Decontamination Technician - Band 3 inStroud inStroud PUBLISHED 22 MAY 2024

Band 3: £22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum  PERMANENT 

To manually clean dental instruments and equipment as required to manufacturers guidelines instruments, safely use an ultra-sonic bath and use an automated washer disinfector effectively.

To sterilise dental instruments using pressure vessels/autoclaves.

To liaise with outside stakeholders to ensure a quality service.

Be proactive in problem solving when equipment fails and be confident and competent when reporting any non-conformance.

To disinfect laboratory work going to and from the lab according to the SOP.

To report when stock levels are getting low and maintain good stock control.

To check that dental instruments and equipment in store are within the acceptable of HTM timeframe guidelines and reprocess non-compliant items.

To document all daily testing and maintenance of machines and equipment as required.

Comply with the highest standards required for daily documentation of all equipment.

To undertake administrative tasks within the clinic as required.

To deal with routine enquires and other matters.

Participate and support the training of new staff members.

Supervise learnings or new staff members.

To ensure that dental equipment and instruments are decontaminated, prepared, quality assured, stored and distributed effectively according to Trust policies, procedures, guidelines and to ensure that the Trust meets the stringent requirements of NHS England Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) Decontamination Dental Practices.

  • To complete testing of autoclaves, washer disinfectors and ultrasonic cleaners.
  • Adhere to local processes and HTM
  • Complete specific cleaning efficiency testing.
  • Decontaminate and sterilise specialised re-usable dental equipment and instruments.
  • To sterilise dental instruments using pressure vessels/autoclaves.
  • To liaise with outside stakeholders to ensure a quality service.
  • To be proactive in problem solving when equipment fails.
  • To undertake administrative tasks within the clinic as required.

To manually clean dental instruments and equipment as required to manufacturers guidelines instruments, safely use an ultra-sonic bath and use an automated washer disinfector effectively.

To sterilise dental instruments using pressure vessels/autoclaves.

To liaise with outside stakeholders to ensure a quality service.

Be proactive in problem solving when equipment fails and be confident and competent when reporting any non-conformance.

To disinfect laboratory work going to and from the lab according to the SOP.

To report when stock levels are getting low and maintain good stock control.

To check that dental instruments and equipment in store are within the acceptable of HTM timeframe guidelines and reprocess non-compliant items.

To document all daily testing and maintenance of machines and equipment as required.

Comply with the highest standards required for daily documentation of all equipment.

To undertake administrative tasks within the clinic as required.

To deal with routine enquires and other matters.

Participate and support the training of new staff members.

Supervise learnings or new staff members.

To ensure that dental equipment and instruments are decontaminated, prepared, quality assured, stored and distributed effectively according to Trust policies, procedures, guidelines and to ensure that the Trust meets the stringent requirements of NHS England Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) Decontamination Dental Practices.

  • To complete testing of autoclaves, washer disinfectors and ultrasonic cleaners.
  • Adhere to local processes and HTM
  • Complete specific cleaning efficiency testing.
  • Decontaminate and sterilise specialised re-usable dental equipment and instruments.
  • To sterilise dental instruments using pressure vessels/autoclaves.
  • To liaise with outside stakeholders to ensure a quality service.
  • To be proactive in problem solving when equipment fails.
  • To undertake administrative tasks within the clinic as required.



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