Team Leader

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a team leader for the Decontamination Services Department. The role involves supervising a production team to ensure quality decontamination of medical devices. Responsibilities include developing standard procedures, managing records, and training staff. Candidates should have experience in decontamination services and a commitment to quality healthcare. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to sustainable practices in a top-performing trust.

Responsibilities

• Supervise compliance with standards in reusable medical device reprocessing.
• Develop and review Standard Operating Procedures for quality management.
• Manage decontamination records and technical data analysis.

Job description

Overview

To lead a production team in the Decontamination Services Department to ensure meeting customer's demand by provision of high quality, specialized decontamination of medical devices service which contributing to the clinical care of the patient.

To perform a full range of decontamination duties, and be accountable for work area within department; manages decontamination records in own area of work, interprets and reviews technical data and production reports.

Supervises, organises and allocates work and train new staff; together with manager identifies training needs of new and experienced staff.

To assist with the development of the Department's Standard Operating Procedures in accordance with Quality Management Systems and ensure staff compliance to them.

Plan your own workload and work with minimal managerial direction. The role routinely involves exposure to blood and body fluids.

Main duties of the job

• To work in accordance with Departmental Policy and Quality Management Systems to ensure compliance by other staff.
• To assist in the development and regular review of Standard Operating Procedures and department's policies.
• To supervise compliance with standards in the reprocessing of reusable medical devices, including disassembly, cleaning, disinfection, checking, assembly, sterilization, despatch and tracking in a controlled environment.
• To supervise, record and analyse the operation of the decontamination equipment ensuring routine tests are completed in accordance with Planned Preventative Maintenance Schedules, Quality Standards and Guidance.
• To undertake investigations into non-conformance reports as required.
• To ensure routine testing of decontamination equipment at the appropriate intervals to analyse and take appropriate action on any malfunction.

Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites-Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital-along with award-winning clinics across North West London. Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use. We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid. We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future. We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.

If you haven't heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probation.

• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.