We are recruiting for a Sterile Services Technician - Sterile Services Department (SSD) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The department operates Monday - Friday 7am to 4am and 8am to 4pm weekends and bank holidays. This means shift patterns can range from 7am to 3pm, 12.30 pm to 8.30pm and 8pm to 4am during the week and 8am to 4pm at weekends and bank holidays.
The successful candidate is expected to participate in the full departmental rota of all three shifts and one weekend a month.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
The Sterile Services Technician will provide a high quality decontamination and sterilisation service that supports clinical teams by ensuring all surgical instruments and medical devices are cleaned, inspected, packed, sterilised and delivered in accordance with strict quality and infection control standards.
You will demonstrate and maintain a level of understanding of decontamination terminology and processes as well as taking responsibility to self-educate and increase knowledge by taking advantage of any relevant available training as determined by the line manager.
The post holder will prepare and dress for work (including PPE) in all areas of the trust where required to participate in the collection, preparation, decontamination and sterilization of instruments and devices.
You will also develop and sustain productive working relationships with colleagues.
The successful candidate will need to communicate effectively to perform clear and concise handovers.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.