813 364216

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