Main area: Sterile Services
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent - Will be required to complete Night and Weekend shifts
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24hrs Shift Cover - Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 196-ESS1516-S
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Town: London
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 p.a inc HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/03/:59
Interview date: 16/04/2025
Job Overview
The post holder will be responsible for the line management of the Sterile Services Supervisors, Team Leaders, and Technicians in the production function of the decontamination unit.
You will ensure a reliable, technically sound, and effective service to our service users and ensure that all products received are checked, disinfected, packaged, and sterilised according to the department's quality systems, work instruction documents, and customer requirements, and that all products that leave the department are fit for purpose.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will have day-to-day responsibility for ensuring service users are supplied with sterile medical devices and other sterile procedure packs in the quantities and at the level of quality that is specified.
The post holder will directly support the management in providing highly specialised services delivered from the centralised Sterile Service Unit at St Thomas' Hospital. These services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and therefore the post holder will be required to work evening and night shifts on a rotational basis.
The successful applicant will have good IT skills with experience using Microsoft Office and all the Electronic Systems used within Sterile Services. To ensure sterile medical devices are produced in accordance with European and UK legislation and other regulatory standards (e.g., The Medical Devices Directive 92/43 EEC) and to ensure statutory requirements and codes of safe practice are maintained.
Person Specification
Education
* Foundation Degree or NVQ Diploma in Decontamination or equivalent required.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation in Sterile Services production.
* Knowledge of decontamination science and process & environmental validation.
Previous Experience
* Significant experience as a Sterile Services Team Leader or Supervisor in a healthcare setting.
* Relevant Production Experience deputising for a Production Manager or other manager in Medical Device or a controlled environment (manufacturing operation).
* Experience in operating computer-based patient tracing, manufacturing control, and financial systems.
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
* Proficient in the operation of decontamination equipment including washers, autoclaves, and related machinery.
* Ability to lead a team and work alone.
* Able to communicate technical information.
* Experience of managing an accredited quality assurance system & introducing & using related audit and management tools.
* Experience of setting objectives, carrying out staff appraisals, identifying training needs, mentoring, and coaching staff.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects, and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that all employees, patients, and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
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