Senior Sterile Services Technician inPlymouth inPlymouth PUBLISHED
THU 12 DEC 2024
Practice Plus Group riCQFlt5
The position is permanent, offering 37.5 hours per week with a Monday to Friday schedule, including two Saturday shifts per month. The ideal candidate should have a strong focus on adhering to prescribed standards to minimize risks, be skilled in handling decontaminated equipment, and be prepared to work in a detail-oriented environment where concentration is crucial.
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In keeping with our expansion plans at our Plymouth based hospital, we are soon to be launching our Sterile Services (CSSD) department enabling us to deliver an ever more swifter service to our patients.
Due to the growing number of treatments we are now giving to patients and with the increasing external support we are offering to other healthcare centres, our busy, detailed and professional, Sterile Services department have a new opening for a Sterile Services Technician to join and be part of our fun team in supporting the Sterile Services Manager in ensuring a continuously effective decontamination and sterile supplies service.
- How conscious are you about decontamination and sterile services in our Hospitals and Treatment Centres today?
- How knowledgeable and compliant are you when it comes to health and safety guidelines (PPE) and the COSHH legislation?
- How do you see yourself working to a prescribed standards in order to minimise risk to others?
Working in close co-operation our with theatres you the Senior Sterile Services Technician will be providing an effective service for the needs of surgeons and patients.
This is a permanent position (37.5 hpw) Working Monday to Friday with 2 Saturday shifts per month Hours based on two shift patterns;
Early - 07:00 - 15:00 Late - 11:00 - 19:00 Potential Bank Holiday working - but not routine
Reporting to the Sterile Services Manager you the Senior Sterile Services Technician will be accountable for the reprocessing of reusable medical devices this will involve washing, disinfecting and the sterilising of theatre equipment.
Youll help to maintain supplies inventories and stock levels, keeping accurate records maintained on our computer system tracking various theatre items and instruments. This will include, daily validation testing and recording.
Youll look to monitor all procedures and report malfunctions of sterilisers and washer-disinfectors to the Sterile Services Manager and record the details on forms.
You will be participating in conducting planned audits, looking at particulars such as equipment being correctly labelled and available as required and that equipment leaving the centre is correctly documented.
You will need to be focused in your work as concentration is required all times during the decontamination and packing process. Care is also required when dealing with contaminated sets due to the possibility of sharps being left on trays resulting in exposure to body fluids when working in the decontamination area.
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UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
+ make a difference for every patient
In keeping with our expansion plans at our Plymouth based hospital, we are soon to be launching our Sterile Services (CSSD) department enabling us to deliver an ever more swifter service to our patients.
Due to the growing number of treatments we are now giving to patients and with the increasing external support we are offering to other healthcare centres, our busy, detailed and professional, Sterile Services department have a new opening for a Sterile Services Technician to join and be part of our fun team in supporting the Sterile Services Manager in ensuring a continuously effective decontamination and sterile supplies service.
- How conscious are you about decontamination and sterile services in our Hospitals and Treatment Centres today?
- How knowledgeable and compliant are you when it comes to health and safety guidelines (PPE) and the COSHH legislation?
- How do you see yourself working to a prescribed standards in order to minimise risk to others?
Working in close co-operation our with theatres you the Senior Sterile Services Technician will be providing an effective service for the needs of surgeons and patients.
This is a permanent position (37.5 hpw) Working Monday to Friday with 2 Saturday shifts per month Hours based on two shift patterns;
Early - 07:00 - 15:00 Late - 11:00 - 19:00 Potential Bank Holiday working - but not routine
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