About The Role
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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.
So, we have a brand new opening for a Sterile Services Department Lead to support the Theatre Manager in ensuring a continuously compliant, safe and 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 prescribed standards in order to minimise risk to others?
In this position, the Sterile Services Department Lead will assist in guiding the Sterile Services (CSSD) team, ensuring all staff are working in line with Quality Management in Sterile Processing (QMS) and CE accreditation standards.
This is a permanent position
Working Monday to Friday – with one Saturday, every other weekend.
Hours based on two shift patterns:
* Early - 07:00 - 15:00
* Late - 11:00 - 19:00
Potential Bank Holiday working
What you'll be doing
As the Sterile Services Department Lead you’ll be hands-on and familiar with all departments' work requirements, to include cleaning, assessing, assembling, and the packing of surgical equipment, leading on to sterilisation and then distribution.
You'll ensure all are working in accordance with documented departmental policies and procedures and will need to action all defects identified in theatre trays and instruments accordingly.
Part of your role will be to make sure that all relevant daily validation testing is scheduled and undertaken, this would then need to be recorded and documented.
You'll carry out quality checks for cleanliness and completeness of equipment before distribution. It'll be part of your responsibility to identify and check all returned equipment as specified on a specification sheet, including labelling and recording for traceability.
You’ll look to ensure that good communication and teamwork within the department is maintained. You will also be responsible for the health and safety of yourself and others, monitoring the use of PPE in the department when decontamination tasks are being undertaken.
You'll attend meetings as the department representative with internal and external enquiries coming your way. You'll have to effectively manage machine failures and downtimes through suppliers to effect repairs as well as ensuring all loan equipment is received, logged, and ready for collection when required.
What we’ll look for in you
As the Sterile Services Department Lead you'll be leading by example in all departments' work requirements.
It is envisaged that the appointed Sterile Services Department Lead will be very knowledgeable of sterilisation procedures and relevant decontamination practices and will have working experience within an accredited quality assurance system and will have working knowledge of Quality Management in Sterile Processing (QMS).
You'll have led or managed a team before or deputised successfully for a senior manager in the past, ensuring morale and installing motivation, providing training needs, and mentoring and coaching new staff.
You'll be an effective communicator at all levels both written and verbal and will have strong IT skills. You will be liaising with other departments internal and external to ensure their requirements are met.
To apply for the role, click on the link below. If you have any questions contact kaleb.gumbs@practiceplusgroup.com.
All shortlisted candidates will be contacted but please note, Practice Plus Group retains the right to remove the advert prior to the closing date if a suitable candidate is appointed.
Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
At Practice Plus Group, we actively promote diversity and equal opportunities.
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