Sterile Services Technician

Main area: Sterile Services

Grade: Band 2

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Over two week shift pattern: 1 Week earlies, 1 Week late's, Weekends on rota)

Job ref: 249-7039467

Employer: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Site: Great Western Hospital

Town: Swindon

Salary: £24,169 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 17/06/2025 23:59

The Sterile Services (HSDU) at the Great Western Hospital supports the activity of the operating theatres, endoscopy, clinic areas, community dentistry, podiatry services and external customers. This is not a patient facing role but is very much patient focused and the patient is at the core of everything we do.

The environment is busy and active and you will need to be able to respond to the peaks and troughs of the work to support the service. The instruments are used in operations and so an ability to deal with the sight of blood is necessary.

Please note: This Band 2 role is not available to support sponsorship for skilled worker visas.

Main duties of the job:

• Collecting, receiving, checking and washing of all surgical instruments/medical devices from clinical areas.
• Delivering and collecting clean and used Endoscopes from local sites using Trust vehicle.
• The checking and assembly of medical devices across the full range of surgical specialties using Departmental Standard Operating Procedures with speed and accuracy prior to sterilization.
• Providing and receiving routine information and working co-operatively with your work colleagues in exchanges of information.
• To carry out all duties in accordance with Departmental Policies.
• Demonstrate activities to new staff during their training.
• Responsibility for organising one’s own day-to-day work tasks and making judgement on job related facts and situations.
• Work within the departmental quality management system ensuring accurate record keeping and written process is followed correctly.
• Visit the wards and departments to requisition and deliver sterile supplies and to cover when necessary the delivery of External customers packs.
• To store and rotate sterile packs in the Sterile Store to ensure rapid turnover.
• To be aware of the Health & Safety at Work Act etc. ensuring that as an employee the provisions of the Act are met.
• It will be required that all employees comply with the Trust’s Immunisation Policy which includes immunisation against Hepatitis B.

Person specification:

• Good general education at GCSE Level or equivalent.
• NVQ in Decontamination.
• Packaging and assembly and/or customer services experience.
• Working in a Hospital environment.
• Previous experience of working with a Quality Management system using Standard operating procedures.
• Use of Wassenburg AER’s.
• Experience in the disinfection of flexible endoscopes.
• Basic IT skills.
• Proven record of dexterity.
• Able to concentrate on tasks for long periods of time.
• Able to identify faults and damage to products.
• Ability to learn and retain names and information relating to a large volume of complex products.
• Able to manage own work and produce constant quality product within a designated time frame.
• Ability to understand and operate a bar code tracing system and recognise risk to product if the scanning process is missed.
• Previous experience of decontaminating medical equipment.

Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.

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We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.