Job summary
Our department is looking for a keen motivated individual to join our busy team of Floor Managers and Technicians in preparing medical devices and associated equipment for daily use.
Technicians will be trained to carefully wash / pack & inspect all ranges of medical devices before being sterilised and processed for surgery.
Full training in decontamination, sterilisation, and Quality Management will be given to the successful applicant.
It is essential that applicants have good communication skills; excellent attention to detail and can work under their own initiative.
The hours of work would be 37.5hrs per week Monday to Friday between 8am & 9pm and you would be expected to work weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis.
Supervisory experience necessary, leading a small team, complete annual appraisals, return to work conversations and training junior members of the team.
Main duties
* You will be introduced to the identification, classification and inspection of reusable medical devices.
* You will also cover reprocessing of specialist equipment as well as repairs and maintenance.
* Used returned medical devices must be regarded as a potential infectious hazard to handlers including decontamination service personnel.
* You will also cover the receipt, sorting and preparation of returned reusable medical devices for cleaning and disinfection.
* You will learn the activities that you either perform yourself, or the measures you need to take to protect the medical devices that you are handling and preparing for the wash cycle.
* You will gain knowledge and information on function testing, inspection and assembly of reusable medical devices, covering packaging, selection and application of packing materials, requirements for sealing and labelling of packages.
* You will familiarise yourself with records and documentation that is required. Further into the training you will cover the sterilization of reusable medical devices.
* You will learn about different sterilization methods, equipment used, test regimes and post sterilization.
* All in house HR training will be given to enable you to successfully carry out appraisals and well being conversations.
* You will liaise closely with Theatre staff ensuring customer service is met at all times.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Details
Date posted: 17 October 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 179-7530229-F
Job locations: West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached full job description and person specification for more details on the job role.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
* Essential: NVQ3 equivalent level of knowledge and training
* Essential: Training in specialist decontamination sciences or equivalent experience; Full IDSc membership or willing to work towards it.
* Essential: GCSE grade C or above in 3 subjects including Maths and English
* Desirable: ISO Quality Internal Audit Certificate
Experience & Knowledge
* Essential: Experience in all sections of decontamination department
* Essential: Understands the concept and management of urgent/priority medical devices and non-conformances
* Essential: Experience of managing less experienced/qualified staff
* Essential: Experience using decontamination equipment
* Essential: Can demonstrate the ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
* Essential: Good understanding of Health, Safety and C.O.S.H.H.
* Desirable: Previously held supervisors post or worked at a senior level in decontamination.
* Desirable: Able to undertake Internal ISO Quality audits and write up findings
Skills & Abilities
* Essential: Ability to work as part of a team.
* Essential: Ability to work accurately under pressure.
* Essential: Excellent communication skills, relates to colleagues in an effective and positive manner on routine matters
* Essential: Make effective decisions
* Essential: Able to work to given schedules and rotas
* Essential: Able to organise and manage their personal responsibilities, with referral to senior staff when required, in a timely and efficient manner
* Essential: Prioritise urgent workload
* Essential: Ability to work to deadlines and objectives
* Essential: Ability to undertake and report on non-conformances and investigations
* Essential: Ability to recognise and monitor parameters of quality, accuracy according to departmental standard operational procedures
* Essential: Understand the importance of KPI's
* Essential: Use of department tracking information systems
* Essential: Use of hospital information systems
* Essential: Understands the fundamentals of data quality, data protection and the confidential use of patient information
* Desirable: Use of Word and PC systems including operation of Windows-based software, and keyboard skills
* Desirable: Use of quality management system
Personal qualities
* Essential: Ability to work to high standards under pressure.
* Essential: Flexible approach to working hours/duties
* Essential: Ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
* Essential: Always demonstrates a professional manner
* Essential: Ability to work on own initiative
* Essential: Demonstrates logical thinking to help troubleshooting
* Essential: Ability to motivate others
* Essential: Ambitious
* Essential: Ability to work in an organised and calm fashion in a busy environment
* Essential: Cope with exposure to blood and body fluids
* Essential: Able to wear PPE
* Essential: Abilities to carry out duties including pushing /manoeuvring trolleys weighing up to 300Kg, manual handling of sets weighing up to 15Kg and standing for long periods of time
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Address: West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
Employer's website: https://www.wsh.nhs.uk
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