As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of our amazing team? We are currently recruiting for a Sterile Services Supervisor to support our busy department.
You will be responsible for performing a variety of duties associated with the efficient operation of Sterile Processing in order to ensure high-quality product delivery and efficient service to customers.
The post holder will be required to work shifts including days, evenings, and weekends.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be accountable for assisting, organising, and supervising the production and provision of sterile supplies to wards, departments, and clinics within University Hospital’s Bristol and Weston and also to external customers.
The post holder is expected to ensure that the services provided are responsive to service needs. There is an expectation that the post holder will ensure that the workload is managed consistently and that the staff are supervised in all activities undertaken.
The post holder will be expected to be a role model and also to provide supervisory leadership to staff, which includes ensuring that efficient practices, quality policies, and procedures are adhered to. Duties also include making adjustments to staff rotas and duties in relation to departmental workload when necessary.
The post holder will hold supervisory responsibility for designated work areas and will be responsible for ensuring the most efficient use of resources and working practices.
The post holder is expected to undertake training relevant to the job being undertaken and also to ensure that the quality of the service being delivered is to the agreed quality management standards. The post holder is also expected to provide training to staff as a routine aspect of the role.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston, and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds: city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full and detailed job description and person specification, please see the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
CSSD Decontamination knowledge and experience
* Experience of working in a Sterile Services Environment
* Experience of working as part of a team
* Effective communication at all levels
* Ability to supervise others
* Ability to manage self and exhibit skills, including self-awareness, self-management, and drive for improvement
* Ability to prioritise - to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of working in sterile services or comparable department
* Experience NVQ level 3 or equivalent
* Knowledge and experience of sterile services relevant infection control procedures and practices
Skills and Abilities
* Effective communication at all levels
* Good organisational skills
* Ability to supervise others
* Ability to prioritise - to work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Ability to communicate clearly to a range of people
* Excellent and polite telephone manner
* Computer literacy – especially Word, Excel, and email
* Ability to give constructive feedback to staff on their performance
* Dexterity – ability to handle/manoeuvre equipment/instruments across a wide range of sizes, weights, and environments
* Ability to spend long periods of time standing
* Ability to work using own initiative
* Enthusiastic, highly motivated, and able to inspire others
* Ability to manage self and exhibit skills, including self-awareness, self-management, and drive for improvements
* Analytical
* Personal resilience
* Flexibility
* Work on own initiative
Qualifications and Training
* Literacy and numeracy skills
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
IMPORTANT:
Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide, interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties, and as such, this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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