To decontaminate re-usable medical devices effectively and in line with departmental deadlines requiring each set to be dismantled prior to cleaning and reassembled and checked prior to sterilization. The department uses dedicated washers and sterilizer equipment as part of the process. Upon completion of appropriate training you will be required to understand and operate these machines. The department has a dedicated training programme in addition to the trusts mandatory programme which all technicians are required to complete. The process has been broken down in to various modules which are to be completed before competency can be approved. Technicians must ensure that the instrumentation is accurate against the instrument checklists both at receipt and at dispatch and has been recorded on the tracking system. You will be required to work to strict adherence of an accredited Quality Management System (QMS) that the department is required to maintain in order to retain its accreditation with Medical Devices Directives Effective communication with colleagues, supervisors and Managers is crucial. Information about instrument sets may need to be conveyed back to theatres or to other colleagues during shift changes. As part of this role the department is required to collect dirty and distribute sterile instrumentation around numerous ward and clinic areas. The department is required to maintain a pre-determined level of goods for use on wards and clinics. All technicians are required to participate in the departments Top-Up system to the wards and departments of the trust. Ensure that stock, sets, and instrumentation is correctly rotated upon return to wards and departments to restrict the amount of sets reaching expiry. Input data to produce checklists, labels and delivery notes using the departments track & trace system. The track & trace system enables all items to be tracked at each stage of the process thus providing an assurance that all instrumentation had undergone the correct and complete process You will be expected to maintain a good standard of housekeeping throughout the department and adhere to environmental control limitation such as limited amounts of products to be stored and removal of external packaging prior to submission to the clean room. The washers and sterilizers are required to undergo some basic daily housekeeping checks which are undertaken by the machine operative on a daily basis. Push/pull instrument transportation trolleys