Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Assistant Technical Officer to join our small, dedicated Mattress Decontamination Team. In this vital role, you will contribute to the high-quality service of transporting, cleaning, and re-processing pressure relieving and dynamic mattresses, ensuring they are available for wards and departments across the Trust in a timely manner. You will also handle other essential equipment for patient use.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a dynamic team where your role will make a direct impact on patient care. You will play a crucial role in maintaining high standards of cleanliness and safety, providing vital support to medical staff and patients across the Trust.
If you are passionate about delivering a high-quality service in a healthcare environment, apply today to join our Mattress Decontamination Team.
Main duties of the job
* Provide a high-quality service for the transporting, cleaning, and re-processing of pressure relieving and dynamic mattresses across various wards and departments within the Trust.
* Re-process used equipment, ensuring it is sterilised, packaged and ready for timely delivery to the correct location.
* Ensure the safe, efficient and effective reprocessing and sterilisation of instrument procedure packs and equipment for use across the Trust's wards, departments, theatres and partner organisations.
* Deliver equipment in the correct manner to the right place at the right time, maintaining high standards of quality control.
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements
* Medically cleared by Occupational Health as fit to undertake the duties and responsibilities of the role
* Bank holiday cover
* On-call rota
* Saturday and Sunday working rota
* Service provision to both King's Mill and Newark Hospital sites
Knowledge
* Health & Safety issues
* Moving & handling procedures
Qualifications
* Adequate level of education to perform in the role; for example, pass grade in GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent, to demonstrate appropriate level of literacy and numeracy
* Basic keyboard skills
* GCSE Maths and English
Training
* Training in all aspects of departmental processes required
* NHS National Decontamination Training Programme
Experience
* Previous NHS experience
* Experience of working in a Decontamination Service
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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