Sterile Service Technician
Sterile Service Technician| SSD Technician | Brentwood | Full-Time | 37.5 hrs | No nights.
Spire Hartswood Sterile Services Department provides a vital service decontaminating and reprocessing surgical instruments for the whole hospital. You will be involved in the cleaning, inspecting, assembling, packing, sterilising and distributing surgical equipment according to hospital requirements. The successful candidate will require attention to detail, and an eagerness and ability to learn.
We have a comprehensive in-house training package, which successful candidates will be expected to complete. The role is physically demanding; you will be required to lift and handle heavy instrument sets and endure long periods of standing. As a clinical support the department is routinely operational 6 days a week to meet the demands of the hospital.
The department is compliant to ISO 13485 Quality Management System. Previous experience working with a quality system or in the decontamination is desirable but not essential.
Duties and responsibilities:
1. Checking correct instruments are on trays pre and post decontamination.
2. Decontamination of checking for functionality
3. Pack Surgical Instruments for sterilisation
4. Complete accurately tracking systems.
5. Monitor repairs of instruments
6. Records sterilisation and packing information related to designated tasks accurately and passes it on to the relevant person in the theatre team on time.
7. Agrees with the perioperative team the Decontamination data and information that is to be collected and collated.
Who we're looking for:
8. Desire to work in Decontamination
9. Comfortable with manual lifting
10. An understanding of infection control (Desirable)
11. Prior healthcare experience (Desirable)
Benefits:
12. 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
13. Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
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15. Free Bupa wellness screening
16. Private medical insurance
17. Life assurance