Trainee Decontamination Technician

Medstrom; Thame; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

33 days annual leave

Discounts & cashback on shopping

Cycle to Work

Birthday treat

Death in Service

Employee Ownership Trust (EOT)

Job summary

Medstrom in Thame, Oxfordshire, seeks a Trainee Decontamination Technician for the Oxfordshire service centre. 37.5 hours weekly, Monday to Friday, 9.30am–6pm.

You will clean, test and prepare products, support field technicians and learn electrical safety testing with full training. Benefits include a competitive salary up to £24,784, contributory pension, 33 days’ leave, discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, birthday treat, death in service, and participation in an Employee Ownership Trust

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of hygiene and safety rules is advantageous.
• Basic PC skills including email and MS Office.
• Full driving licence is advantageous but not essential for site-based role.
• Electrical safety testing qualification or certificate is desirable but not essential; full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Clean, decontaminate, test and repair products to be ready for use.
• Maintain inventory of products and spare parts.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external quality processes.
• Meet daily product preparation targets and service in-field technicians with timely support.
• Complete electrical safety testing during tasks after training.
• Record and complete daily/weekly activity reports and update IT systems.

Skills

Safety awareness

Basic IT

Driving licence (optional)

Job description

Trainee Decontamination Technician

Thame, Oxfordshire

Are you ready to embark on a career with a company that places both its employees and customers at the heart of everything we do? If you're a motivated, customer-focused individual with a can-do attitude, we want to hear from you.

Youll fit in well with us at Medstrom, where we have disrupted the market by providing proven and well-evidenced products and services to our busy customers, helping to make a real difference to both their workload and, crucially, their patients outcomes.

Established in 2010, Medstrom has grown substantially by being patient-focused to become the organisation we are today, whilst maintaining an open culture and ethos. In 2022, Medstrom became an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), unlike any other company in the industry. This allows each employee to have a vested interest in the company, where we can all contribute to and share in the companys success.

Were now looking for a Trainee Decontamination Technician to join our Oxford team on a full-time, permanent basis, working at our Thame service centre.

The Benefits

• Competitive basic salary of up to £24,784
• Contributory pension scheme
• 33 days annual leave entitlement
• Discounts and cashback on shopping, supermarkets, and holidays as part of our rewards scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes, including Cycle to Work
• Full induction with great training and support from dedicated team members
• Receive a treat on your birthday
• Death in Service benefit provided
• Be a part of an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) and the associated benefits of having a stake in the company

Your Role

As a Trainee Decontamination Technician, you will clean, maintain, and support the delivery of our products to customers throughout Oxfordshire, based within our service centre in Thame.

Whilst adhering to established quality processes, youll clean and test products, ensuring they are ready for use, and providing a high level of service to our internal technicians who will install products at customer sites.

Specifically, you will be:

• Cleaning, decontaminating, testing, and repairing products and making them ready for use
• Keeping an inventory of products and spare parts
• Ensuring compliance with quality processes, both internal and external
• Meeting daily product preparation targets
• Delivering a timely and appropriate service to in-field technicians
• Completing and recording electrical safety testing on products during tasks you will be fully trained
• Completing tasks within the laundry (booking in, drying and inspection)
• Ensuring the cleanliness of the workplace
• Completing daily/weekly activity reports
• Updating relevant IT systems

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.30am 6pm

About You

• Basic knowledge of hygiene and safety rules would be an advantage, but is not essential
• Basic PC skills to include email and MS Office
• A full driving licence would be an advantage to support the wider team, but is not essential as this role is site-based
• Electrical safety testing qualification or certificate would be equally desirable, but is not essential, as full training will be provided

Personal Requirements

• The ability to work on your own initiative and follow procedures laid out by the business to achieve deadlines
• A proactive, can-do attitude with a flexible outlook

Please note, this role will involve manual activities lifting, carrying and loading products.

In addition to the salary and related benefits, you will join a company that has grown extensively within the last five years and, through our unique ownership model, is continuing to grow, whilst offering great career opportunities for those who are keen to progress.

Webrecruit and Medstrom are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

Medstrom operates a zero-tolerance policy on any harassment of any kind towards our colleagues.