Job summary
Decontamination Servicesencompasses theSterile Services Department,Mattress Decontamination, andEndoscopy Decontamination.
The service is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining an accreditedQuality Management Systemfor the processing of medical devices and mattresses, in line with all relevantCQC,NICE, andmedical device directives, regulations, legislation, and guidance.
We are committed to delivering and maintaining a high-quality sterilisation service for surgical instrumentation--whether produced in-house or purchased--essential to the operations of both on-site and off-site users. These includeOperating Theatres,Wards,Outpatient Clinics,Radiology,Emergency Departments,Community Nursing, andMidwifery Servicesacross NHS Trusts. Services are also extended toGeneral Practitioners,Private Practices, andNursing Homes.
Main duties of the job
Job Purpose
This role will be based inSterile Servicesand includes the following key responsibilities:
* Delivering a high-quality service for thereprocessing and sterilisationof instrument procedure packs and equipment for the Trust's wards, departments, theatres, and partner organisations.
* Providing a high-quality service for thetransporting, cleaning, and reprocessing of pressure-relieving and dynamic mattressesto wards and departments across the Trust in a timely manner.
* Reprocessing used equipment to ensure it is supplied correctly, to the right place, at the right time.
About us
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We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Details Date posted
30 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,169 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
214-SRG-7146960
Job locations
Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more details, please read the attached job description and person specification document
Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more details, please read the attached job description and person specification document
Person Specification Knowledge Desirable
* Health & Safety issues Moving & handling procedures
Qualifications Essential
* Adequate level of education to perform in the role; for example, pass grade in GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent, to demonstrate appropriate level of literacy and numeracy
* Basic keyboard skills.
Desirable
* GCSE Maths and English Apprenticeship - Decontamination
Further Training Essential
* Training in all aspects of departmental processes required
Desirable
* NHS National Decontamination Training Programme
Experience Desirable
* Previous NHS experience
* Experience of working in a Decontamination Service
Contractual Essential
* Medically cleared by Occupational Health as fit to undertake the duties & responsibilities of the role
* Bank holiday cover
* On-call rota
* Saturday and Sunday working rota
* Service provision to both King's Mill Hospital and Newark sites
Person Specification Knowledge Desirable
* Health & Safety issues Moving & handling procedures
Qualifications Essential
* Adequate level of education to perform in the role; for example, pass grade in GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent, to demonstrate appropriate level of literacy and numeracy
* Basic keyboard skills.
Desirable
* GCSE Maths and English Apprenticeship - Decontamination
Further Training Essential
* Training in all aspects of departmental processes required
Desirable
* NHS National Decontamination Training Programme
Experience Desirable
* Previous NHS experience
* Experience of working in a Decontamination Service
Contractual Essential
* Medically cleared by Occupational Health as fit to undertake the duties & responsibilities of the role
* Bank holiday cover
* On-call rota
* Saturday and Sunday working rota
* Service provision to both King's Mill Hospital and Newark sites
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
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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