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Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading.
Job overview
You will possess good communication skills, work well as part of a team and have the ability to work in an extremely busy and challenging environment. You will provide sterile medical devices/Endoscopes to theatres, wards, departments and community services.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake decontamination science duties in providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient – to carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and sterilisation of reusable medical devices and record all tasks in the tracking and traceability database including cleaning, washing, reassembly of Endoscopes.
2. To ensure that all products manufactured in the department within the Trusts are fit for purpose and produced in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with the Quality Management System (QMS) relevant to the area.
3. Inspection of medical devices and other associated equipment for cleanliness, functionality, completeness, assembly, and identification against tray specification lists.
4. To use manual dexterity and concentration for the disassembly and reassembly of the reusable medical devices & endoscopes in accordance with Manufacturers instructions.
5. Wrapping of instrumentation sets and other surgical equipment in accordance with HTM guidelines and HSDU policies and procedures.
6. To undertake initial investigation into non-conformance reports as instructed.
7. Loading and unloading of trolleys of instrumentation sets and other surgical equipment into washer/disinfectors and sterilizers.
Working for our organisation
We are looking for an individual who is fully committed to providing a very high standard of work to support the needs of the Trust and to meet the high standards required to provide a safe environment for the care of our patients 365 days per year which includes weekends and Bank Holidays. HSDU Assistants are responsible for providing and maintaining a high standard of Sterile Medical Devices/Endoscopes to Theatres, Wards, Departments and Community Services.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to NVQ level 3 in relevant discipline or equivalent level of knowledge
* GCSE Maths grade C or above
* GCSE English Language grade D or above
Experience
* Have a minimum 12 months experience working in a sterile services carrying out a wide range of day to day duties in a busy department
* To be able to work within a team
Skills and Knowledge
* Experience of demonstrating excellent attention to detail and accuracy
* Have good communication/inter-personal skills
Other
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team, demonstrating a collaborative approach and contributing positively to ideas
* Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
* Ability to monitor quality of work and progress against planned outcomes
* Be able to present information to visitors/staff when asked either by telephone or face to face
* Be confident and assertive in dealing with queries from staff/visitors or customers
* Be able to use their initiative whilst undertaking their day to day activities in support of a busy team
* Need to be physically fit
Please review the attached Job description and person specification carefully before applying to ensure that you meet the essential job requirements.
Following the closing date, if you have not heard from us within 6 weeks you may assume your application has been unsuccessful.
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