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Job Overview
Join Our Endoscopy Decontamination Team at Heatherwood Hospital – Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Are you reliable, adaptable, and eager to learn?
We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our Endoscopy Decontamination Unit based at Heatherwood Hospital, part of the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of a supportive and professional team, working in a modern and friendly environment.
Job Overview
Join Our Endoscopy Decontamination Team at Heatherwood Hospital – Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Are you reliable, adaptable, and eager to learn?
We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our Endoscopy Decontamination Unit based at Heatherwood Hospital, part of the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of a supportive and professional team, working in a modern and friendly environment.
About The Role
Situated within the Day Surgery Unit, the Decontamination Unit plays a vital role in ensuring the safe and effective cleaning and disinfection of flexible endoscopes used across Endoscopy services. You’ll be responsible for maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness and infection prevention, working closely with experienced practitioners to support patient safety and service efficiency.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
* Follow departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Quality Management Systems to ensure all processes meet required standards
* Clean, disinfect and store delicate endoscopy equipment safely and efficiently, validating each stage of the process
* Maintain accurate records of procedures, testing, and equipment maintenance
* Assist with stock management, including ordering specialist decontamination items in line with Trust procurement guidelines
* Wear appropriate PPE and uphold infection control practices at all times
* Work independently while contributing effectively as part of the wider team
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
What We Offer
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Full training delivered by experienced colleagues
* A friendly, collaborative working environment
* Opportunities to develop skills in a specialist area of decontamination and infection control
* A key role within a forward-thinking and high-performing NHS Trust
Who We’re Looking For
* Someone dependable and detail-oriented, with a proactive approach to learning
* A team player who values precision and understands the importance of infection prevention
* No previous experience is required – just a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn
Want to Find Out More?
If you’re interested in making a difference behind the scenes in a vital healthcare setting, we’d love to hear from you. Our decontamination team is happy to answer any questions and provide more insight into the role.
Apply today and help us continue delivering safe, high-quality care at Frimley Health.
For further information, please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role
Person specification
VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS (E: 2 / D: 2)
Essential criteria
* Values and behaviours are expected to mirror those of the trust
Desirable criteria
* Demonstrates values and behaviours above what is expected
ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM (E: 2 / D: 2)
Essential criteria
* Previous experience working in team & good communicator.
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience in Decontamination
QUALIFICATIONS (E: 2 / D: 2)
Essential criteria
* GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths
Desirable criteria
* NVQ3 Technical Certificate in Decontamination or Equivalent level of knowledge and experience through appropriate training.
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE (E: 2 / D: 2)
Essential criteria
* Ability to motivate a team and work accurately under pressure
Desirable criteria
* Ability to recognise and monitor parameters of quality and accuracy according to departmental standards
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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