SSD TechnicianinNorwich inNorwichPUBLISHED MON 17 MAR 2025

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Opportunity to work within a friendly and skilled team, fostering a supportive work environment.

Play a crucial role in patient care by ensuring that surgical instruments are safe and properly sterilized.

Gain hands-on experience and familiarity with various surgical instruments, enhancing technical skills.

Engage in a physically active role that provides a dynamic work environment with diverse tasks.

Contribute to the efficiency of clinical services by ensuring timely delivery of sterile instruments across the hospital.

Develop strong communication skills through liaising with service users and collaborating with team members and leaders.

Be part of a reputable institution like Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, which adds value and recognition to your professional experience.

Join a rewarding career as an SSD Technician with Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, where you’ll be a vital part of a compassionate and skilled team that delivers critical support to our healthcare professionals. In this dynamic role, you will contribute to the reprocessing of surgical instruments and endoscopic tools, ensuring they are safe and ready for use in our wards, departments, theatres, and beyond. This is a great opportunity for those who take pride in their work and want to make a tangible difference in patient care.

While the role can be physically demanding, involving lifting and transporting equipment throughout the hospital, it’s also incredibly fulfilling. You’ll interact with a broad range of clinical staff, making it an ideal position for those who thrive in supportive roles and enjoy teamwork. Embrace a meaningful job where your skills will help improve patients' lives while also benefiting from a flexible work schedule, including 1 weekend in 3 and 2 Bank Holidays a year. If you’re passionate about healthcare and eager to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Opportunity to work within a friendly and skilled team, fostering a supportive work environment.

Play a crucial role in patient care by ensuring that surgical instruments are safe and properly sterilized.

Gain hands-on experience and familiarity with various surgical instruments, enhancing technical skills.

Engage in a physically active role that provides a dynamic work environment with diverse tasks.

Contribute to the efficiency of clinical services by ensuring timely delivery of sterile instruments across the hospital.

Develop strong communication skills through liaising with service users and collaborating with team members and leaders.

Be part of a reputable institution like Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, which adds value and recognition to your professional experience.

The Sterile Services department (SSD) provides essential services of reprocessing surgical instruments and Endoscopy for use in wards and departments within the trust and outside practices.

As an SSD Technician the post holder will have the opportunity to work within a friendly and skilled team, providing essential support to clinical service providers. You will be involved in the decontamination, inspecting, assembling, packaging, sterilising and distributing of surgical instrumentation for supply to Wards, Departments, Theatres and Endoscopy.

The role is physically demanding, pushing, pulling, lifting and handling heavy instrument sets and long periods of standing. It is necessary to transport theatre equipment around the hospital using trolleys.

The successful candidate will be required to work 1 weekend in 3 and 2 Bank Holidays in the year.

To liaise with service users on routine matters.
Communicate effectively with team members and the Team Leader(s).
Collection of used items from departments, theatres and wards throughout the hospital site as required.
Sorting, checking and processing used surgical instruments and other items using appropriate machinery.
Attain familiarity with surgical instruments and their use and demonstrate ability to dismantle and reassemble instruments ready for surgery.