Sterile Services Supervisor
Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Arrowe Park Hospital Upton Wirral CH49 5PE
£13.13 per hour Monday – Friday plus enhanced pay at weekends
Shifts available Monday – Friday between the hours of 8.00am – 8.30pm
Are you ready to take the next step in your Sterile Services career? Join our dedicated team at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a Sterile Services Supervisor, where your leadership will ensure high standards of decontamination and infection control across surgical services.
As a Sterile Services Supervisor, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality, efficient, and safe decontamination service across the Trust. You will support the day-to-day running of the Sterile Services Department, ensuring compliance with national decontamination, infection control guidelines, ISO standards, and Trust policies.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Lead and supervise the daily production and decontamination workflow
* Ensure staff follow departmental protocols, quality systems, and health and safety regulations
* Perform and oversee routine testing (bioburden, Sterrad, protein residue)
* Support and develop staff through training on instruments, procedures, and IT systems
* Troubleshoot issues with Track and Trace software
* Assist with audit processes and departmental improvements
* Communicate effectively with hospital and theatre staff to ensure high standards of service delivery
* Provide shift cover at Clatterbridge Endoscopy when required
* Contribute to maintaining stock levels, equipment functionality, and departmental cleanliness
What We’re Looking For
Extensive experience in Sterile Services.
· Strong knowledge of decontamination equipment and procedures.
· Completion of or current enrolment in a leadership course (e.g., ILM Level 2+).
· Excellent understanding of health & safety, COSHH, infection control, and risk management.
· Ability to train, lead, and motivate team members.
· Clear communicator with good manual dexterity and attention to detail.
· Experience with Clatterbridge Endoscopy procedures (desirable)
· Working knowledge of NHS standards and ISO requirements (desirable)
· Strong administrative and rota management experience (desirable)
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.
Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.
In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: –
· Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
· First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
· Dedicated consultants
· Flexible working options
· Free DBS and free training
· Build holiday allowance
· Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days
· Stakeholder pension scheme
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion