Senior Decontamination Engineer in Cardiff

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Specialist Estates Services (NWSSP-SES) is committed to championing patient centred and sustainable healthcare environments. We achieve this by providing a range of professional and technical estates services for NHS Wales and policy advice for the Welsh Government’s (WG) Department for Health and Social Services.

As a Senior Decontamination Engineer within NWSSP-SES, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding patient safety across NHS Wales. Working as a senior member of the dedicated Decontamination team, you will act as a trusted source of specialist technical expertise on systems and processes related to the decontamination of reusable medical devices. You will provide authoritative professional advice to NHS organisations across Wales, ensuring that decontamination practices meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. In addition, you will work in collaboration with the Principal Decontamination Engineer in leading the team, delivering on service-level agreements, and fulfilling commitments to NHS Wales and the Welsh Government. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced decontamination engineer to influence national practice, contribute to service improvement, and support the continued delivery of safe healthcare services across Wales.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Decontamination Engineer (SDE) is one of the principal sources of advice and guidance for the NHS in Wales on medical device decontamination systems, providing expert specialist and professional advice within this field. A core duty of the Senior Decontamination Engineer is to discharge the duties of the Authorised Engineer Decontamination AE (D) for NHS in Wales in line with the Welsh Health Technical Memorandum (WHTM) 00 and 01/01 - Decontamination of Medical Devices with Acute Services suite of documents.

Working for our organisation

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating. Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people. Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers. Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone.

To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit NWSSP website.

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

• Bachelor’s degree with honours in engineering or technology and be a Chartered member of a recognised Institution in an appropriate discipline or have sufficient engineering knowledge, experience and understanding equivalent to Master level learning.
• Must be a member of a relevant professional institution.
• Is required to have extensive technical knowledge of specialist decontamination principles and associated engineering.
• Be a registered Authorising Engineer for Decontamination.

Experience

• Must have considerable experience in the medical device decontamination field including the validation of sterilizers and washer/disinfectors together with the requirements for all types of endoscopy reprocessing procedures.
• Must have considerable experience in the ancillary services associated with decontamination principles to include steam, ventilation, water and other relevant engineering services.
• Understanding of the complex nature of the NHS environment.
• Knowledge and experience of auditing and the audit process.

Skills and Attributes

• The ability to co-ordinate and manage the activity of a team.
• Capable of working within a team environment and on own initiative when required.
• Commitment to personal professional development.

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities. If you are shortlisted for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly. Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage. When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.