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Main area Support Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work) Job ref 409-7293811-A
Site Southport Town Southport Salary £24,465 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 31/08/2025 23:59
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Job overview
Full Time: 37.5 hours
Permanent Post
To work as a member of the Sterile Services Team providing highly specialised surgical instrument reprocessing to all areas across the Trust, Community and to our external clients in line with ISO13485 standards and other Quality Management System work instructions.
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
* To participate in a duty rota which includes Weekday evening shifts, weekends, Bank Holidays and on call commitments.
* To communicate all relevant information within the team to ensure the continual and efficient running of the service.
* To communicate and liaise between decontamination personnel, customers and other members of healthcare staff in a polite and helpful manner.
* To demonstrate competency and understanding of sterilisation and disinfection procedures.
* To report any untoward accident/ incident or any faulty equipment to the supervisor and document procedure in accordance with departmental and Trust policies.
* To report any untoward accident/ incident or any faulty equipment to the supervisor and document procedure in accordance with departmental and Trust policies.
* Any additional new development or tasks required as deemed necessary by the management to support existing Trust activities, in line with the individual’s level or responsibility and competence.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 21st August 2025
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Good literacy and numeracy skills essential
* National Decontamination Training Programme or other Decontamination or qualification or equivalent
* Quality system auditing experience would be valuable
Knowledge & Experience
* Previous experience of working in Sterile Services Department or medical device decontamination manufacturing or production environment
* Experience of working within a peri-operative care setting or healthcare related clinical environment would be a considerable advantage such as Theatres
Skills
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to use initiative
* Flexible
* Co-operative
* Professional
* Ability to work as a member of the team
* Motivated
Other
* Working in uncomfortable/ unpleasant physical conditions, e.g. exposure to blood, bone and body tissue.
* Ability to stand for long periods in all sections of the department
* Ability to move loads up to 12 kilograms. Loading/unloading washer disinfectors, Moving sterile instrument trays/medical devices Trays must be cleanly lifted to minimise damage to wrap sterilisers
* Ability to concentrate in all sections of the department, Check theatre tray lists/medical devices lists are completed and checked Check process equipment tests and record results
* Ability to organise the workload & workflow
* Paying attention to detail in all sections of the department whilst making repetitive movements, e.g. Handling instruments/medical devices, constant repetitive movements whilst examining instruments/medical devices/endoscopes for cleanliness and functionality
* Ability to retain & recall technical information
* Must be flexible to work hours required to meet the demands of the department.
* Must be able to work weekends, bank holidays and take part in the department’s on-call rota
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.
eVisa Update
For successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK.
Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account.
Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to:
* Understand how to generate an eVisa share code
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.
If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
* · All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
* · There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
* · Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.
You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.
Additional Information
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here .
An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
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