Sterile Services Department - Decontamination Technician in Worthing inWorthing PUBLISHED WED 28 MAY 2025 Jump to job information section

Based at Worthing Hospital (occasional relocation to St Richards Chichester site may be required)

Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

To take part in 7 day working, Bank holiday & On-call rota's

I in 3 weekend shift Required

To participate in the provision of a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.

To perform a full range of decontamination duties, including - receiving, washing, inspecting, packing and sterilising surgical instrument trays, clinic packs and supplementary items.

Manages Decontamination records in own area of work.

Provide a high quality and timely service to all customers.

To ensure Departmental Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to by all Healthcare Science staff in accordance with Quality Management Systems. Plan your own workload and work with minimal supervision.

The role requires manual handling and involves exposure to blood and bodily fluids.

About us

The Sterile Services Department is responsible for the provision of an instrument tray to all theatres, departments and wards on the St. Richards, Worthing and Southlands sites and supplementary instruments/packs to specialist users based in the community/district, for use in direct patient care. This service is compliant with ISO 13485 Quality System, UK Medical Device Directive 2002, Health Service Circular 2000 (Instrument Tracking, and the Health and Social Care Act.

The post holder will participate in the provision of a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.

The post holder will perform a full range of decontamination duties, including - receiving, washing, inspecting, packing and sterilising surgical instrument trays, clinic packs and supplementary items.

This is a manual physical role, the post holder will also use specialist (following training) decontamination machinery to process surgical instrument trays/packs.

The post holder will be handling used surgical instruments, these instruments will be contaminated with bodily fluid and other bodily contaminants

There is a total of over 60 WTE staff, a multidisciplinary group, consisting of the General Manager Decontamination Services, SSD Operational Manager, Senior Decontamination Supervisor, Decontamination Technician Supervisors, Decontamination Technicians, Administration personnel within the departments. The departments have an overall budget of £2,000,000, and assets in the treatment of patients.

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