Description
Decontamination Technician
Location: Oaks Hospital, Colchester
Hours: hours per week, Full-time
Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits
Summary:
Oaks Hospital is one of Essex's leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatments and services.
Located on the outskirts of Colchester, the hospital opened on this site in 1994 and currently has 57 bedrooms including three twin-bedded rooms all with en-suite facilities to ensure complete privacy throughout your stay.
The Role:
As the Decontamination Technician you will join the Team and support the Theatre services within the hospital.
You will be an integral part of a team who are committed to delivering the highest quality clinical outcomes in a supported environment, where you will be valued for your skills and expertise.
You will support the provision of a high quality sterilization/decontamination service in accordance with Ramsay policies and procedures.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Performing the full decontamination cycle on re-usable medical devices (surgical instruments) to the highest of standards, in line within all Ramsay policies and procedures
2. Participate fully in quality control processes ensuring procedures and documentation is completed accurately at all times
What you’ll bring with you :
3. Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
4. Experience as a Decontamination Technician within a health care setting or a similar role in a similar environment
5. Good written and verbal communication skills
6. Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required
7. Flexibility and adaptability to meet changing needs of the business
8. Demonstrated customer services skills
Benefits:
9. 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
10. Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
11. Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
12. Flexible shift patterns available where possible
13. Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
14. Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
15. Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
16. Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
17. Free Parking on site (where possible)
18. Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)
19. Concerts for Carers
20. Employee Assistance Programme
21. Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
22. The Blue Light Card Scheme
About Us:
Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.
We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.
We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
We care.
It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.