Main area: Ambulatory Investigations, diagnostics, Surgery
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (over 7 days)
Job ref: 205-7066111
Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Stoke
Town: Newcastle under Lyme
Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/04/2025 23:59
Band 3
Job overview
Decontamination technician Supervisor/ Senior Nursing Assistant in CTS at the Royal Stoke. We welcome applicants to work within a diverse team, providing care for patients undergoing diagnostics, investigations, and ambulatory surgery.
Why work with us? We are a happy, inclusive team who work in harmony with the multidisciplinary team to enable both staff and patient wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
1. Participate and undertake the role of decontamination technical supervisor of medical devices contributing to the clinical care of patients.
2. Participate and perform a full range of decontamination duties for which competency has been assessed, verified, and documented.
3. Manage decontamination records in own area of work. Record all decontamination processes and data sets accurately reporting conformance and non-conformance to a senior decontamination supervisor/registered nurse.
4. Record all clinical tasks undertaken for patients within the nursing documentation.
5. Supervise all junior healthcare assistants in the decontamination of medical devices in CTS.
6. Liaise with senior decontamination staff (registered nurses and estates), apprentices, and trainee decontamination staff to ensure standard operating procedures are adhered to by all healthcare staff in accordance with quality management systems.
7. Be responsible for a range of clinical, non-clinical, and clerical support tasks under the indirect supervision of a registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner.
8. Implement aspects of clinical care and act on own initiative where appropriate, regularly assess, evaluate, and report on actions and activities to the registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner.
9. Engage in personal and professional development opportunities to maintain knowledge, skills, and competence to practice within their role.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The primary focus of the role will be to provide essential supervisory decontamination of medical devices and clinical care to patients under the indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse.
1. Participate and undertake the role of decontamination technical supervisor of medical devices contributing to the clinical care of patients, adhering to the decontamination policy of UHNM in a controlled environment.
2. Participate and perform a full range of decontamination duties for which competency has been assessed, verified, and documented.
3. Manage decontamination records in own area of work. Record all decontamination processes and data sets accurately reporting conformance and non-conformance to a senior decontamination supervisor/registered nurse.
4. Record all clinical tasks undertaken for patients within the nursing documentation.
5. Supervise all junior healthcare assistants in the decontamination of medical devices in CTS.
6. Liaise with senior decontamination staff (registered nurses and estates), apprentices, and trainee decontamination staff.
7. Ensure standard operating procedures are adhered to by all healthcare staff in accordance with quality management systems.
8. Be responsible for a range of clinical, non-clinical, and clerical support tasks under the indirect supervision of a registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner.
9. Implement aspects of clinical care and act on own initiative where appropriate, regularly assess, evaluate, and report on actions and activities to the registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner.
10. Provide supervision of junior nursing assistants, student Nurses, and apprentices under the guidance of a registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner.
11. Facilitate and undertake teaching of others within their specific areas of competence.
12. Engage in personal and professional development opportunities to maintain knowledge, skills, and competence to practice within their role.
13. No duties are to be undertaken unless they have received the appropriate training or instruction.
Person specification
Care certificate level three
* Care certificate Level three
* Minimum of 12 months experience as a nursing assistant in an acute care setting
Decontamination knowledge and understanding
* Decontamination policy knowledge and understanding
* 12 months experience in decontamination processes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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